30 macaws imported at total cost per bird about 30,000 per bird
available already on nz market at 10,000 each
sums don't work
people in nz prepared and wanting to pay that dosh, scenario gets worse
controlled importation = all birds screened for diseases etc also not worth smuggling
no importation = smuggling = no birds screened
while we have the human race there will always be those who break the rules