Did you know that … ?

• Did you know that there are more parrots living in captivity than there are free?
• Did you know that as an average most parrots have had more than five owners in the course of their lives?
• Did you know that parrots can easily outlive their owners?
• Did you know that parrots know feelings of hate, love, jealousy , etc and apply as well?
• Did you know that parrots in fact need a natural partner?
• Did you know that people can become spontaneously allergic to parrots?
• Did you know that it is highly likely that for your parrot two more died as a result of for instance bad international transport?
• Did you know that parrots need at least eight hours of attention?
• Did you know that of all species of birds parrots are most endangered, so closest to extinction?
• Did you know that when living in a flat and taking in a big Cockatoo sooner or later you will be thrown out by your neighbours because of its fierce screeching?
• Did you know that in spring parrots screech for a (natural) partner? (which does never come!)
• Did you know that parrots, having no better, bonds with a human being and that we explain that as TAME?
• Did you know that after some three to four years after purchasing a parrot, because of becoming broody, problems occur?
• Did you know that under certain circumstances it is better for a parrot to live outside in an aviary than in your living room – also in winter?
• Did you know that approximately 70% of parrots get breathing problems due to living in a dry environment such as your living room?
• Did you know that it takes us almost two years, if we are indeed successful, to give a bald parrot back its plumage?
• Did you know that parrots consciously chose a partner that suits their character and that they will never be unfaithful?
• Did you know that of every one hundred parrots that at best only ten will “talk”?.
• Did you know that the talking of many species of parrots does not mean more than reproducing sounds and is restricted to only a dozen words?
• Did you know that many parrots die of the same diseases of civilization (Western diseases) as humans such as too much fat, lack of exercise, stress, etc.?
• Did you know that many parrots pass their lives in a space of ¾ m3 / 26½ ft3 and in relation to a human habitat that is a space no bigger than a toilet/restroom and that for 30 to 40 years? INSANE!
• Did you know that self-mutilation of parrots is an expression of discomfort with captivity, loneliness?
• Did you know that till recently there was no adequate formula for food for exotic parrots?
• Did you know that it is forbidden by law for private individuals to keep monkeys because of their looks and intelligence? (Why does not the same apply to parrots which are just shrewd?)
• Did you know that prices for parrots vary between € 100.00 and € 50,000.00 (also for criminals) and that it is a very lucrative business?
• Did you know that the Dutch Society for the Protection of Cruelty against Animals, the Department of Agriculture and Fishery, the Society for the Protection of Birds and many more organisations combine efforts to have a ban on the import of parrots and parrot related birds and that we naturally and wholeheartedly support this effort?

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