People think Mickaboo is crazy and wrong for wanting to support a ban on bird sales. We may not all agree on the solution but we all agree there IS a problem and award-winning animal welfare journalist Mira Tweti has articulated the situation exceptionally well in this article. This is a FANTASTIC article- so comprehensive and supported and readable. Many of you may have already been familiar with this article but if not- I'd HIGHLY encourage you to read it and everybody- please SHARE it widely! Plenty to Squawk About - Los Angeles Times http://articles.latimes.com/2003/jul/20/magazine/tm-parrots29 Also- Mira wrote a book on the subject (they're on sale at Amazon right now). You can use that search feature to earn a donation to Mickaboo. Click here: Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue Good Search - Free Way to Support Us!http://www.goodsearch.com/nonprofit/mickaboo-companion-bird-rescue.aspx(Thanks, Mike for the link and reminder) and buy *Of Parrots and People: The Sometimes Funny, Always Fascinating, and Often Catastrophic Collision of Two Intelligent Species* by Mira Tweti. The next SF Animal Welfare Commission meeting will be at City Hall on Thursday 7/8 at 5:30. I'm going to be there and Mira (who is flying in for it) will be too. All best, Elizabeth -- Elizabeth Until they all have homes, don't buy, don't breed- adopt. www.RescueReport.org www.MickaCoo.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGjyooh3Yo0