With the help of your purchases, To The Point Design Studio has sponsored 2 birds at The Oasis Bird Sanctuary in Phoenix, Arizona.  Popeye is a Goffins Cockatoo who has been at The Oasis since Spring 2004.  Our sponsorship helped feed and care for him.  

For more information about bird sponsorship at The Oasis, go to www.the-oasis.org 

Other Rescue organizations:

Foster Parrots - www.fosterparrots.com

Sabra's Parrot Rescue - www.sabraparrots.com/ Horace, the Beaker Seals Macaw shown below, was drawn from a picture of one of Sabra's rescued Macaws.

Horace when he was alive in his happy home with Ruigo, his bonded partner.

What are Beaker Seals?

New Life Parrot Rescue - www.nlpr.demon.co.uk/intro_frameset.htm 

The Gabriel Foundation - www.thegabrielfoundation.org/Home/ 

PEAC - Parrot Education & Adoption Center - www.peac.org/how_to_adopt.htm 

Rescue Me, An Avian Sanctuary - www.rescueme.org/ 

BIRD PLACEMENT PROGRAM, Inc. Parrot Refuge - http://www.birdrescue.com/ 

Birds are NOT easy!!!  Some anyway...

There are so many bird rescues around the country that it really is alarming!  Be sure you are ready for the responsibility of a bird before you buy...it's so important for you and your bird!!

Before you buy a cockatoo, look at this page of an experienced cockatoo owner - not us - www.mytoos.com/ 

Our experience with a 7 1/2-year-old (as of January 2005)  Goffins Cockatoo - www.tothepointdesign.com/life_with_a_goffins_cockatoo_and_cockatiel.htm 

Bird Lost & Found - www.birdhotline.com/ 

This One Is For The Bird - by Lisa Walsh written at Christmas 2002

This one is for the bird who no one took the time to understand.

The one who cried for a hug and was punished for screaming.

The one who screamed for good food but got only seed.

The one who screamed for attention because flock animals don’t like how lonely “feels”.

The one who sees “his owner” as his flock and is screaming for love and guidance.

The one who doesn’t know right from wrong until you show him.

The one who was “cursed” to be beautiful because that made someone put him in a cage to be stared at.

The one who was “guaranteed to talk” and didn’t - so everyone lost interest.

The one who can get his point across without uttering a human word, but know one will “listen”.

The one who is left out in the cold…in the garage…in the basement.

This is for the one who was left outside unattended on a hot day*.

The one who is thought to be “just a bird” - content to just sit in a cage and stare at the world while the world stares at him.

The one whose world consists of a cage-like prison**.

The one who will live 25 years, 50 and even 100 because if you treat him right that is how long he should live.

The one who has the intelligence of a 2 year-old child***.

The one who needs to keep his beak busy with toys because instinctively he needs to use his beak.

The one who plucks his feathers and digs at himself because he has nothing else to do and feels unloved.

This is for the bird whose owner never took the time to understand all of this.

The one who is suffering because their person does not care enough to learn any of this.

This is for the person who would never do this to their 2 year-old…

This is for the person who IS.

This is for the one…the many…the thousands of birds who are suffering right now because of people’s ignorance.

   *Tropical birds in the wild can move to where it’s cool.  Birds in cages rely upon you.

 ** Birds need to be out from time to time to exercise, stretch their wings and explore.  

     People walk their dogs…Birds deserve the same consideration.

*** Birds are that smart and some are even more intelligent.

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