Tony Silva
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Tony Silva (born 1960) is an American ornithologist and aviculturist that has authored several books on parrots, hundreds of articles and was curator of birds at Tenerife's Loro Parque, the largest parrot park in the world. He has been heavily involved in the efforts to save the Spix's Macaw.[1]
[edit] Smuggling
In 1996, he was arrested and charged with conspiracy to violate wildlife and customs laws, and tax evasion. Silva initially plead guilty but then immediately attempted to withdraw his plea of guilt and take the case to trial. The court denied the motion to withdraw the guilty plea due to an abuse of discretion.[2] Silva was subsequently sentenced to 82 months in prison and fined $100,000.[3][4] The smuggling involved several threatened species of South American parrots, including Hyacinth Macaws and Vinaceous Amazons.[4]
[edit] Selected publications
This is an incomplete list of works by Tony Silva.
- Books
- Silva, T., & B. Kotlar (1981). Breeding Lovebirds. TFH Publications. ISBN 0876668317
- Silva, T., & B. Kotlar (1989). Conures. TFH Publications. ISBN 0866227393
- Silva, T. (1989). A Monograph of Endangered Parrots. Silvio Mattachione. ISBN 0969264046
- Silva, T. (1991). Psittaculture: The Breeding, Rearing and Management of Parrots. Silvio Mattacchione. ISBN 0950416525
- Silva, T. (1993). A Monograph Of Macaws and Conures. Silvio Mattacchione. ISBN 1895270014
[edit] References
- ^ Silva, T. (1991). A Monograph of Macaws and Conures, pages 77-94 (Spix's Macaw)
- ^ http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-7th-circuit/1004794.html
- ^ "A Defender of Rare Birds Is Guilty of Smuggling Them". The New York Times. February 3, 1996. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE7D81739F930A35751C0A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
- ^ a b Lowther, Jason; Cook, Dee; Roberts, Martin (2002-08-05) (PDF). Crime and Punishment in the Wildlife Trade. World Wildlife Fund. http://www.wwf.org.uk/filelibrary/pdf/crime_and_punishment.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-09
