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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have never allowed my son to have birds. I don't believe in them as pets. Birds were meant to fly and we are not equipped to offer them an appropriate environment. Also, birds can be quite difficult to care for properly.[/quote]

It is cruel to own a caged bird.[/quote]

Do you have a cat? Keeping your cat indoors is unnatural and cruel, but that’s absolutely what you should be doing because cats are invasive species and kill millions of rodents and birds, who didn’t evolve to deal with housecats, every year.

Keeping fish in an unclean fish tank is cruel.

Keeping a dog and not giving it love and attention is cruel.

Pet ownership is s mixed bag everywhere, and there’s plenty of cruelty to go around. A well-socialized bird with plenty of time outside the cage and maybe a bird friend is no worse than any of the scenarios above. [/quote]

Cats are the oldest domesticated animal on earth. Domesticated cats and dogs bear very little resemblance to their ancient ancestors.  Birds are not even classified as domesticated. They are native species exploited by the pet industry. They are considered captive WILD animals. Dogs and Cats have EVOLVED to live with humans. Birds in the wild have a natural  range of THOUSANDS of miles. A bird does not belong in a cage. Even if it gets to fly around your townhouse banging into windows.

Comparing a dog and cat to birds is just idiotic. Birds do not belong as pets. Period.

Owning a bird is ignorant and low class.[/quote]

Gosh, you’re really ignorant.

Sure, cats have been domesticated—as mousers in your barn and fields. Not sleeping all day on your chair, which is a very recent development.  Talk to any TNR nutcase about how cats need to exercise their “natural instincts” by going outside. (I keep my cat inside because of the damage to wildlife, but I give her enrichment.) It’s widely accepted that cats are not really domesticated—read “The Tiger in Your Living Room” and educate yourself.

I’m all for adopting parrots (and cats and dogs) instead of going to breeders. But you clearly know nothing about parrots. With lots of socialization, they can be very happy, and live longer. You seem to have a misty-eyed vision of nature, which is actually, as they say, red in tooth and claw.

And low class? Don’t make yourself look ridiculous. Dolly Madison and Winston Churchill owned parrots. Also, pretty sure I’d outclass you on nearly every measure (family, antiques, education) so don’t pull that DCUM class-obsessing nonsense.

Signed, we own a parrot and a cat[/quote]

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