Je refere tout le monde vers le Forum perroquet, mais je crois qu'il devrait y avoir un reseau de sanctuaires et d'inspecteurs specialises en perroquets, il devrait y avoir la posssibilite d'encourager les familles d'accueils et les adoptions. Ce ne devrait pas etre le travail de seules quelques individus bienveillants (on connait tous Mijo, Couack et les autres, bravo a vous!), mais ca devrait etre plus gros et etendu que ca!
Je risque de me faire lyncher pour ce qui suit, mais c'est un site web d'un organisme americain extraordinaire avec plusieurs articles informatifs tres interessants que je vous invite tous a visiter! Je crois sincerement que si ce genre de systeme existait ici, ca pourrait prevenir les erreurs commises des proprietaires d'oiseaux mal informes! Et ca pourrait prevenir les escrocs (Calypso je pense tres fort a toi) aussi!
WWW.AVIANWELFARE.ORG
The Avian Welfare Coalition is opposed to the breeding, mass-marketing, and selling of birds through pet stores.
Et par le meme coup, voici leur position pour encourager l'adoption:
Over the past decade, "exotic pets" like parrots have become the rage even though they are challenging to keep in captivity. Large-scale "parrot mill" breeding operations, which supply popular warehouse pet store chains, are now producing thousands of potentially very long-lived parrot chicks each year to keep up with the demand for babies. It is next to impossible to properly socialize baby parrots under such "assembly line," high-production breeding conditions. To make matters worse, when these birds are sold through warehouse pet stores, buyers rarely receive quality products or solid advice from an inexperienced staff. In addition, the display of gentle, adorable, juvenile birds in these stores leads to many being purchased on impulse — and a parrot purchased on impulse without serious preparation and education rarely finds a lifelong home.
Unfortunately, the public is still largely uneducated about the real challenges of keeping parrots in captivity. Many adolescent and adult parrots lose their homes when their "true colors" as wild animals start to shine. Thousands of mass-marketed birds are now displaced each year because neither these birds nor their buyers are properly prepared for success. The least fortunate birds are passed from home to home before dying from neglect or abuse, or they are euthanized. The lucky ones end up in adoption shelters or sanctuaries, which are now filling up fast!
Never buy a mass-marketed bird from a pet store! These companies will not stop mass-producing and selling birds until it is no longer profitable to do so... Your consumer dollars are a powerful vote against parrot homelessness!
Quand on y pense bien, oui nous sommes horribles d'encourager les animaleries et d'acheter des nouveaux bebes oiseaux, (surtout dans les animaleries degueulasses) pendant qu'il y en a tant d'autres, plus vieux, qui attendent une seconde chance avec LA bonne famille!