Recently, we received a special virtual adoption request. On the occasion of their upcoming wedding on August 25, 2007, Cheryl Rutherford and her fiance, Chris Seath, are sharing their special day with one of our feathered friends. In lieu of the usual wedding favours, Cheryl and Chris are making a donation towards Buster's virtual adoption! They plan to share Buster's picture, his story, and his home at the World Parrot Refuge with their guests. Thank you, Cheryl and Chris, for creating a unique and caring opportunity to help Buster, and for sharing it with your friends. Everyone at the World Parrot Refuge — staff, volunteers, and parrots alike — wish you all the best on your special day and for a happy, healthy and prosperous life together!

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)