The International Alliance for the Protection of Parrots holds #ParrotCrisis Awareness Day every year on March 10.
This day is dedicated to raising awareness of the ongoing global parrot pet trade and the severe harm it causes to both wild parrots and parrots kept in captivity.
Despite the existence of international anti-poaching laws, parrots continue to be trafficked on a daily basis, and many of the birds that are captured do not survive.
At the same time, parrots bred in captivity are often abandoned when they cannot adapt to human lifestyles, leaving rescue organizations around the world overwhelmed and operating at full capacity.
To stop this crisis, we are being called to make clear choices: do not buy, breed, or sell parrots; support conservation efforts and rescue organizations; and work toward broader societal awareness and change. This article provides a detailed Japanese translation of those messages.
Except for the final section, the text below is a Japanese translation of content from the official website.
We encourage you to visit the official site as well, where additional resources and materials are available free of charge.
Who We Are
The International Alliance for the Protection of Parrots (IAPP) represents an international group of avian rescues, sanctuaries, conservation organizations, veterinarians, parrot guardians and activists who believe the time has come to address the existential crises facing both wild and captive parrots around the world.
About Parrots in Captivity
Captive parrots are one of the most frequently abandoned of all companion animals. A parrot's wild nature and natural inclination for loud and frequent vocalizations, aggression, flying, mating, and destruction of property are too much for most guardians. Most often it is not so much a parrot's failure as a pet as it is a human's failure as a guardian. A human's decision to bring a parrot into a home environment without understanding or being able to meet the fundamental needs of this flighted, wild animal precipitates the failure of a parrot to thrive as a pet.
Further complicating factors include standard pet industry practices, such as hand-rearing (i.e., parental deprivation), that actually undermine a parrot's ability to mature into a psychologically healthy, well-adjusted adult bird, and increases the likelihood of a bird's failure as a "pet". Even the most well-meaning, loving parrot guardians often find themselves unable to care for their longtime pets in the event of declining health, financial struggle, stress, or other life circumstances.
All of this, coupled with parrots' long life spans (between 20-80 years) and the estimated 3-5 million baby birds bred in the U.S. each year, has created a true crisis of unwanted parrots with nowhere to go. Sanctuaries across the globe are at capacity, unable to address the daily requests for surrender.
About Parrots in the Wild
Parrots are one of the most threatened animals in the world largely due to the pet trade and habitat loss. 29% of all parrot species are endangered or threatened and another 58% are in decline. In many areas, the poaching rate is 100% - no chicks escape the illegal wildlife trade. 90% of trapped birds die after capture, with survivors being torn from their families and usually doomed to a life of clipped or broken wings, inadequate caging, poor nutrition, and social isolation.
This results in a tremendous loss of life and suffering beyond measure, while also rendering some human communities bereft of opportunity, safety, and health. People who live near wild parrots are often marginalized and live in poverty, resorting to climbing trees to trap parrots at the risk of injury or death for income. While international treaties and laws exist to prevent the trafficking of parrots, smugglers and traffickers find ways to circumvent these laws. It is estimated that for every bird smuggled across a border, another 10 birds lose their lives en route.
What We Seek
To Inform the public about the harmful repercussions of the exploitative international wildlife trade in parrots
Reduce the demand for parrots as pets, undermine the international commercial market and eliminate incentives for extracting parrots from the wild
Inspire all those who care about or desire a parrot to adopt one rather than shop, and to support their local parrot rescue organizations and sanctuaries
Support in-situ parrot conservation and protection efforts
By achieving these goals, we hope to reduce the number of parrots extracted from their nests in the wild and the number that are born into captivity.
Why We Care
We have borne witness to immense suffering of parrots – both wild and captive – for decades. Despite being ill-suited for life in human homes, millions are bred and sold into captivity as “pets” every year. Millions more are also trapped and/or trafficked by marginalized people in search of economic opportunity.
