Another 21 birds of around 90 still in captivity at a breeding centre in the state of Bahia also tested positive.<\/p>\n
The film Rio is about a Spix macaw that is raised in captivity in the United States and returns to Brazil to try to save its species.<\/p>\n
Real-life efforts to save the parrot are more worthy of a high-stakes drama, marked by institutional conflict, concerns over unscrupulous breeders and sales to private collectors.<\/p>\n
The BlueSky breeding centre is a partner of the German Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots (ACTP), which holds 75% of the world\u2019s registered Spix\u2019s macaws, according to ICMBio.<\/p>\n
Brazil terminated its partnership with ATCP in 2024 after the German organisation sold 26 of the birds to a private zoo in India without its consent.<\/p>\n
Brazil has repeatedly raised concerns at meetings of Cites, the global wildlife trade regulator, over loopholes that allow for the sale of captive-bred Spix\u2019s macaws and fuel demand for the fragile species.<\/p>\n
Aside from habitat loss, demand from private collectors drove the extinction of the bird in the wild.<\/p>\n
ICMBio has fined the BlueSky breeding centre 1.8 million reais ($580,000) for failing to implement biosafety protocols to curb the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n
Inspectors found \u201cextremely dirty\u201d bird feeders encrusted with faeces, while workers were handling the birds \u201cwearing flip-flops, shorts and T-shirts\u201d.<\/p>\n
The breeding centre had fiercely resisted efforts to recapture the wild Spix\u2019s macaws, which a court ordered them to do in October.<\/p>\n
It wrote on its website this week that parrots in South America were \u201cmore resistant\u201d to circovirus than those elsewhere in the world.<\/p>\n
Several had already recovered and were testing negative, according to the centre.<\/p>\n
BlueSky said it had increased sanitary measures, isolated healthy birds and built barriers to prevent contact between wild birds and captive birds.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo birds died, all have excellent flight capacity and are feeding well.\u201d<\/p>\n
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