12/11/2024
Last year, in 2023, Foster Parrots received 769 requests for the surrender of parrots. This year, by November 1, we had already broken 1,000 requests. Unfortunately, we are not the only parrot rescue organization experiencing these untenable numbers. Parrot Rescues and even Animal Control organizations across the country are being inundated with parrot surrender requests, hoarding situations, and guardians dying without a plan in place for their birds. Often, the homes we receive requests from have multiple birds. This year, more so than others, we have seen an enormous uptick in the number of birds needing assistance from a single home. This is no longer just a “parrot problem.” It’s an unwanted parrot crisis that is primarily being driven by parrot breeders and big box pet retailers who continue to pump birds into the pet trade, while surrender requests flood in at untenable levels; rescue organizations simply cannot keep up.
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This is an excerpt from The Rescue Community & The Unwanted Parrot Crisis by Foster Parrots sanctuary director Amanda Coleman. Read the full story in our December newsletter at https://buff.ly/4g4eYQf
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