The common thread is people moving and can't/won't take these birds with them. So far: Felton (Santa Cruz) 19 - these birds were kept by breeders who were simply going to let them go when they sold their house and moved. They were surrendered to the Santa Cruz shelter with malnutrition and multiple infections (yeast, spirochetes). One died despite veterinary care. Mountain View/Palo Alto 33 - aviary birds kept for years and allowed to breed. When the man was moving, he re-homed 4 of them and surrendered the rest to Palo Alto Animal Services. (Potential: Daly City 30 - man needs to move, can't take the birds with him. Being kept in cages in the backyard) It's not a "poor me - I'm losing my home" kind of story. It's an "I've let the birds go crazy and now somebody else has to take care of it" story. On Sep 21, 2010, at 3:25 PM, Patricia Blau wrote:
Maybe so. Can we connect the dots of several of these & do an article about mass dumpings? (I haven't been keeping track.) - do we have intelligence on several, where we can see a pattern or specific causes? It would also seem to be an opportunity to note the legislation issue, as a comment (I don't see that as the main thrust, but we could connect it, I suspect).
On Sep 21, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Martha Kudlacik wrote:
We have yet another mass surrender of cockatiels (33 in Palo Alto). Is there any way we can use this madness for a little PR?