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Welcome to Togo's Parrot
Planet
BEWARE OF C.
I. T. E. S.
Before traveling
between the US and Canada with your pet parrot be sure to obtain permits
from the US Fish and Wildlife Service and Environment Canada Division of
Wildlife. All parrots must
have a permit.
Click here for the US F&WS
Form
@
FWS.gov
Click here for the Canadian
Form
@
www.CITES.ca
C.I.T.E.S. Web Site
C.I.T.E.S.
is a little know
International Organization for the protection of wildlife and plants
(yes plants too, so you better leave your fern at home). Their
job is to stop smugglers and poachers, they
have no business regulating parrots who travel with their pet people
between the US and Canada. I can see cause for a border agent
to stop someone bringing several parrots across the border but when
there is only one bird and it is obviously a pet where is the crime? Parrots are not native to the US or
Canada, therefore the inspection point should be entering from
outside the two countries but not between them.
See books to the right on C.I.T.E.S. from
amazon.com.
Failure to get the proper permits
before crossing the border can result in confiscation of your pet
and stiff fines. Canada fines up to
$15,000 for parrot trafficking plus
jail time.
You also must make arrangements with wildlife officials before
crossing and set an appointment.
Togo believes these laws are extremely
wasteful, overbearing and ridiculous. Write you government officials
and demand that pet parrots be allowed the same rights as dogs and
cats. Pet parrots should be allowed to cross the border with a
simple letter from the vet just like dogs and cats. Even the
border vets are more interested in getting the cash than actually
checking the parrot. When Togo crossed the vet never got within 15
feet of him. The Canadians seized him for 6 weeks at an
undisclosed location, not for quarantine but as in seizing evidence.
When Togo was brought back after his
release the US Wildlife officer was extremely rude and acted as if
calling him to the border was an inconvenience for him. I'll
tell you who it was inconveniencing! and it sure wasn't the Wildlife
S.S. After stopping at the border we were told to stop at the
FDA to have the veterinarian see Togo. The vet was more interested
in getting the money than inspecting the parrot. In Fact the vet
never got within 15 feet of Togo. Yeh inspect what? Someone needs to
inspect the racketeering of C.I.T.E.S. and the wildlife service.
2005 Parrots Calendar
Parrots 2005 Wall Calendar
Where the H are the Canadian Goose Police?
Certainly not at the US Capital where they leave their toids all
over the reflecting ponds. Taxpayer's money would be better
spent cleaning that mess up.
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