From the dept. of "Oh, Great...", my interviewer said that she had a
budgie when she was little, and her mother trained it to fly out the window
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On a positive note: We can remind folks that there have been numerous
children/people who's lives have been influenced/changed by having budgies
during childhood (many of ourselves included). Where might the world of
avian cognition be without Dr. Irene Pepperberg if her childhood (and
young adulthood) hadn't been spent with budgies? Would we have had the
same of storyteller in Stephen Spielberg (or ET) if he didn't grow up
with budgies?
--- On Mon, 5/23/11, Jonathan Harris wrote:
From: Jonathan Harris
Subject: Re: [Media-advisors] Your thoughts?
To: pblau(a)sonic.net, "Mickaboo media advisor team" , "Mickaboo media
advisor team"
Date: Monday, May 23, 2011, 8:50 PM
This might be a good context in which to deconstruct the "parakeet as
starter pet" illusion.
Q: "Many parents have to respond at some point to their children's pleas to
have a pet. They may feel that a dog or even a cat is too demanding, too
much work, or too big for their home. And they may say to themselves, What
about a bird? A parakeet is small, and inexpensive to buy and care for. It
can stay happily in its cage and not make a mess all over the house, while
the child learns responsibility and about the animal. Wouldn't something
like a parakeet make an ideal starter pet?" -----Original Message-----
From: pblau(a)sonic.net
Sent: May 23, 2011 7:33 PM
To: Mickaboo media advisor team
Subject: Re: [Media-advisors] Your thoughts?
Good ideas, I'm going to go with this.
p
On Mon 05/23/11 4:12 PM , Michelle Yesney wrote:
And it's a chance to emphasize the positive aspects of the differences.
Many people like the idea of a long-lived pet, for example. I had a talk
with a woman recently whose husband said no more pets because she was so
traumatized when they died. Ironically, he was the next to die and she is
thinking about getting a bird.
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Vincent J. Hrovat wrote:
Thanks for doing this. Since they have never discussed birds before, the
differences between dogs/cats and birds as pets seems like a good place to
start. You might also mention the similarities, specifically the breeding
mills and overpopulation crisis. People have heard about these over and
over again for dogs and cats but might not be aware that the problems exist
for birds too.
--VH
From: media-advisors-bounces(a)mickaboo.org
[mailto:media-advisors-bounces@mickaboo.org] On Behalf Of pblau(a)sonic.net
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 2:59 PM
To: Media Advisors - Mickaboo
Subject: [Media-advisors] Your thoughts?
Hi folks,
There's a 5-minute radio (internet) interview that I'll be doing this
Wednesday. I thought I'd ask this group what they think the best (short)
topic might be. The couple that runs this "Pet Patrol" show in the Half
Moon Bay region has mostly done things on dogs & cats, no birds yet. So
it's really an intro, more than anything else, and perhaps we'll get called
back.
I'm able to submit the question(s) to her for our response. Some ideas
could be:
- the difference between a dog and/or cat as a pet v. a bird
- why get your bird from a bird rescue-- aren't they damaged?
- what's the best thing about bird ownership?
or things along that line. I don't want to be a 5-minute negative Nellie
(don't do this! watch out for that!)-- I'm thinking upbeat, to be
positive, etc.
Let me know if you have any ideas.
p
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