Bubba Bird

25/08/2024

25/08/2024

Can you kokua and send items to support the Hawaiian Feathered Friends Network?

19/06/2024

If you live or work on land zoned Ag or Country on Oahu, you need to be aware of how Bill 64 will impact you. If passed, this bill (formerly called Bill 10) will fundamentally and irreversibly change our traditional, Kama'aina way of life on Oahu. Please make the time to take a look at the 279-page bill, then email or call your City Council Member and urge them to vote NO ON BILL 64. The flyer below has more detail, but in a nutshell, these are just a few of the over-reaching aspects that will impact all owners or residents of ag- or country-zoned lots.
• Keeping horses and other animals will be prohibited on zoned lots smaller than three acres. This includes cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits, birds, chickens and other poultry.
• Beekeeping will also be sharply curtailed.
• Feed stores, will largely be prohibited on Ag or Country-zoned properties.
• Farm stands would no longer be allowed to have electricity, water or other utilities, which poses obvious and basic hygiene and safety concerns.
• Bill 64 would permanently close many Oahu pet-boarding facilities located on properties zoned Ag or Country. Ironically, the ideal location for pet-boarding facilities is in areas that are less densely populated – such as Ag- or Country-zoned properties.
• Animal shelters on ag or country-zoned lands will also be forced to close, exacerbating an already-critical problem as all of the island’s shelters (including the Hawaiian Humane Society) are filled to overflowing. Currently, HHS is turning pets away and begging for volunteers to provide foster care for them.
• With nowhere to go and no one to help them, these unsheltered and starving animals will become feral – roaming communities and neighborhoods seeking food. Virtually all will be unvaccinated, and many will become increasingly defensive – even aggressive – as they struggle to survive. Bill 64 is more than an immediate threat to pet care businesses, pet owners and lost animals; the danger to public health and safety in the longer term is impossible to miss.
• Farm tours, petting zoos, pony rides and other agribusinesses will have to pay for expensive planners, archaeologists, attorneys and other costly experts needed to prepare and submit an application for a Conditional Use Permit Major.
• Inexplicably, Bill 64 will make it illegal to use a covered lanai larger than 1000 square feet for celebrations and gatherings.
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28/04/2024

Aloha Folks,

Next weekend (May 4th & 5th 2024) is Hawaii Pet Expo at the Blaisdell Arena. The Hawaiian Feathered Friends Network (the organization that runs Hawaii Parrot Forum & Hawaii Parrot & Bird Lost and Found List) will have a booth at the Expo selling a variety of handmade parrot toys, guava wood perches with stainless steel hardware, guava wood tree stands, and other parrot and bird-related items. If you have a chance, please stop by our booth and make a purchase.

Our group is !00% volunteer-based.
No one receives any compensation for our time and effort. We do this to support the bird-owning community in the Hawaiian Islands.
If we've helped you, it would be great if you could make a donation to support our parrot & bird rescue efforts, as well as our outreach and support work.

We are currently supporting 14 birds on Maui that were displaced by the Maui Wildfires as their owners rebuild their business, home and lives after the tragic loss in August 2023.

We also support our low-income elderly members by covering life-saving vet bills for their birds, as well as making sure all our rescued birds receive appropriate vet care.

It's a labor of love for the birds and we need your support. We do our best to support the bird community in Hawaii.
You can donate to our PayPal account: https://bit.ly/3UBdbdh

Or you can put money on our account at Feather and Fur Animal Hospital: Send your check to
Feather and Fur Animal Hospital
25 Kaneohe Bay Dr #260,
Kailua, HI 96734
Write: Hawaiian Feathered Friends Network Account in the memo box on the check.

You can also donate directly to our account at Bank of Hawaii. Just tell them to deposit it into the Hawaiian Feathered Friends Network Account.

If you prefer to mail us a check cash or money order, You can send it to
Hawaiian Feathered Friends Network
PO BOX 793
Kailua, HI 96734

if you have any questions, Call 808-294-7382

Help support Hawaiian Feathered Friends Network by donating or sharing with your friends.

16/04/2024

I hired Jorge Flores to draw a picture of my Bubba Bird. I sent several photos, so Jorge could see Bubba from different angles, But this is the picture that I liked the best. Bubba had stolen a jelly bean, and he knew he wasn't supposed to have it. But he looked so darn cute and happy to have that jelly bean, I told him he could have it. The second photo is how he looked after I said he could keep it. I can see the joy in his eyes.
The picture that the drawing was made from, is when he started to eat his prized jelly bean. He was so happy to have that jelly bean.
Sometimes, you just have to let them have darn jelly bean. The joy that we got from that moment was more important.

