Laurel R.

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"Parrots Belong Wild and Free"

Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Speaks: chinese, english
Joined Apr 5, 2007

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Avian Haven, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION - OIPA INDIA

Hometown	Brooklyn, NY
Homepage	http://www.biyasama.com
Birthday	Dec 05
Languages	chinese, english
About Me	A life long aviculturist raising two beautiful cockatiels, I have decades experience with parrot behavior. Love teaching others about birds and want what is best for the parrots: to stay wild, free, and protected from humans. Work tirelessly despite poverty to teach others how to treat captive raised parrots and about parrots in the wild.
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Pets	two cockatiels
Activist Aspirations	Casual
Political Leaning	Moderate
Religions	Wiccan/Pagan/Druid
Eating Habits	Aspiring healthy eater
Wild Fact About Me	I spend more on my birds at Yuletide than I do on my husband.
My Philosophy	Believe protection of habitat, ecotourism, conservation, end to poaching, and wildlife rehab provides hope for wild parrots. Keep parrots out of cages and back into the wild.
What Gives Me Hope	Ecotourism and the Indonesian Parrot Project which rehabs those surviving parrots the Indonesian government are able to reclaim from poachers. They badly need money and equipment. These are Threatened species people...HELP THEM or precious parrots we take for granted in the pet trade will be extinct in the wild. The same cockatoos are already extinct in most other corners of their territory. This rehab group is the last hope for four or five species of parrot!!
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by	Extend full protection to wild parrot species in the United States so that criminals can be fully prosecuted for harming them. As it stands, a wild parrot can be poached and brutalized simply because she is defined as an "invasive species" (non-native to the United States). This is how utility companies have managed to tear down nests and gas quakers in the middle of the night--against consent of the people--and why people can steal wild quakers from their nests for illegal sale in the pet trade with little punishment.
What/who changed my life and why
What Bugs Me	Cruelty To Animals
Passions	cockatoos, medieval aviculture, parrot welfare, Conserving the natural environment, Protecting Endangered Species
Inspirations
What Scares Me	Global Warming and its Effects
Favorites
Role Models	Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, Kangxi Huangdi, Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I of England, Empress Wu Zetian
Quotation
Interests	parrots, Medieval aviculture
Books
Music
Movies	Star Wars, Gone with the Wind
TV Shows
Favorite Foods
Favorite Places	Cockatoo room at Arcadia Bird Sanctuary, Toronto Ontario CANADA, Lincoln Nebraska, Central park in NYC, Brooklyn's Prospect Park, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, New York City
Can't Live Without	cockatiels
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