Experts Warn of Growing Parrot Crisis in Canada

(ctvnews.ca)

37 points | by debo_ 4 days ago

4 comments

  • canada_dry 2 hours ago
    Absolutely gorgeous and extremely smart creatures. They generally bond with one care giver and when that person dies it really is a traumatic event for the bird.

    Birds that are traumatized pick out their feathers and look terrible. You can tell from the videos of their birds that they are well looked after.

    This organization (and those like it) are fantastic!

    • zahlman 1 hour ago
      > This organization (and those like it) are fantastic!

      Might it be called Polly-amorous?

  • hristov 2 hours ago
    In the northeastern towns of la county there entire flocks of wild parrots flying around, that are escaped or freed pet parrots or descendants from such pet parrots.

    I guess parrots would not survive in the wild in canada, but if you have parrot you can no longer care for, maybe you could consider releasing it in the la foothills. He will have friends there.

    Maybe is the key word here. I am not a parrot expert.

    • NewJazz 1 hour ago
      Lol please don't release random parrots. Even if they happen to be the species common in LA, if they aren't members of the wild flock they might get bullied.
  • SoftTalker 2 hours ago
    Cue the Monty Python jokes
  • glimshe 2 hours ago
    No offense, but lately I've had somewhat more pressing things to worry about...
    • tamimio 8 minutes ago
      Exactly, I think articles like that are just a mockery.. there are 10s of things that can be considered a crisis than a this.
    • androiddrew 2 hours ago
      Apparently this is front page material
      • mhurron 1 hour ago
        Ya, that's what it's like living in a country that hasn't been trying to destroy itself for some time now.