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It has come to this:
Endangered scarlet macaw chicks are in high demand by poachers—so biologists are stealing them first.
With only ~1k left, they incubate and raise them until old enough to release back into the wild.
Despite the distress of the bereft parent macaws and a punishing schedule of 2-hourly feeds, it's deemed worth it—they've saved around 250 so far.
It's far from ideal, but the illegal traffickers take over 100 chicks every year—which end up dead or caged for life—and closer to extinction.
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