please dont shop at Petsmart...

[kryssie]

Please refuse to shop at PetSmart (http://www.helpinganimals.com/oi_petsmart.asp) until they agree to stop supporting the commercial bird trade by ending the sale of live birds in their stores.

I know everyone in this forum loves animals or you wouldn’t be here, so please seriously consider this post. Although birds may be gorgeous, and that some of them can “talk” is pretty cool, the fact is they are wild animals who don’t belong inside, and definitely don’t belong in cages.

Dogs and cats have been domesticated and living with people for thousands of years, so they make great companions because they are completely accustomed to domestic life. But it hasn’t been very long since birds were almost exclusively flying in the wild – it’s within the recent past that we’ve started to mass breed them by the thousands in giant warehouses similar to puppy mills and sell them in pet stores. So it’s no wonder that many birds have behavioral problems like head bobbing, biting, feather plucking, and some actually go insane from the lack of stimulation that a life sentence in a cage offers.

Most birds can live for several decades, and some of the larger species can live up to 80 years. That’s 80 years of NEVER being able to really fly – the one thing that birds want, and need to do, more than anything.

Marc Bekoff, PhD, Professor of Biology at the University of Colorado, has said, “It's sad to think that these sentient beings who previously were soaring in the wild are now widely confined to tiny cages nowhere near large enough to satisfy their natural urge to fly—a denial of a basic instinct so profound that it often drives them to the point of losing their minds and going insane”.

Please never buy a bird. If you’ve done your research on how difficult it can be to care for birds, and you still would like to bring one into your family, adopt one from one of the many shelters and bird rescue groups that are filled to the brim with unwanted birds who need a home. There’s a list of bird rescue organizations at www.avianwelfare.org/links/organizations.htm.

and please pass this information on to any animal lovers you may know!

Thanks!

Kristina

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[Mike]

Your totally right kryssie I've been telling people not to buy any living thing from petco and petsmart. They don't take care of the animals and they are always sick and when you bring them home they are like goldfish you get at carnivals. They live for a few days and then they die.

[nighthawk]

Maybe specific stores have bad maintence, but our local Petco is very helpful when learning about and buying animals. I've bought two budgies there who are happy because I've done my research and know how to take care of them. They get to fly all the time outside of their cage. My boy budgie, Colorado, is very tame and likes playing with me. I just see no difference between having dogs and cats and birds. I've only had mine for two years, but they've always been happy, healthy birds.

Same goes for the fish we bought there. At first I didn't know anything about fish and which ones could be kept together. Petco personal helped us deside what was best for each fish and which ones fit our situation. They are all healthy and have lots of room to swim around.

So perhaps you've just had a bad experience with a specific store? I can't speak for them. I just know ours is very helpful and makes sure they know where the animals are going and how they will be taken care of.

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