Healing Wings

4 Aug 2007, 10:18 am - Posted by Grant

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The World Parrot Refuge in Coombs, BC, Canada, is home to over 600 previously owned pet parrots.

They end up here for many reasons, but all of them relate to the fact that parrots do not adapt well to captivity.

The best these amazing birds can now hope for is a secure home like the World Parrot Refuge where they are encouraged to regain some small semblance of what they are meant to be.

This music video is dedicated to the birds and to those who care for them. I hope it conveys some sense of the magnitude of the problem, as well as the dedication and compassion of those seeking to be part of the solution.

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Comment from: Jocelyn [Visitor]

· http://www.matmice.com/home/lilpeeps66

Hi, I went to your place in coombs Bc I am live in the lower mainland!
I saw lots of amazing birds
Some of them talk it was cute
I think one named Evo said hello everybody

05/08/07 @ 13:18

Comment from: Christina Bassett [Visitor]

That was such a heartwarming video. It moved me to tears. Thank you so much for the important work you do. I just discovered this site today and as of today I'll be putting away to virtually adopt one of your precious angels.

28/08/07 @ 16:22

Comment from: linda allen [Visitor]

i am truly thankful for this info. i will keep this facility in my prayers.i have 10 large parrots. i am 60 yrs old. i have no place for them to go when the time comes. please let me know how i can reserve a place for them? kind regards...

14/10/07 @ 00:38

Comment from: Michael Boulton [Visitor]

This video reminds me of the great time that my wife & I had with our feathered friends at the World Parrot Refuge as volunteers. We miss our friends who used to visit us at our work station!! Hi Esther, Chi-Chi, Thistle, Nike, Peaches #s 1,2,3! We miss you all very much!!!!
Love M&M

08/11/07 @ 12:51

Comment from: shaun [Visitor]

· http://www.alldumbass.net

i watched the video and saw the great way that each person there interacts with the birds and how sweet and trusting the response from the birds were...before i even realized it, tears were rolling down my cheeks, and im not the kind of guy to cry. each person there is a beautiful person, youre hearts are great and it shows in your patience and the care you take of those birds. i hope to take a road trip out that way with my godson or nephew in the summertime and hope to stop by there on our travels. what a great place...and the hope you offer to those animals is overwhelming to see.

19/11/07 @ 08:45

Comment from: Dixie Deans [Visitor]

Grant,

This web page is GREAT!

Dixie

11/04/08 @ 15:44

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"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)