These concurrent cycles have been devastating to parrots of all species. Wild parrot populations are being pushed to extinction and poached chicks face injury, stress, trauma, and death in transit. Captive bred parrots are subjected to lives behind cage bars, social isolation, neglect, multiple "re-homings," and an almost universal risk of poor health and well-being due to the inability of humans to provide environments in which parrots can truly thrive in captivity.
As long as humans continue to purchase parrots and support the international trade by perpetuating demand, these animals will suffer. More parrots will be bred for lives behind cage bars, illegal poaching and trapping will further threaten already declining populations, and Indigenous cultures and communities will continue to be destroyed. The exploitative and tragic cycle of trapping, selling, suffering, and declining populations will continue.
How We Envision the Future: We envision a world where humans no longer view parrots as pets, but rather, recognize that the millions of birds already in captivity represent a crisis deserving of action and support. This will require humans to change their behavior in a way that recognizes parrots not as commodities, but as sentient, sovereign beings not suited for captivity. We must protect wild parrots and better support the needs of those already in captivity as we work to alter the public perception of parrots being suitable pets. We invite all organizations and individuals who love parrots to join our growing coalition.
Our Mission
The International Alliance for the Protection of Parrots is a partnership of rescue and conservation organizations, veterinarians and activists working to end the global parrot trade through education, advocacy, legislation and activism.
Together we strive to end the breeding and sale of parrots in captivity, stop the extraction of parrots from the wild, and promote a vision of unconditional solidarity with life on this planet.
Act Now!
Adopt, don't shop! If you're interested in becoming a parrot owner, adopt one from a sanctuary. Don't buy a parrot from a shop or breeder.
Support parrot conservation. Donate funds and/or your time to parrot conservation nonprofits and amplify both their challenges and successes on social media.
Learn more about wild and captive parrots and review our Resources to learn how you can help them.
If you'd like to join our movement and stay up-to-date on our advocacy efforts or events, Pledge to Protect Parrots and subscribe to our action alerts (below)!
Global demand for parrots from the wildlife trade and other purposes negatively impacts wild populations as well as individual parrots, with devastating consequences. We need a global consensus to decrease the demand for keeping parrots as pets by affirming that birds should fly free and not be held in captive situations.
Parrots are not exclusive in their suffering. The global trade in wildlife harms countless species and perpetuates the destruction of natural ecosystems and Indigenous cultures worldwide. We invite organizations and individuals attuned to wildlife welfare and conservation to embrace our vision and make it their own.
#ParrotCrisis Awareness Day
Join the IAPP on March 10, 2026 in unconditional solidarity with parrots around the world.
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鳥を飼育し、鳥用品店として商売しているペゴがこの投稿をすることに違和感を覚える方もいらっしゃると思います。ペゴ自身、悩みながら行っています。
もし、今の愛鳥をお迎えする前にIAPPのことをもっと知っていたら、IAPP以外にもこのような野生の保護活動に関する知識を持っていたら、、、と後悔しています。だからと言って今、我が家にいる愛鳥たちを野生に帰すなんてことはできるわけありません。
自身のことを棚に上げる状態で恥ずかしい気持ちはありますが、それでもこのような活動を陰ながらではなく、正面から支援しつつペゴはペゴなりに今、飼育下にいる鳥たちの生活をより良くするためのお手伝いができるように、ホールフードを広め、飼育情報を発信し、海外のこのような活動も広めていきたいと思います。
この投稿は特定の誰かに向けていません。ペゴのお客様の中にはブリーダーも生体販売されているショップも多数います。きっと、みなさんも少なからずそのような人と繋がりはあると思うので、この活動を拡散することに躊躇されると思います。
それでも、もし自分の鳥だけでなく世界中の鳥の幸せを少しでも願う気持ちがありましたらIAPPや野生保護団体に関心を寄せてください。
この投稿をしたからといって、悪意を持って敵に変わるような愛鳥家はいないと信じていますし、鳥を愛する日本のブリーダーやショップも覚悟の上でのビジネスだと思っています。
事実として海外では、このような状況が深刻化されていることを日本のみなさんにも知っていただきたいです。
