Parrots, whether wild-caught or captive-bred, are not domesticated like cats and dogs and remain wild animals. Their curiosity, intellect, and ability to bond with humans make them appealing, yet these traits also make them challenging as pets. Parrots often end up displaced due to their natural behaviors clashing with human expectations. They bite, chew-both you and your home-and are messy, active, and noisy. Parrots scream, but many do not talk. Most parrots won’t learn cute tricks. Parrots require social interaction, a varied diet, daily attention and are sensitive to household products. Their care is costly, and large parrots can live up to 80 years — will you? This is Bebe, a wild caught amazon enjoying her fern.
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Thank you Foster Parrots, for your well articulated perspective:
www.facebook.com/share/p/14R2FkX8zUP/Today is #NationalBirdDay and we hope you’ll join us in the fight for parrot welfare. Parrots in captivity are not domesticated - they are the same species that still exist in the wild today. Captivity strips these beautiful creatures of the ability to carry out so many of their natural behaviors including adequate flight and exercise, flocking, and the choice of a lifelong mate. Captive parrots suffer these losses even in the best of circumstances.

This year the @avianwelfare National Bird Day theme is, “A Bird in Flight is Poetry in Motion”.

Make an impact today, on National Bird Day, by sharing this message. We must end the parrot pet trade and change the perception that a parrot in a cage is acceptable. It is not acceptable to house a wild flighted animal in a cage. Visit fosterparrots.com/activism to learn more about how you can take action. ... See MoreSee Less

www.facebook.com/share/p/1C89Tx4CnM/Our website www.avianwelfare.org is a valuable resource for avian advocacy. ... See MoreSee Less