Do you have a bird? Do you know anyone who has one? (Urgent)

Hi everyone, I hope you are all fine and happy today and everyday, Amen =)
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I want you to read this story
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Once upon a time, there was a bird in a cage who sang for her merchant owner. He took delight in her song day and night, and was so fond of her that he served her water in a golden dish. Before he left for a business trip, he asked the bird if she had a wish: "I will go through the forest where you were born, past the birds of your old neighborhood. What message should I take for them?"
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The bird said, "Tell them I sit full of sorrow in a cage singing my captive song. Day and night, my heart is full of grief. I hope it will not be long before I see my friends again and fly freely through the trees. Bring me a message from the lovely forest, that will set my heart at ease. Oh, I yearn for my Beloved, to fly with Him, and spread my wings. Until then there is no joy for me, and I am cut off from all of life's sweet things."
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The merchant travelled on his donkey through the dense forest. He listened to the melodies of many birds. When the merchant reached the forest where his bird came from, he stopped, pushed his hood back, and said, "O you birds! Greetings to you all from my pretty bird locked in her cage. She sends tidings of her love to you and wants to tell of her plight. She asks for a reply that will ease her heart.
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My love for her keeps her captive with bars all around her. She wants to join her Beloved and sing her songs through the air with a free heart, but I would miss her beautiful songs and cannot let her go."
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All the birds listened to the merchant's words. Suddenly one bird shrieked and fell from a tree brunch to the ground. The merchant froze to the spot where he stood. Nothing could astound him more than this did. One bird had fallen down dead!
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The merchant continued on to the city and traded his goods. At last he returned to his home. He did not know what to tell his bird when she asked what message he had brought. He stood before her cage and said, "Oh, nothing to speak of "no, no,"
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The bird cried, "I must know at once"
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I do not know what happened," said the merchant. "I told them your message. Then, one of them fell down dead."
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Suddenly the merchant's bird let out a terrible shriek and fell on her head to the bottom of the cage.
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The merchant was horrified. He wept in despair, "Oh, what have I done?" He cried, "What Have I done? Now my life means nothing. My moon has gone and so has my sun. Now my own bird is dead."
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He opened the cage door, reached in, and took her into his hands gently and carefully. "I will have to bury her now," he said; "poor thing is dead."
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Suddenly, the moment he had lifted the bird out of the cage, she swooped up, flew out of the window and landed on the nearest roof slope. She turned to him and said, gratefully, "Thank you, merchant master, for delivering my message. That bird's reply instructed me how to win my freedom. All I had to do was to be dead. I gained my freedom when I chose to die."
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"So now I fly to my Beloved who waits for me. Good-bye, good-bye, my master no longer." "My bird was wise; she taught me secret," the merchant reflected.
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If you truly love your bird, please free it, right now, free it in a place where it can find other birds and trees, free it at dawn or very early in the morning, don't think even about it, put yourself in their shoes! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease, I beg your kind heart to respond my beloveds' demand, go, come on, do not delay, please, it is easy, you love them right, then what are you waiting for? This is their wish, and yeah let me tell you something, maybe it looks happy with you, even if it is free in your home or in a wide room [many people own birds but leaving them free with complete wings inside their homes], but believe me if you will give it a chance to experience the nature and world the place where it supposes to be, it will be the best gift ever, so give it this gift, please try to understand
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If you truly love them then you should give them the gift which emphasizes your real love it is freedom, why did Allah/God create wings for them then? Let them expand their wings and fly for long distance as much as they love, let them decorate our planet, let them sing the freedom songs, let all of us listen to their songs, let them experience how to find the other partner, how to make their nest, please, please, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease understand. YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO JAIL THEM, WHAT ARE THEIR CRIMES!
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Will you free your bird? Please say, YES.
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Yours Sincerely,
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Cat Stevens
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Note: Silly, Irrelevant, and the like, responses, posts, comments will be ignored (it depends on my mood and time if I won't ignore them), taking off the topic is losers' style, ask yourself: will you write such response if the writer wasn't a Muslim!
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Bird in a gilded cage. I don't like to see any creature caged so i won't keep anything that has to spend the majority of its time locked away. I would think though that most pet birds have been bred in captivity so probably wouldn't be able to fend if released. Over the years I've had injured birds and grown fond of them as some have stayed many months while I was nursing them back to health. They always let me know when they were ready to leave, they'd get excited, as though something were calling them. I sent them all off with the same wish, "Fly well, live long", and it was a great feeling when I opened my hands and they took to the air. Now and again they might return for a feed, then they'd be off again. Nowadays we have a great wildlife sanctuary where anything and everything is welcome, and any bird that can't be mended lives out its life there, but not in a cage.

