MickaCoo volunteers post to craigslist in SF, SJ amd Sac for pigeons and doves, as time and flaggers allow. Flaggers have been less of a problem lately, I believe. (Cheryl D- What's your MickaCoo craigslist posting been like?) And just my opinion- if there is someone available to do it, I think it is important to post to places (like craigslist) where people would go to "get" a bird (whether by buying or through adoption). Ads need to be good, clear, professional and fall within the Terms of Service. Thank you, Priya, for raising the topic. e On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Priya Tuvell wrote:

That's what I was thinking Monica, we don't have to respond to the haters. People might be interested in getting a bird, and just go straight to craigslist. If they truly are interested they'd see our post about what we do and what we offer, we could post for adoption events, or upcoming BBC classes. Even if they don't adopt from us, at least they'd know how to take care of the bird they do get. I don't see how it would be like joining the dirty pigs. There will always be those ignorant people out there that think rescues are greedy, but so what? Why should we let them discourage, or supress us? As long as we don't respond with hateful words/at all, I don't see it being a problem. Hopalong does it, ARF does it, even county does it. I'm sure they all get hate mail too, but they're getting the word out there that they have pets that need homes, and that's what we would be doing too.

When talking to my friends/coworkers at my vet clinic (including the doctors) about what Mickaboo does, probably 99% of them didn't know that a parrot rescue even existed, and they all are animal lovers/work in the field... 3 of them own birds they bought from Petsmart, but said had they known about Mickaboo they would've adopted from us. That's 3 conures we could've gotten out of foster care, and 3 more birds we could've helped.

I hope I'm not rambling, I figured this is a free way to advertise on a popular medium and get the word out that we exist, and our birds need homes.

On Jul 30, 2010 9:40 PM, "monica deza" wrote:

Yeah, that is true! I have always seen the bunnie rescues advertising their classes on bunny care on craigslist, They also place some ads near easter where they tell you to please not to buy a bunny for your kid as an easter present because bunnies are not as cuddly as they look and your kid will lose interest on them (that s how I got discouraged from bunnies awhile ago, when I was still looking for a "cuddly pet" ).....that may be something very worthwhile for us =). I am sure we will get some people who would like a free bird, but among them, I am sure there may be some very good people, as well,, right? With any rescue it is bound to happen we will get people who just want a free bird, but if we have someone willing to screen those, I think it s a win win situation, right? Monica

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