1.   Birds are bred by crossing champions, to try to guarantee a high quality of song.

2.   Some people breed these birds to eat.

3.   Humane society officials say ranchers should stop breeding the birds.

4.   The birds are bred at the Los Angeles Zoo and the San Diego Wild Animal Park and then transferred at three months of age to nesting sites.

5.   The owner, Nancy Chambers, breeds birds on the premises.

6.   The suspect claimed he was breeding exotic birds he owned.

7.   First you have to breed the birds, then they take two to three years to mature.

8.   The couple sold their condo in nearby Mays Landing and bought a spread a few miles away to begin breeding the birds.

9.   Two weeks ago, scores of prize pheasants began pecking one another to death at Pausa, a famous farm in Transylvania that breeds the birds.

10.   Until now poachers of wild birds have often escaped prosecution by claiming that the birds were bred in captivity.