An Indulgence


A Parrot's Prayer

  • by Sally Brooks
    For all the wild caught parrots so savagely netted and swept away from their families while their babies dumped into burlap sacks cried out in terror. LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER.......... For all the exotic birds that witnessed the destruction of all the blessed trees and fled fires in fear from man's thirst to dominate, stripping the land of all its inhabitants, leaving nothing but bare ground behind. LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER.......... For all the parrots that struggled through the capture, but died unmercifully in transport from the stress of overcrowded, barbaric, confinements and inconceivable horror. LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER....... For all the survivors that made it into captivity, but exist in a nightmare of confinement unable to use their God given wings of flight as they once remembered. LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER......... For all the baby birds bred in captivity whose crop's burned or have died needlessly from harshness of human hands. LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER.......... For all the captive birds that have been erased from their owner's consciousness and are abandoned to a lifeless existence with only a distant memory of what is was like to hear a gentle voice from someone that used to care. LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER........... For all those creatures who don't know what it's like to live life as a bird or even to feel the breeze or sunlight but are doomed to darkness in closets or garages, trapped inside covered cages or shackled. LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER...... For all the macaws, cockatoos, amazons and conures that are stripped of their vocal cords for screaming, their sensitive beaks cut back to prevent biting. LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER....... For all birds that end up for sale in pet shops or breeders, like used merchandise unwanted and frightened in strange surroundings with nothing more than the familiar sight of bars on a cage. LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..... For all the neglected birds that are sick with infections from filthy conditions and malnourishment that may never recover and know what it is to feel healthy and be playful. LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER......... For all the misconceived parrots who were beaten, stabbed, blinded and burned for just being a parrot. LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER............. For every African Grey and Cockatoo that punishes itself from confinement and boredom by maiming their bodies and plucking their feathers and for those who have lost all spirit of life and sway their head low from side to side slowly into insanity. LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER......... We ask humbly of you, dear Lord to look upon all of your magnificent feathered creations. Protect them from evil and harm caused by man and to bring forth an awakening in the human heart and make it a kinder and gentler world for all captive birds........Amen (Posted with the author's permission.)

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November 12, 2006

Comments

Lis Alvarez

I have been trying to send an email to the owner of this site or call her to talk about rescuing parrots and there is no email contact or phone number. Can someone please send me an email address? Mine is : [email protected]

Lis Alvarez

I have been trying to send an email to the owner of this site or call her to talk about rescuing parrots and there is no email contact or phone number. Can someone please send me an email address? Mine is : [email protected]

Eduardo Brea

Mums,

You are a one of a kind Parrot Lover!! These birds that would otherwise have been left to rot have been saved to live out their years in tranquility with an owner who loves and cares for them. How lucky they are!

Love

E

AISHA

HI MY NAME IS AISHA, IM TRYING TO CONTACT YOU IN REF TO HOUSEING ONE OF YOUR BIRDS, I WOULD LOVE TO HELP IN THIS EPIC SITUATION, I WORK FOR A BUILDING AND ROOFING CONTRACTOR AND ONE DAY I WAS AT ONE OF THE JOBS GOING OVER SOME PAPER WORK WITH THE CILENT AND IT CAME TO MY ATTITION THAT SHE HAD A BLUE AND GOLD MACAW, I FEEL IN LOVE I JUST WANTED TO HUG HIM,SO AS I WALKED UP TO HIM THE CLIENT CALLED TO ME PLEASE BE CAREFUL HE BITES AND SCREAMS AT EVERYONE EVEN US, SHE SAYS YOU SEE WE JUST DONT HAVE TIME FOR HIM ANY LONGER,SO HE HAS BECOME VERY VIOLENT,BUT AS I WALKED UP TO HIM HE PUT HIS HEAD DOWN AND WAITIED FOR ME TO RUB IT, SHE SAID WOW HE DOSENT DO THAT FOR ANY BODY.AS I DID HE SCRAMED OUT,SO I JUS TOOK MY TIME TALKING TO HIM.WE WENT ON TO WORKING. I WAS OUT AT THE JOB FOR BOUT 6 WEEKS,I BROUGHT HIM A TREAT EVERY DAY AND SPENT MUCH TIME WITH HIM, JUS DONT TELL MY BOSS HAHA. BY THE TIME THE JOB WAS DONE HE WAS STEPING UP ON MY ARM, SO ON THE LAST DAY I WAS CONSALTING WITH THE CUSTOMER SHE SAID HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF I LET YOU TAKE HIM HOME? WOW I WAS FLOORED I HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH HIM AND WAS FINDING IT HARD TO LEAVE HIM BEHIND. SHE SAID IF YOU GO OUT AND GET HIM A CAGE I WILL BRING HIM OVER TO YOU THIS WEEKEND. I WAS SO EXCITED I WENT GOT HIS CAGE THE VERY NEXT DAY. AND THEY BROUGHT HIM. HIS NAME IS BOGGIE AND IT TOOK HIM A FEW MONTHS TO GET USE TO MY SON AND I AND BEING IN A NEW HOME BUT ALL WENT WELL I SPENT EVERY MIN I COULD WITH HIM AND STILL DO, HE USE TO SHAKE WHEN YOU WOULD WALK UP TO HIM BUT HE'S GOTTEN OVER THAT, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT SOON AS I GOT HIM I TOOK HIM TO THE VET AND HE TOLD ME THAT BOGGIE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO FLY AGEN CUZ WHO EVER HAD HIM BEFOR HAD BROKEN HIS WING AND NEVER GOT IT LOOKED AT, I WONDERED WHY HIS ONE WING WOULD HANG SO LOWAND HE SHAKES WHEN YOU TRY TO TOUCH IT.THE VET GAVE ME SOME EXERCISE TO DO WITH HIM TO HELP HIM A LITTLE BETTER. WELL HES MY LOVER BOY RIGHT NOW AND HAS TAUGHT ME SO MUCH BOUT LOVEING THESE BIRDS AND THE TIME IT TAKES. SO IM READY TO GET HIM SOME COMPANY AND TRY TO HELP ANOTHER ONE OF THESE BEAUTIFUL CREATIONS.PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTAT ME ANY TIME AT (1-945-245-6868)([email protected])(AISHA) THANKS FOR YOUR TIME

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