Levantamento dos métodos de criação e comércio de aves silvestres no município de Patos - PB / Brasil.

Abstract

Survey of methods of breeding and trade in wild birds in the city of Patos-PB/Brasil. The birds of the Caatinga with its particularities as a whole, become the group most sought by people from the wild animals in our semiarid for use as pets, a practice that comes from our ancestors. This reason, whereby we must be more careful. The present study aimed to survey which employed both methods of creation as in marketing, with a greater emphasis on wild birds, taking into account what methods are used in the creation, reproduction, feeding, and preparation for both performance improvement as for the trade itself, and these practices are in accordance with the correct guidelines. For this study a sampling universe of 30 city dwellers among traders and breeders being used for such semi-structured questionnaire was used. Respondents cited 27 bird species, spread across 8 families. Usually used as ornamental or extra source of income, and exceptionally as Pets "baiting" or even as food, each species with a form of power management and relatively different with distinct particularities This result reflects the fact that the birds are here in the semiarid used not only as decoration, but as a natural resource of great importance to the culture and economy of the locals. For this reason many professionals have adopted institutions and lines of research that directly address the issues of conservation as well as the ornithological and conservation community has been promoting the means to study, plan and take an active attitude to conserve the rich and increasingly threatened birds of the savanna. Although we do not know what species are threatened, we have some notion as well as what are their main threats and where they should be preserved. However, there is still a lot, because research and conservation measures are not well distributed between the microregions of our region, and the threats are not diminishing. The Caatinga as a whole needs: a sectoral plan for the conservation of birds that allows to organize and set priorities for the actions of different institutions and professionals; define the needs for future research and the training of personnel; establish priorities for conservation and management of endangered species and important conservation areas; and promote public policies to improve the protection of birds.