Conservation Beyond the Cage

The "Parrot King"--From Feathers to Fraud

RSCF Season 1 Episode 1

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Martin Guth, self-described parrot king, pledge to save the critically endangered spixes macaw. Instead he sold it. This is a story about profiting in the name of conservation.

References include: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hdgm8lLLFpM2AcUeymiVongdTo4YREi1/view?pli=1

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J2whDz-fdSnLOp8kHiRpUuxlZT5q3jf_/view

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18VTeSVMjqFklrPSyuiW6-I1Sjg3wOuLh/view

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/parrot-king

https://news.mongabay.com/2024/07/institutional-conflict-puts-successful-spixs-macaw-reintroduction-at-risk/

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