 

i also do not think that it is ok to care for an animal that must be kept in a cage or a tank. I dont even think its ok to crate dogs. Birds are extremely intelligent and complicated individuals and get bored very easily in captivity. but birds that have spent their whole life like that would probably not thrive well in the wild as they dont have any of the skills they need. but i totally agree.....caging anything isnt right. of course when people buy animals like birds or hamsters or whatever they do need to be caged atleast some of the time or they could get hurt having free run of the home without supervison but i hope that people will stop supporting pet shops and breeders and eventually their will be no need for cages......supply and demand.

 

Wond'ringAloud
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It would be able to do so; it will look at other birds and will learn from them and imitate them, that's why it is better to free them in a place where they can find trees, other birds etc.
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Wow!
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See
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Oh sister! Thank you, thank you very much, may Allah bless you, it is like you freed me too with them =) I am so happy because you had a great feelings when did that =)
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Thank you sister; in the name of all the birds I thank you deeply. Go on.
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My regards,
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My hat off,
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Peace and love
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Yours Sincerely,
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Cat Stevens
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Elle
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Very true.
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It would be able to do so; it will look at other birds and will learn from them and imitate them, that's why it is better to free them in a place where they can find trees, other birds etc.
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I wish if there will be such a law which forbids caging for no reason just because they are beautiful or whatsoever, I wish so.
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I get so angry when I go to pet shops that because some of them cage the animals in very small cages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What kind of stony heart they have! THERE MUST BE A LAW TO STOP THIS! NOBODY HAS THE RGHT TO GAIL A HUMANBEING FOR NO REASON, WHY ANIMALS DON'T HAVE SUCH A RIGHT! I AM TALKING SERIOUSLY.
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And that's the point, I totally completely agree with this, please tell your friends to stop supporting them.
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Peace and love
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Yours Sincerely,
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Cat Stevens
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My King Parrot lives in his cage and around the house, he actually prefers his cage on most occasions, it's quite large, it gives him a sense of security.

 

King Parrot​

release him he will never come back, isn't about large cage or whatever, prison is prison, it gives him a sense of sadness, he was created to fly, to be between trees not behind bars, this is his right, birds' right. I don't think you'll agree to live in a big room ! even if there was security, put yourself in his shoes. that'd up to you any way. If you truely love him , release him.​

Peace and love
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Yours Sincerely,
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Cat Stevens
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from: http://rhianna.id.au/Articles/unwanted_bird.html
For what ever reason, when a parrot is no longer wanted, the uninformed owners often release them to fend for their selves in the wild. This is possibly the worst situation and by doing so, the unsuspecting owners have just signed that poor birds death sentence. Captive bred animals do not survive when released to fend for themselves, and in this article, I aim to explain why.

