7/21/2019 Parrot Rustling C1 Cloze

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Parrot Rustling

Parrots and macaws have become so (1)......... that special varieties of these birds are (2) ......... up

to 9,000 each on the black market in ritain. !acaws from ra"il cost from 1,000 and parrots

from #ustralia can cost $,%00 a pair.

&he demand for parrots, cockatoos and macaws has led to a (')......... increase in thefts from "oos,

wildlife parks and pet shops. ondon and hipsnade "oos are amon* the man+ places from whichparrots have been stolen. ome thefts have not been (-)......... in an effort to prevent further

(%).......... Parrot rustlin*, as it is known amon* bird fanciers, has increased rapidl+ in ritain since

19$ when imports and e/ports of ()......... birds became ($)......... controlled.

uarantine controls, ()......... with the scarcit+ of man+ t+pes of parrots in the wild in #frica,

#ustralia, ndonesia, and outh #merica, have caused a shorta*e of birds which can be sold le*all+

under (9).......... &his has sent prices to (10)......... levels.

orkin* at ni*ht and e3uipped with wire4cutters, nets and substances to dope the birds, the

rustlers are prepared to (11)......... serious risks to capture the parrots the+ want. #t irdworld, a

specialist "oo, thieves (12)......... two parrots after pickin* their (1')......... throu*h an enclosure

containin* cassowaries, &he cassowar+ is a lar*e fli*htless bird, related to the emu, which can be

e/tremel+ (1-)........., and has been (1%)......... to kill humans with blows from its powerful le*s.

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