Name: National Geographic Live! - Juliana Machado Ferreira: The Stolen Birds of Brazil
Uploaded: 2014-09-01T05:17:07.000Z
Duration: 16 min 11 s
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Juliana: Today I would like to invite you

on a journey to show you not judgmentally

Wildlife trafficking globally encompasses

luck, religious charms, fashion accessories.

Substances to supply the drug industry or cosmetic industry.

Brazilians have a strong connection to nature.

And as such, they love to have wild animals

Throughout my country, from urban centers

cages without wild animals is very common.

House owners display their cages with pride

with the poaching and wildlife trafficking.

Since my early years, I learned from my parents

I began learning about wildlife trafficking in Brazil

when I met the organization SOS Fauna and their work.

and it was carrying more than 4,000 poached animals

I just could not go home and put my head to rest

I started volunteering for the organization.

We don't have one estimate from the government

but let's try to make the picture a little bit clearer.

From 2002 to 2009, federal triage facilities

received from collections, deliveries, and seizures

However, these numbers may be even bigger

as just the state of São Paulo alone in 2006

Also, trying to use scientific methodology

If we remember that Brazil has over 5,000 cities

and each one has at least one of those markets,

then we start to be able to grasp about the volume

from a couple of species from nature on a regular basis

The most obvious is the lack of animal welfare.

through violent collection and transportation methods

Most times in places which are humid, hot,

But there are more profound consequences.

I am risking a little bit of an oversimplification here

will be altered if seed predation rates change.

Also, if trees depend on a specific species

they will have reduced dispersal capacity.

prey species may experience explosion in populations

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National Geographic Live! - Juliana Machado Ferreira: The Stolen Birds of Brazil

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