Tella and Hiraldo rightly point out the extinction risk posed by over-exploitation of wild parrots for the pet trade. They propose working to change the long standing practice in many cultures of keeping parrots as pets, admitting this would take much work. A more effective and economically valuable approach would be to encourage captive breeding of desirable species (under humane conditions, perhaps regulated by governments) that would then be sold to local people desiring to continue their heritage of keeping parrots as pets. Captive-bred parrots could be ringed on the leg (and perhaps microchipped, a more expensive undertaking) and only those certified captive raised could be kept as pets. This would allow the long standing tradition to continue, would make poaching much less lucrative since selling those poached birds would be difficult, and would establish another economically important set of related small businesses breeding parrots and businesses providing supplies. The captive breeding would expand the knowledge regarding the relevant species and their husbandry and could in certain cases provide stock for reintroductions to repopulate suitable areas.