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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