11/04/2024

Makanahele Mcaw's Etsy shop

Shop items by MakanaheleCreations located in Kailua, Hawaii.

15/02/2024

This is what you get when you ask an AI program to draw a lilac-crowned amazon.

09/02/2024

Aloha Folks,

SB2120 in on the legislative agenda for February 13, 2024 at 9:10 am in Conference Room 229 and by Videoconference.
This is a HORRIBLE BILL that will affect all independent locally owned and operated pet stores in the islands. Most of you know, my son-in-law owns the pet store in Windward Mall that his folks started back in the 1970s. He and his cousin took over after his folks retired.

This store is one of the few (possibly the only) Native Hawaiian-owned and operated pet store that is in it's second generation of operation. They have been there, serving the windward side for over 50 years.

Currently, the independent pet stores are the only stores that sell puppies. The large mainland chains do not. So this legislation specifically targets locally owned and operated businesses. This crazy over-reach is really going to hurt their business, if not make them close their doors for good.

This also affects those that breed dogs (AKC breeders, families that want their kids to have that experience of having their family pet have a litter of puppies, etc) -- because the bill also says stores can only obtain animals from "HUMANE SOURCES"--meaning the THE HUMANE SOCIETY.

It removes a reputable, reliable, brick and mortar place of business for families to visit and purchase a beloved family pet.

For me, I personally don't feel comfortable meeting random strangers in parking lots and beach parks. I want to walk into a well-lighted store, where I know the people that work there, and have dealt with them year after year. I want to be able to get the breed of animal I want, because I'm after a certain personality type, temperament, or look. Lots of folks feel the same.

The bill also requires a the store to maintain a ton of records on the dog, many of which would not apply to a puppy. It also requires the store to check on the identity of the breeder, check if they have a general excise tax license, and retain all the records of the animal breeder. I don't know about you, but I would not want copies of my personal identification kept by any business. That's my personal information and that's just too much overreach by the government.

Please, I need you to submit testimony ASAP (meaning TODAY) that you STRONGLY OPPOSE the bill. Even if you can't formulate a letter, just check the box saying you oppose the bill. Our local businesses are struggling as it is. Don't let them make it even harder for them. Go to this link:
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2120&year=2024

Click the orange SUBMIT Testimony link. It will take you to the page that says SUBMIT TESTIMONY. Enter SB2120 and then select you oppose the measure.

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2120&year=2024

Please be advised that these pages may contain links to external Internet sites established by other entities. The Hawaii State Legislature does not maintain, review, or endorse these sites and is not responsible for their content.

13/01/2024

Look how all the organizations are connected.

In Hawaii, when we see bills designed to limit pet ownership coming before the Hawaii State Legislature, the "originators" usually trace back to PETA and Humane Society USA (HUSA).

There is a big push from these animal groups to limit your ability to keep, buy, sell, and breed pet animals.

Every year, the Hawaiian Feathered Friends Network partners with Pacific Pet Alliance to fight these bills and preserve our rights to own animals. We are always looking for people to submit testimony and help work to preserve our animal ownership rights.
We can't do it alone.

If you love your birds, dogs, cats, rabbits, turtles, chinchillas, guinea pigs, fish, rats, or whatever, when we ask for folks to submit testimony written or oral, please take a minute or two to help out. It's a numbers game that will determine what happens with those bills. HUSA, PETA, and all the others have paid lobbyists to push their agenda. They are very polished and professional speakers. We have our network of people: all of you.

There are MORE OF US and we live in Hawaii.
We have a say in what happens.
To ensure this happens: our politicians need to hear from you.

Email [email protected] or call 808-294-7382

Animal extremist groups are strategically connected in many ways.
https://protecttheharvest.com/about/why-we-educate-about-animal-rights-and-other-non-governmental-organizations/

12/09/2023

Hi my name is Carol Hester and I am posting this on behalf of David Vanzo and his wife Bar… Carol Hester needs your support for David Vanzo & Barrie Matthews

11/09/2023

09/08/2023

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22/07/2023

Bird Laws

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06/07/2023

Sun conures are loud. Almost louder than cockatoos