21 hoarded parrots rescued by Pima Animal Care

Twenty-one parrots have been rescued as a part of a hoarding investigation by the Pima County Sheriff’s Division. The birds have been impounded by Pima Animal Care Middle. 

“We normally don’t mass impound parrots like this,” mentioned PACC Director Monica Dangler, noting that “essentially the most I’ve ever seen previous to this was 5-10 and people had been with different animals.”

“They’re doing OK, however the situation we discovered them in was not nice,” Dangler mentioned.

The birds, largely macaws, have been handled by veterinarians and at the moment are within the care of Paradise Parrot Rescue, a neighborhood nonprofit rescue and sanctuary for parrots and different unique birds.

Particulars concerning the scenario through which the birds had been discovered is not going to be publicly accessible till the investigation is closed, however Paradise Parrot Rescue Govt Director Bryan Klontz mentioned when he first noticed the birds, they had been “fairly hungry.”

“They’ve been consuming like loopy,” Klontz mentioned. “They positively appear to be just a little nervous.”

Although Klontz mentioned his group as soon as rescued 32 parakeets and cockatiels on the identical time, that is the biggest rescue of a big fowl Paradise Parrot Rescue has ever performed.

PACC is now looking for short-term or everlasting houses for the birds. Klontz mentioned the proper candidate is somebody who’s “performed their analysis” and is ready for the realities of parrot possession.

Klontz mentioned macaws, which might stay as much as 70 years, want massive enclosures and infrequently scream loudly and chunk, in order that they want houses with numerous area. However, he mentioned, they’ll make nice associates.

“Whenever you win over the belief of certainly one of these birds the place you possibly can choose it up, deal with it, give it a kiss on the beak, that bond you can have with certainly one of these creatures is actually, actually necessary,” Klontz mentioned. “If you’ll be able to do it appropriately they are often fantastic companions.”

Anybody wishing to be taught extra or to undertake a fowl can go to Paradise Parrot Rescue’s web site for extra info.