Baby Ru has been fully sponsored by Ingrid Pedersen - thank you so much!

Hi, my name is Baby Ru. There was a a time I went by the name Rudiger, which is the same name as a well-known soccer player I'm told. However, after I came to the Refuge, they realized that I was a girl, and I became Baby Ru. That doesn't mean I'm not as tough as any boy though!

I'm somewhat of a survivor. I have escaped from an eagle, not once, but twice! Both times I thought I was in big trouble, but my friend Wendy helped me out. The last time I was outside with Wendy going for a walk, when the eagle swooped down to get me and carry me away. But when Wendy yelled "Bite him, Ru!", I remembered how strong I could be, so I did bite him, and he let me go. I fell a long way to earth. The vet had to mend me as I had nine holes from where the eagle grabbed me, even more than the first time!

Wendy says that I'm a miracle, and I'm not quite sure what that is, but I am just so happy to be alive and to be free, and to snuggle up with anyone who wants to spend time with me. I think getting my own sponsor would be even better. Maybe someone could come out just to spend time with me, and let me sit on their shoulder. Bye, with love from Baby Ru.

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)