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Someone Lost a Bird
"Bastette" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: "jmcquown" wrote in message ... On 10/22/2015 3:04 PM, Christina Websell wrote: "jmcquown" wrote in message ... On 10/20/2015 1:47 PM, Christina Websell wrote: Ok, wing-clipping is not permanent, I have to agree. But why are these wonderful birds disabled by this so they can be pets? and just walk around? Birds need to fly. IMHO. You don't clip all their feathers. Just the flight feathers on one wing. They can still fly, just not very far. Yes, I know this. But Macaws are used to living in Central America in the rainforests. IMO they should remain there. How do think they like living in a cage? No wonder they often pluck all their feathers out. I understand what you're saying. I'm not the one who imported these birds. Importing tropical birds as pets started a couple of centuries before I was born. I'm just glad the bird found its way back to where she knows she has food and care. Jill I'm not blaming you. I used to think it was OK to have a parrot as a pet but now I am not so sure that it is. They belong in the rainforest, not in a cage. Imagine that parrots idea of an ideal life is flying around in South America (or Australia) freely and then are a caged bird. No wonder theyhave difficulties sitting in a cage. I feel that way about all pet birds, tbh. They all need to fly. (Well, OK, not a pet peacock, but you know what I mean.) I'd love to have a pet bird, but it is really cruel to keep them caged, or even to keep them stuck in the house, unable to fly as they're adapted to. -- Some people say it doesn't matter as long as they've known nothing else than a cage. |
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