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They’re Not Living—They’re Surviving

In Part 2 of our conversation with Pete Paxton, undercover investigator, author, and advocate, Pete shares some of what has stayed with him most from his investigation inside a large-scale bird breeding operation.

He describes cockatoos who had severely plucked their own feathers, birds desperately seeking human attention, barren cages without enrichment, and dead birds discarded in a trash can. He also witnessed young birds separated from their families and crowded together under stressful conditions that led them to fight and injure one another.

These are intelligent, social animals with complex behavioral and emotional needs. Yet what Pete witnessed left little opportunity for them to express even the most basic parts of who they are.

As Pete puts it:

“They’re not really living. They’re just surviving.”

Go back and watch Part 1 of our conversation with Pete as we continue looking at what happens behind the scenes of the commercial bird trade—and why these conversations matter.

Birds deserve more than survival.
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