Great video, I wish all people looking to get a bird as a pet would watch this video. I agree that most all pet birds will eventually end up in rescues. Just for the simple fact of how long they can live. Most people aren't equipt to handle a pet for the next 70+ years even if they adopt or buy a bird when they are young. At least with children, you raise them and hopefully after 20 years or so, they fledge out and get out on their own. But not with a parrot, which will feel like raising a 2 year old child for the rest of your natural life.
I have no misconceptions here. I'm a tad past middle age and with a bum ticker, I know that my birds will most likely out live me by possible half a century. I have both of my birds listed in my will to go to my daughter, who can either keep them or find suitable homes for them with a list of requirements such as home inspections and such. But they are NOT TO BE SOLD.
As far as wing clipping being mutilation to the birds. I again have no misconceptions here either. Clipping a birds wings would be like cutting my legs off and having to depend on someone else to carry me around or move me from place to place. So yes, I'm sure to the bird it's like mutilation no matter how well intended it is. But I believe in wing clipping because to me, I pride myself in being a responsible pet owner and I know my birds most likely couldn't survive in the wild. So wing clipping is just one of those necessary evils that comes along with owning a bird.
Just my two cents worth.
Mike
