A Bird Mill Exposed - Part II

Take a rare peek into a bird mill with 500+ parrots breeding for the pet trade. The Timneh African Grey in the pictures, as we were told, was somebody's "pet" at one time. This particular Grey was surrendered to the bird mill because the guardians could not keep the bird anymore and the breeders promised their bird an excellent life. As it turns out, their bird was placed into a community cage of other Greys in order to pair the bird up to become another one of their breeder birds. The result was this bird being attacked terribly by other birds in the hostile environment. The Grey suffered a bad eye injury - you can see the eye sticking out about a half inch and crusted over. The bird also ripped all of its feathers out of its body due to the highly stressful situation. While this particular bird mill went out of business earlier in 2007, it is important to note that bird mills such as this one are in operation all over the Country and are doing so without regulation. Send a message to the pet trade that you will not support such barbaric practices by supporting bird adoption with your local shelter, club or rescue.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• pet
• bird
• parrot
• mill
• animal
• breeding
• snowball

[ParrotMomFTW]

I worked in parrot rescue for over 10 years.....this is sadly just a small portion of the neglect, abuse and usery of this pet trade ;; Could someone tell me the name of the group and the song used with this video. The song is an amazing fit.

[AshenIdol]

breeder does not automatically = bird mill (and yes bird mills are bad)

while I do think adopting a bird from a rescue is a great thing to do, buying direct from a breeder is not necessarily a bad thing. The breeder I get my birds from has what looks much like a zoo, the animals are in large enclosures that simulate their natural environment as much as is possible. Some species are simply so rare and/or expensive it's highly unlikely you'll find them up for adoption.

[daddy123997]

i sell parrots but my farm is small and all of my chicks are handfeed and cared and played with like a normal house bird but this video is just sad these people don't have love for birds this is NEGLECT

[daphneandathos]

Your videos are very distressing, how anyone can treat intelligent creatures in this way is beyond belief, I hope they rot in hell.

[5948731]

Screw them!

[cutietwo22]

@alexparrot1 So let's say all the breeders of birds is shut down. (and this can be said about all animal breeders such as dogs as well but anyway..). So THEN when all of the parrots die of natural causes, then how will we continue to obtain pet birds? ..assuming that all of parrot owners do not breed any of their birds. This is why I do say yes to buying animals from breeders, as long as they are seen and are not a mill. Adoption is great too but sometimes they don't always have what u want

[GanjaEclectus]

I purchased my cockatiel from a bird store and He is still a baby. The store lets me come in everyday to play with the bird at a very early age. He is 2 months old, can step up really well, and is very confident around people. I love my bird and cannot wait to take him home. I already have a big cage and toys for him. Good thing my home office is where he is being kept so I get to play with him all day everyday.

[iEaux]

Poor babies ): I love my gray very much hurts to know that some are treated this way /:

[polkadotpants]

@whitebreaddrew Laws on housing alone just isn't enough, there just isn't any need to breed birds on such a mass scale - of any kind, so they might be harder to obtain, but any person who wants a bird bad enough should be willing to be dedicated, to ensure that breeder birds don't have to endure abuse like this. All those birds sat in bare cages right now with god knows what injuries and no toys, no socialising, approved personal small number breeders are fine, mass breeding should be illegal.

[Papagajidomitas]

The song is

Coldplay - Politik

[tinawat]

totally heartless people,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,



[whitebreaddrew]

All rite here is my 50 cents if we didnt have bird breeders we would lose many of the birds 2day like the hyacintth macaw the thick bill (the only parrot in that came from the usa) I have been breeding birds 4 many years and seen alot of bad things i have alway seen alot of geat things 2. like the queens and crisom come back in large numbers. We breed more than the wild well ever do. The key is 2 try 2 raise healther bigger stronger babies. but i do think that are should be laws on housing