Legal and Illegal Theriocide of Trafficked Animals 461 run businesses breeding and selling parrots (see below) This may indicate their business is a means by which they launder wild caught birds, for example, owners may claim that they breed the birds, when in reality they are illegally trafficked to the country Import of cheap wild caught birds may also sustain their business and provide an addition to their own parrot breeding if the results are insufficient Data/Methodology The seizure reports, completed by Customs officers when animals (or any illegal goods) are seized at Norwegian borders, contain information about the animals, the location and circumstances for the seizure, in addition to information provided by the person carrying/sending animals about his/her intention behind the act and in general his/her explanation for it I have traced several of the cases that have been produced by the prosecutor as a consequence of these confiscation reports through a number of phone calls to determine how they ended, that is, with a verdict (if the case was brought to trial) Most often, however, they end with a fine or are dismissed In addition, in Norway, I conducted 12 semi-structured individual and group interviews with people, who, because of their profession, e.g., as veterinarians, police and customs officers, have specific insight into the illegal wildlife trade Groups comprised from three to six persons In addition, I interviewed five offenders (reptile keepers) I also carried out manifold email exchanges and had numerous phone conversations with police, prosecutors and experts I have conducted further 18 interviews from South America (14 from Colombia and four from Brazil) with veterinarians, wildlife experts, NGO staff, and environmental police.11 Analysis of newspaper articles that are too many to detail here, on the subject, were also a part of my research 11 Secretaría ambiental de ambiente; Asociación de veterinaries de vida silvestre; TRAFFIC (Latin America) Fundación Proaves; Centro de recepción y rehabilitación de vida silvestre; ARIE Matão de Cosmópolis/ICMBio, Secretaría de Meio Ambiente Sao Paolo, Corporación para el Desarrollo sostenible del Norte y oriente Amazónico; Secretaria Municipal Verde e Meio Ambiente—Sao Paulo; Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible; Policía Militar Ambiental—Sao Paulo; Entropika Persons in Colombia and Brazil who want to be credited for their participation in the project are Claudia Isabel Brievar Rico, Bernardo Ortíz von Halle, Javier Cifuentes, Márcia Gonỗalves Rodrigues, Claudia Terdiman Schaalmann, Daniela Desgualdo, Wilfredo Pachún, Ricardo Gandara Crede, Claudia Rodríguez, Marcelo Robis Francisco Massaro and Angela Maldonado Interviews in Norway (17) were conducted by the author, while interviews in Colombia and Brazil (with the exception of one interview done by the author on SKYPE) were conducted by David Rodríguez Goyes, for which I am grateful