OK.. I am, theoretically, a 'captive' bird. I live in a home made of bricks and glass with a human who treats me well, however, I was not born in the wild.
After Dagga-the- Parrot died, SHE wanted to find a hand reared baby Grey. SHE spoke with one of the worlds' foremost Avian Vets, Mike Sandford, who HIGHLY recommended MY Breeder.
She travelled to Shropshire to be interviewed by Rebecca and to see if SHE was suitable for one of Rebecca's babies. That was a very funny meeting, written about in a previous post.
Then SHE drove with a friend - another parrot lover - back up to Shropshire seven weeks later to collect ME (now aged 16 weeks) and all of MY luggage.. cage, toys, small perch, yum yum etc.
The percentage of African Grey Parrots that survive being trapped and sold on is never more than 50 %.. this means that, out of the 3,000 AFP trapped this coming year in The Camerouns, Central Africa.. FIFTEEN HUNDRED will die.
And this is "declared figure", as Will Travers put it, when coming out of the July Conference just after this shocking decision had been made by CITES..
Google CITES, JULY CONVENTION, AFRICAN GREY PARROTS and watch the video of Will speaking about this dreadfully shocking decision.
CITES stands for..
The CONVENTION of INTERNATIONAL TRADE in ENDANGERED SPECIES.
"There are thousands more that die from being damaged, seriously hurt and die of sheer fright even before they get to the transit area", he says.
Remember MY post last month about that scary thing? Bless HER heart, SHE knows that I should keep ole Beaky in tip-top condition, so SHE kindly introduced a 'scratch' perch into MY sleeping area.. lordy, it WAS such a fearsome thing.. turquoise too..
Now, of course, I jurst scratch ole Beaky on it and give it not another thought.. but can YOU imagine the horror of having a net thrown over YOU, which is then pulled tight and dragged across the ground and thrown into the back of a lorry..
IF.. YOU are going to bring an African Grey into YOUR life. Please.. WE beg of YOU, do your research, are you able to have a 'child' in YOUR life for over forty or fifty or more years?
A child that never grows up.. now, admittedly, WE don't go to school, or university, or learn how to drive, date unsuitable people or get pregnant or get a girl pregnant.. but WE do require a lot of attention, care, lurve and space..
Are YOU, perhaps, better off with a smaller bird?
But, whatever bird you decide to have in YOUR life, PLEASE, make sure that it is a 'hand reared, locally bred bird' from a Licensed Breeder who runs a respected Aviary. And, that YOU register YOUR bird with an Avian Specialist Vet and have YOUR bird micro-chipped.
We, in the wild, live in flocks and WE mate for life, WE enjoy company, I go everywhere with HER, friends know that when they invite HER to stay that I come too.. And, MY favourite perch is HER head.
Are YOU prepared and ready for this responsibility and amount of TomFoolery! WE LIKE TO PLAY!
YOU may not recognise that man's name.. but YOU know his family.. oh, indeedy, YOU do. Remember
Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna, YOU may even remember they were in a film once.
Well, meet their son, Will. SHE met his mother and him at The Royal Geographical Society several years ago. The work this man does on behalf of Animal Conservation is outstanding, not just for Parrots.
YOU may have forgotten name of that film, it was.. 'BORN FREE'.
GeeGee Parrot.
September 1st, 2012.
After Dagga-the- Parrot died, SHE wanted to find a hand reared baby Grey. SHE spoke with one of the worlds' foremost Avian Vets, Mike Sandford, who HIGHLY recommended MY Breeder.
She travelled to Shropshire to be interviewed by Rebecca and to see if SHE was suitable for one of Rebecca's babies. That was a very funny meeting, written about in a previous post.
Then SHE drove with a friend - another parrot lover - back up to Shropshire seven weeks later to collect ME (now aged 16 weeks) and all of MY luggage.. cage, toys, small perch, yum yum etc.
The percentage of African Grey Parrots that survive being trapped and sold on is never more than 50 %.. this means that, out of the 3,000 AFP trapped this coming year in The Camerouns, Central Africa.. FIFTEEN HUNDRED will die.
And this is "declared figure", as Will Travers put it, when coming out of the July Conference just after this shocking decision had been made by CITES..
Google CITES, JULY CONVENTION, AFRICAN GREY PARROTS and watch the video of Will speaking about this dreadfully shocking decision.
CITES stands for..
The CONVENTION of INTERNATIONAL TRADE in ENDANGERED SPECIES.
"There are thousands more that die from being damaged, seriously hurt and die of sheer fright even before they get to the transit area", he says.
Remember MY post last month about that scary thing? Bless HER heart, SHE knows that I should keep ole Beaky in tip-top condition, so SHE kindly introduced a 'scratch' perch into MY sleeping area.. lordy, it WAS such a fearsome thing.. turquoise too..
Now, of course, I jurst scratch ole Beaky on it and give it not another thought.. but can YOU imagine the horror of having a net thrown over YOU, which is then pulled tight and dragged across the ground and thrown into the back of a lorry..
IF.. YOU are going to bring an African Grey into YOUR life. Please.. WE beg of YOU, do your research, are you able to have a 'child' in YOUR life for over forty or fifty or more years?
A child that never grows up.. now, admittedly, WE don't go to school, or university, or learn how to drive, date unsuitable people or get pregnant or get a girl pregnant.. but WE do require a lot of attention, care, lurve and space..
Are YOU, perhaps, better off with a smaller bird?
But, whatever bird you decide to have in YOUR life, PLEASE, make sure that it is a 'hand reared, locally bred bird' from a Licensed Breeder who runs a respected Aviary. And, that YOU register YOUR bird with an Avian Specialist Vet and have YOUR bird micro-chipped.
We, in the wild, live in flocks and WE mate for life, WE enjoy company, I go everywhere with HER, friends know that when they invite HER to stay that I come too.. And, MY favourite perch is HER head.
Are YOU prepared and ready for this responsibility and amount of TomFoolery! WE LIKE TO PLAY!
YOU may not recognise that man's name.. but YOU know his family.. oh, indeedy, YOU do. Remember
Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna, YOU may even remember they were in a film once.
Well, meet their son, Will. SHE met his mother and him at The Royal Geographical Society several years ago. The work this man does on behalf of Animal Conservation is outstanding, not just for Parrots.
YOU may have forgotten name of that film, it was.. 'BORN FREE'.
GeeGee Parrot.
September 1st, 2012.
No one should own a bird that wasn't bred in captivity. To do so is not only irresponsible but environmentally stupid. It isn't just Central Africa where this is happening. In Central and South America the illegal caged-bird trade has wiped out species in countries that don't keep this illegal activity under control. The spectacularly beautiful Hyacinth Macaw is seriously endangered because of this activity. The sad thing is, the more beautiful the bird, the more they are desired for captive caged birds. Any so many of the wild caught birds die in transit. Cites should never approve legal take of wild birds. It makes me heartsick.
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