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Unloading the Hagen donation.

In December, the World Parrot Refuge was blessed by an incredible donation of pelleted food courtesy of Mark Hagen, on behalf of the Rolf C Hagen Company. This nutritional diet was created by Mark, who operates HARI, the Hagen Avian Research Institute in Montreal. Mark also paid for the shipping of the donation. How can we convey our extreme gratitude for such a generous donation?

On one of the wettest days Vancouver Island has experienced in recent memory, the staff were on hand to take delivery of over four pallets of Tropican diet pellets. There were over a hundred 25 lb bags! Nobody was complaining about the weather though. The staff were laughing and in great spirits as they unloaded the pallets and stored the bags in a very dry and safe building. Even the truck driver was excited to be the bearer of such an incredible donation!

Tropican is already being used to supplement the parrots' daily diet, and its fruity scent fills the Refuge! In the week prior to the donation, we received 12 new large parrots, 6 from a seizure by the Calgary Humane Society. Half of these birds are in really poor condition and the veterinary report says it is due to poor nutrition. We are hoping for a major improvement in these Scarlet Macaws, who are only 3 years old, and the nutrients in the Tropican will really help.

Thank you from the depths of our hearts to Mark Hagen and the Rolf C Hagen Company!

Our crew brave the cold and rain to unpack the Hagen donation.

As you may remember, the wonderful folk at Postal Depot 4, Langford, operate a concession on behalf of our parrot entrepeneurs, Ben and Andy. On Wednesdays, they also sell cookies at Depot 4 and Postal Depot 1, Victoria. We owe a big thank you to them, and a special thank you to the great people at Thrifty Foods, Broadmead, who provide double cookies for a reduced price, and have done so for the past year! A heartfelt thank you goes out to the caring people at Thrifty Foods, Broadmead!

The wonderful people at Eatmore Sprouts in Courtney bring us all kinds of sprouts every week for the birds. If we had to buy these we would certainly not be able to include them in our menu. They even deliver them to us! The sprouts are all organic, fresh, and only the best quality. They are perfect for the parrots. This company contributes to the health of the Refuge birds in a very special way and we are indebted to them for their generosity. Thank you to the caring folk at Eatmore Sprouts!

"The World Parrot Refuge is a true sanctuary where parrots live out their lives in a loving, spacious and happy environment under the guidance of extraordinarily caring people. The many visitors destined to pass through the refuge will come to understand that parrots are not toys or trophies, but beings with needs and emotions as real as our own."

– Rosemary Low (author of more than 30 books on parrots)

"This is, in a word, a great place and these miraculous creatures deserve no less, but few places can deliver it this well. It is, indeed, 'world class'."

– Stewart Metz (author and Director of the Indonesian Parrot Project), after his visit at the Grand Opening of the Refuge on August 13, 2005.