african grey parrot (scientific name: nautilus) is a large parrot and a typical climbing bird. It has toe-to-toe feet, with two toes forward and two toes backward. It is suitable for grasping and has a powerful beak, which can eat hard-shelled fruits. Short tail, round head, long face, like climbing, not good at flying. African grey parrot is one of the known animals that can really talk to humans. The staple food includes seeds, nuts, fruits, nectar, berries and so on. Distributed in Africa.
It is illegal to raise african grey parrot. African grey parrot is a species listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and is a national protected animal. According to the Supreme People's Court's Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in the Trial of Criminal Cases of Destroying Wild Animal Resources, parrots are "precious and endangered wild animals" as stipulated by law even after being domesticated artificially.
Article 26 of the Wildlife Protection Law clearly requires that wild animals shall not be mistreated. According to the habits of wild animals, this article requires breeders to ensure that they have the necessary activity space, health conditions, places, facilities and technologies that are suitable for their breeding purposes, species and development scale, and meet the relevant technical standards and epidemic prevention requirements.
After obtaining the artificial breeding license, pet lovers can buy green-cheeked cockatoos or african grey parrot from licensed sellers. The buyer may require the seller to provide relevant documents, including the seller's artificial breeding license or import and export certificate.
if the seller can't provide legal procedures, the buyer can report to the public security department. Related parrots can be handed in on their own initiative and handled by the shelter and rescue unit designated by the forestry department.
Article 28 of the Law on the Protection of Wild Animals clearly stipulates that the national key protected wild animals with mature and stable artificial breeding technology are listed in the List of National Key Protected Artificial Breeding Wild Animals formulated by the competent department of wildlife protection in the State Council after scientific argumentation.
for the wild animals and their products listed in the list, they can directly obtain special marks according to the annual production quantity approved by the wildlife protection departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government with artificial breeding licenses, and sell and use them with special marks to ensure traceability.
Legal basis
Article 341 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
Whoever illegally hunts and kills rare and endangered wild animals under special state protection, or illegally buys, transports or sells rare and endangered wild animals and their products under special state protection, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 1 years and shall also be fined or confiscated.
The crime of illegal hunting violates hunting laws and regulations, and hunting in a game-forbidden area or during a game-forbidden period or hunting with prohibited tools and methods. If the circumstances are serious, it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or a fine.
the crime of illegally hunting, buying, transporting and selling terrestrial wild animals violates the laws and regulations on wildlife protection and management, and illegally hunting, buying, transporting and selling terrestrial wild animals that naturally grow and breed in the wild environment for the purpose of eating. If the circumstances are serious, it shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.