by Pajarita » Sat Nov 19, 2016 2:27 pm
I am sorry, I don't mean to be rude, but the idea that a rescue actively works against potential adopters because they don't want to adopt out the animals they have rescued is more a conspiracy theory than reality.
The sad truth is that lots of people go to rescues looking for the 'bargain' and not because they love animals, so rescues (which are all ran by animal lovers, I might add) need to make sure the adopter is willing and able to provide adequately for the pet and, as people lie through their teeth, they need to verify the details on the application personally. When it comes to parrots, things are even worse because the greatest majority of people have no real idea of what it takes to care properly for one (people are usually under the misconception that birds are 'low maintenance' pets -get a cage, feed and water them and you are done). And, to put the icing on the cage, captivity conditions are so unnatural and so harmful to parrots that even people who might love them and would try to do their very best by them would not be able to provide the minimum level of care for the bird to be healthy (and I am not even going to go into 'happy'!).