Can anyone help?

[Lisa B]

I am looking for a poem. I thought it was called a parrots bill of rights...however I see that is incorrect.
the last line talks about going with them on their final journey.
I appreciate it if anyone has it they can post it for me.
thank you

[Valo's Moirana]

do you mean this?

Ten Commandments of Parrot Ownership
– from a parrot's point of view!

by Jane Hallander
reprinted with permission

1. My life is likely to last 10 or more years. Any separation from you will be
painful to me. Remember that before you take me home.

2. Give me time to understand what you want of me.

3. Place your trust in me — it’s crucial to my well–being.

4. Don’t be angry with me for long, and don’t lock me up as punishment.
You have your work, your entertainment, and your friends.
I have only you.

5. Talk to me sometimes. Even if I don’t understand your words, I do understand your voice when it’s speaking to me.

6. Be aware that however you treat me, I’ll never forget it.

7. Remember before you hit me that I have a beak that could easily crush the
bones of your hand, but that I choose not to bite you.

8. Before you scold me for being uncooperative, obstinate, or lazy, ask yourself if something might be bothering me. Perhaps I’m not getting the right food, or I’ve been in the cage too long.

9. Take care of me when I get old; you too will get old.

10. Go with me on the last journey. Never say “I can’t bear to watch it,” or "Let it happen in my absence.” Everything is easier for me if you are there. Remember, I love you.

[oONightFireOo]

That is amazing. I hadn't ever seen it before. LOVE IT! I think that it should be posted as a sticky so that everyone will be able to see it whenever they want to.

~Kevin

[Lisa B]

thanks bee. I know someone wiht a very sick bird. I think they need to see this.
I had it on my old computer, but not this one.

[birdsnreps]

whoever wrote this is a genius :) i first saw this about two years ago, every time i see it i get teary-eyed, i just love this one!!

[catschair]

It is beautiful, and true (with minor modifications) for any animal we take into our home as a companion.

[Pepper's Pa]

The "Ten Commandments of Parrot Ownership" is always a pleasure to read. I also enjoy:

A Parrot's Bill of Rights

Nobody Told Me

Throw Away Bird

I recommend that anyone considering bringing a bird into his or her life read these. They give an important message that's sure to help with understanding and caring for our birds.

[Lisa B]

thanks Peppers Pa. I used an adaptation of "no body told me" in my last years holiday cards. I wanted my non bird friends(very few) to relize what life is like with these amazing beings.

[Lisa B]

and wow...never read that throw away story before....

[Freedomoflight]

This one is my personal favorite Lisa.


A PARROTS PRAYER


LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................


For all the wild caught parrots so savagely netted and swept
away from their families while their babies dumped into burlap
sacks cried out in terror.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the exotic birds that witnessed the destruction of all the blessed
trees and fled fires in fear from man's thirst to dominate, stripping the
land of all its inhabitants, leaving nothing but bare ground behind.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the parrots that struggled through the capture, but died merciless
in transport from the stress of overcrowded, barbaric, confinements and
inconceivable horror.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the survivors that made it into captivity but exist in a nightmare
of confinement unable to use their God given wings of flight as they
once remembered.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the baby birds bred in captivity whose crop's burned or have
died needlessly from harshness of human hands.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all captive birds that have been erased from their owner's
consciousness and are abandoned to a lifeless existence with only a
distant memory of what is was like to hear a gentle voice from someone
that used to care.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all those helpless creatures who don't know what it's like to live
life as a bird or even to feel the breeze or sunlight but are doomed to
darkness in closets or garages, trapped inside covered cages or shackled.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the macaws, cockatoos, amazons, and conures that are
stripped of their vocal cords for screaming; their sensitive beaks cut
back to prevent biting.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all birds that end up for sale in pet shops or breeders like used
merchandise, unwanted and frightened in strange surroundings with
nothing more than the familiar sight of bars on a cage.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the neglected birds that are sick with infections from
filthy conditions and malnourishment that may never recover and
know what it is like to feel healthy and be playful.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For all the misconceived parrots who were beaten, stabbed,
blinded and burned for just being a parrot.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

For every african grey, cockatoo and macaw that punishes itself
from confinement and boredom by maiming their bodies and
plucking their feathers and for those who have lost all spirit of life
and sway their head low from side to side slowly into insanity.

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER..........................

WE ASK HUMBLY OF YOU, DEAR LORD TO LOOK
UPON ALL OF YOUR MAGNIFICENT FEATHERED
CREATIONS PROTECT THEM FROM EVIL AND HARM
CAUSED BY MAN AND TO BRING FORTH AN AWAKENING
IN THE HUMAN HEART AND MAKE IT A KINDER,
GENTLER WORLD FOR ALL CAPTIVE BIRDS............AMEN

-- Sally Brooks, July 3, 2000