Their home is the jungle of South and Central America. They live in flocks of up to 100 animals. Their calls are shrill and they have a pronounced need to gnaw. Cock-of-the-rock macaws, just like their 350 breed relatives, are highly endangered because many people want a parrot, a friend. Many of the new pet owners often know nothing at all about the animals, how to keep them, what they eat and what they need. As is the way of things, the animals often become a nuisance again and are sent away or even abandoned. Lucky was lucky, he was taken in by a couple who ran a sanctuary for parrots. But even they had to admit that they were too old to look after the animals. They trustingly turned to Gut Aiderbichl.