MAARS ex-rescue, now sanctuary

[Pajarita]

An article about MAARS (Minnesota Avian Adoption and Rescue Services) which has gone from a rescue to a sanctuary (I guess they will have to change their name now). I wish them well from the bottom of my heart but sanctuaries are more difficult to keep up with than rescues, actually, because all you can count on are donations and if they are already 'scraping by', I don't know how much longer they will be able to do it... I have to say thought that I did not like the room in the picture so I hope this is only a bad example of where they keep them - it looks like a basement (pipes on the ceiling) and a teensy, tiny window, lots of plastic. I also do not agree with their statement that MAARS "is one of only a handful of sanctuaries across the country that provide hands-on and compassionate care for parrots for life" as the Director stated, adding that there are only "another 20 to 30 smaller rescue centers care for birds for shorter periods" I don't know exactly where she got her figures from or if I am misunderstanding but I don't know of any good rescue that doesn't offer hands-on, compassionate care for life and, although there are bad rescues, there are also lots and lots of good ones.

http://m.startribune.com/st-paul-parrot ... ection=%2F

[Bird woman]

Couldn't pull up anything but the 1 picture , I will see if I can get the article through the name of the newspaper. I hate it when it doesn't seem to be enough light or ventilation in some of these pictures of rescues/ sanctuaries but the woman has the look of love on her face and the birdies are runnin amuck and that always puts a smile on my face BW

[Pajarita]

I don't know why you can't see the story - I opened it after I read your reply to check if something had happened to the link but it was all there...

[Bird woman]

I'll try again later kids are comming gotta lock the doors! BW