Awesome sauce. ^^ The nearest Pet[whateveritis] to me has a policy now about 'exotic animals,' which covers pretty much all the birds (excepting, I think, diamond doves and budgies?) - I think it's great, though it was a bit scary to think that state (it's in a different state) might outlaw keeping of birds -at all,- which is utterly unhelpful to the birds already being kept. What does one do with them all?
Yeah... in the end, I would like to see it outlawed to keep birds as pets, but, it's important to have a safe situation to transition the birds that exist now.
I think the sensible thing is not to outlaw keeping birds, but, outlaw breeding (and importing, though, I think that already is outlawed) for pet trade... which means that people allowed to keep the birds they have now, in safe homes, but, there won't be more. That makes most sense to me.
(And I say "outlaw breeding for pet trade" particularly because, I believe that breeding for conservation can be important. But, I would want it to cover breeding that isn't happening in a conservation program.)
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I decided I'm going to write some letters to Petsmart and Petco as well, as soon as I can get my computer to actually start my programs.
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The nearest Pet[whateveritis] to me has a policy now about 'exotic animals,' which covers pretty much all the birds (excepting, I think, diamond doves and budgies?) - I think it's great, though it was a bit scary to think that state (it's in a different state) might outlaw keeping of birds -at all,- which is utterly unhelpful to the birds already being kept. What does one do with them all?
Eh, I get rambly. ^^;
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I think the sensible thing is not to outlaw keeping birds, but, outlaw breeding (and importing, though, I think that already is outlawed) for pet trade... which means that people allowed to keep the birds they have now, in safe homes, but, there won't be more. That makes most sense to me.
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... hence why I'm glad my menagerie are all boys. *lol*
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