Spix’s macaw returns to Brazil, but is overshadowed by controversy - Mongabay March 2020

In March 2020 Mongabay published an article about the Spix’s macaw on its website

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The article was very controversial in its content and attracted a lot of attention worldwide, a lot of which was not very positive. The general attitude was like that of the major conservation agencies that the source of the funding was not important because it was being used for a very good cause. 

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 " Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret "

( If you drive out nature with a pitchfork, she will soon find a way back)

Horace (65-8 BC)