These are some of our generous sponsors who have chosen to Virtually Adopt one or more of our special psittacine residents, giving full support ($500 per year per bird) or half support ($250 per year per bird). Thank you!
Please visit our Virtual Adoption page to learn the stories of other birds in need of a sponsor.
Daisy — Elizabeth McIntosh
Budgies — Sarah Crook, Nicole Habberley
Sarah — Janine Tidball
Nike (Goffins Cockatoo) — Janine Tidball
Special Needs — Earl Darlington
Special Needs — Brian and Patricia Cross
Baby Ru (Congo African Grey) — Ingrid Pedersen
Moon (Moluccan Cockatoo) — Catherine Stansfield
Buster (Congo African Grey) — Cheryl Rutherford and Chris Seath's Wedding Guests
PD (Green-Winged Macaw) — Family Games Inc.
Chi Chi (Military Macaw) — Al and Ria Humphrey
Teko (Citron Crested Cockatoo) — Heather Clarkson
Moses (Greater Sulfur Crested Cockatoo) — Heather Clarkson
Joey (Congo African Grey) — Christa Kangas
Lovebirds — Jane and Carmen Waterman
Barney (Moluccan Cockatoo) — Katherine Hough and Gordon Ingalls
Valentine — The Parmiter Family
Andy (Hyacinth Macaw) — Employees of Postal Depot #1 in Victoria
Ben (Blue and Gold Macaws) — Employees of Postal Depot #4 in Langford
In memoriam, always loved — Maggie (Blue and Gold Macaw) — Employees of Postal Depot #4 in Langford
Sprite (Moluccan Cockatoo) — Noel and Hughes Family
Rusty — Wendy Westover
Candy — Wendy Westover
Aurora (Moluccan Cockatoo) — Troy Dillabough
Freida (aka Fred) — Marlene Reid
Floyd (Blue Fronted Amazon) — Madeline Rainer-Tarran
Jonny (Blue and Gold Macaw) — Shela Morrison
Aurora (Moluccan Cockatoo) — Glenn Morrison
JR — Angela McKinnon
Foster (Cockatoo) — Susan Watkins
Zoey (Goffins Cockatoo) — Susan Watkins
Ginny (Catalina Macaw) — VI Parrotheads (Shirley Varns)
Archie — Kathleen and Walter Luscher
Meryl (Hahn's Macaw) — David and Kathleen Pfeifle
Captain — G. Gilchrist
Snowy — G. Gilchrist
Peaches — Gwenda Garrett
Timmy — Calvin and Jocelyn Wang
Pook — Katherine Sibert
Maverick — David Chuljian
Casper — J Lynn Playter
Peaches — Talon Security Service
Peaches 2 — Gwenda Garrett
Scarletta — Ruth Newman Fahrmeier
Willie G (Cheeked Amazon) — Harry and Ruth Zogas
Thistle — Al and Phyllis Olson
Albert — Geeske Deboer Poker
Rico — Raynette Gerlitz
Pink Floyd — Raynette Gerlitz
Willy — R and K Bicudo
In memoriam, always loved — Maxaroo (Congo African Grey) — Angela and Glen McKinnon
Please click on the thumbnails below to learn how you can help some special birds have a home for life through our "Virtual Adoption" program! More stories coming soon!
Birds who are now partly sponsored, thank you!
Birds who are now fully sponsored, thank you!
"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.
"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)
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