Almost all parrots commonly bred for the captive pet market are gregarious by nature. This means they live in large flocks, and rely on their flock for support, food, water, migration, mating and more. In Australia, flock parrots popular as pets include but are not limited to budgies, cockatiels, cockatoos, rosellas, gallahs, and king parrots. Some parrots breed for life, and any new adult bird to the flock is seen as a threat. As flock birds, they are hard wired in their thinking to be a part of a flock, and are unable to survive on their own. Often, they will starve, unable to find their own food sources. Captive bred animals, raised away from wild parents, are unable to distinguish their natural food sources.

from: http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/resourcesgeneral/a/exoticsrelease.htm
When exotic pets show up in the wild it is difficult to know whether the animal escaped or was released. Owners must take precautions to make sure their pets do not escape but I suppose accidents do happen. However, some people believe that when their exotic pets get too difficult to manage, it is okay to release them to fend for themselves. Perhaps they couldn't find another home, or a shelter take them (most rescues are full of pets people have found too difficult). Under no circumstances should exotic pets be released, for a number of reasons detailed below. The end results are the same regardless of how exotic pets get into the wild.

Cruelty Issues The harsh reality is that the vast majority of released pets will die. Some will die quickly, possibly after getting hit by a vehicle or running into a predator.

Others will die a long, slow death by starvation. Either way, it is extremely cruel to return a pet into the wild. Many so-called exotic pets are more domestic than they are wild, and do not have the skills to survive in the wild. Even those that were originally wild-caught still have a difficult time adapting to a new environment, where their usual food is not available or the conditions may not be suitable. Life in the wild is no picnic, especially for animals that are used to free food and shelter. It is even worse if animals are released into an environment that is not suitable (be it temperature, humidity, availability of water or hiding places, etc.).

Of course, some animals become the exceptions to the above scenario, but a happy ending is still not the usual result.

from: http://home.hawaii.rr.com/peepuff/abuse.html
What is Bird Abuse?

Some examples of abuse/abusive situations:

1) Hitting the bird or beak. I had to supress my natural instinct to swat at Scooby everytime he would nip me a little too hard.

2) Neglect. Locking the bird up in a cage without providing toys or excerise or human contact.

3) Improper Living Conditions. Stuffing the bird in a tiny cage, offering no room for wing expansion or moving around freely. Stuffing the bird in a basement with no sunlight. Exposing the bird to extremes in weather conditions. Filthy cage and food bowls. Forcing the bird to share a cage with an aggressive bird that physically maims the secondary bird. I saw a program on animal planet where a cockatoo lost her leg to amputation because of another cockatoo (aggressive male) who chewed her leg to bits.

4) Allowing young children to mistreat the bird. Teasing, harrassing, rough handling of the bird can cause a myriad of problems from feather picking to death. Certain loud animals can also stress out parrots, like the one I heard about: a parrot went to live with two German Shepards that barked at the bird constantly, and the parrot picked all its feathers off.

5) Malnutrition. Feeding the bird an improper diet, not changing the water or food, starving the bird to death (the seed dish may look full, when in reality it was full of empty seed hulls).

6) Not providing medical care when the bird is sick. Sometimes owners don't have a clue until the bird is too sick, as they are masters in disguising their illnesses. But when obvious sickness affects the bird and medical care is withheld, that is abuse.

7) Exposing the bird to a bad environment. Smoking in the home, spraying pesticides and roach killers, air fresheners around the bird, keeping the bird in a garage (carbon monoxide fumes).

8) Yelling and screaming at the bird. If someone is yelling and screaming at the bird, they need to chill out seriously or find a new home for the bird.

9) Punishment of the bird. Putting the bird in a shoebox or dark closet for "time out", withholding food.

10) Releasing the bird into the wild when you no longer want it anymore. The bird will probably die if it doesn't survive starvation, predators and disease. Only harm can be done to the bird and possibly to the environment with the release of pet birds into the wild.


and read this: http://www.parrotchronicles.com/novdec2003/overpopulation.htm

 

I can assure you, if I attempted to release him he would come back every time. I can leave him in the backyard and he will flutter around and explore for a few minutes, but he always comes back to his cage. He is a very tame bird, I've had him since he was a chick.

If I heeded your advice and released him he would surely die, either from starvation or feral cats.

 

There's an interesting documentary called The Parrots of Telegraph Hill. It's about 30 or so abondoned parrots who have grouped together to form a flock in San Francisco.