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The reasons for legal confiscation of avian specimens are diverse, from wildlife trafficking to pet hoarding. Understanding the extent of physical and psychological trauma, illness, and other damage is important for informing management, veterinary, care and disposition of specimens. This survey is meant as a collaborative effort to detail and compile the impact prior to, during, and after legal seizure of birds to develop guidelines and planning for confiscation events. Documentation of the extent of animal cruelty is under-reported and, in many cases, unknown. Identification and characterization of these cases is important in the outcome, protocols, and assistance needed for confiscated birds.

You may answer these questions anonymously. However, your information is important in this collaborative effort, and we encourage your participation.

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* 1. Contact Information: You may answer this survey anonymously: skip to Question #3. However, your information is important in this collaborative effort, and we encourage your participation in networking. We will not share your information unless you grant permission.

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* 2. What category of birds do you see in confiscations? Please check at least one.

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* 3. Please rank the type of confiscations you work with, based on the number of individuals or cases you have seen.

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* 4. From what situations do confiscated birds you work with originate? Please check all that apply.

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* 5. What species do you work with? Please rank them according to the number of cases or individuals.

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* 6. What age are the majority of confiscated birds you work with in the following taxa? Please rank them according to the number of cases or individuals.

  eggs nestlings Juvenile/fledgling/subadult Adult Age not determined or unknown none
Psittacines (Parrots, Cockatoos, etc)
Passerines (Songbirds)
Toucans
Hornbills
Owls
Hawks, Falcons
Vultures
Ducks, Swans, etc
Pheasants, Peafowl, other Fowls
Hummingbirds
Shorebirds
Marine/Seabirds
Woodpeckers, Barbets, etc

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* 7. What happens to  birds immediately after confiscation? Please check all that occur or that you know about.

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* 8. What happens to the birds after evaluation and care (outcome or disposition)? Please check at least one box.

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* 9. Please rank the following according to the number of cases that have been in your care:

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* 10. Please select the kinds of general trauma that happened PRIOR to the confiscation (ie, trauma observed at the time of confiscation). Please check at least one box.

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* 11. Please select the kinds of specific trauma that you suspect occurred PRIOR to the confiscation (ie, trauma observed at the time of confiscation). Please check all that apply.

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* 12. Please select general illnesses that you suspect were present PRIOR to confiscation. Please check all that apply.

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* 13. Please enter likely etiologies for the illnesses you suspect were acquired PRIOR to confiscation (ie, sick birds were confiscated). Please check all that apply.

  suspected but not tested tested and confirmed PCR tested and confirmed culture tested and confirmed histology/necropsy/pathology tested and confirmed  imagining
viral
bacterial
fungal
prion/other infectious
parasitic
nutritional
toxin
none

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* 14. Please select the kinds of general trauma that happened DURING to the confiscation. Please check at least one answer.

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* 15. Please select the kinds of specific trauma that happened DURING to the confiscation. Check all that apply.

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* 16. Please select the kinds of general trauma seen AFTER to the confiscation (ie, trauma which occurred during post-confiscation care). Please check at least one box.

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* 17. Please select the kinds of specific trauma seen AFTER the confiscation (ie, trauma occurring after the bird is in care). Please check all that apply.

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* 18. Please select general illnesses that were detected AFTER confiscation. Please check at least one answer.

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* 19. Please enter likely etiologies for the illnesses detected AFTER to confiscation (ie, birds showed signs of illness after they were admitted to care) and the commonest mode of diagnostics used. Please check all that apply.

  suspected but not tested tested and confirmed PCR tested and confirmed culture tested and confirmed histology/necropsy/pathology tested and confirmed  imagining
viral
bacterial
fungal
prion/other infectious
nutritional
toxin
none

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* 20. Care after confiscation: please check all that apply.

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* 21. What are the most important aspects of dealing with confiscated birds? Please rank the following:

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* 22. Do you have suggestions to improve the confiscation and care of birds involved with legal seizures?

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* 23. What are the most important animal cruelty aspects of confiscations of live birds?

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* 24. Thank you for your participation. This is a huge effort but if even 5 birds benefit from our combined data, is it not worth the trouble? Please check below if you would like to receive a copy of survey results when it is closed. Do not forget to provide an email contact if you do.

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* 25. How would you like to help?

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