Parrot keeping
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| Parrots in liberty - Parrot-stands inside and outside - Aviary and cages - Contact us |
During his shows Mark Steiger dissuades private people from parrot keeping. He explains the character and the high requirements of these marvellous birds: no subordination and little obedience, very noisy and destructively, psychologically susceptible (stress), much space and constant presence of a responsible person necessarily, expensive structures (aviary), maintenance and daily cleaning of the aviary or cages, can fly away, etc. It is a sad fact that many expensively paid parrots are sold after short time. Common apology: strong feather allergy! Look at the announcements in the newspapers. The breeders have large earnings to save many species from final extermination. The other side is unfortunately an overproduction (hand raised birds), because there exist finally only very few people which can dedicate the necessary time and structure. The parrot rescues in all countries show the misery, which these intelligent animals suffer, if they are not kept in a correct way. In France, where Mark Steiger lives, one needs a certificate of competency (Certificat de Capacité) for keeping rare parrots, which is very difficult to get. The keeping and trade with parrots listed in CITES (Annex 1) and in the French “Guyana decree” (= "Arrêté de Guyane") is forbidden. Such protected species of birds are kept secret then, outside of each control. Nobody knows how many parrots are locked up and how they are treated. Laws, like the Washington Convention and the "Arrêté de Guyane" in France help to protect endangered species, but individual suffering of the parrots is not considered. Unprotected species are treated unpunished in pitiless way. Imagine the suffering of an African Grey parrot separated brutally in the jungle from its partner, then transported under worst conditions and forced to terminate its life for many decades enclosed in a small cage. If it screams in his misery, it is additionally locked up in the dark by its owner! It seems to be obvious that parrot keeping should not be bound to a certificate of competency, but to an official registration for most species, supervised by the veterinarian services or competent members of the animal protection. The conditions for parrot keeping must be regulated and controlled (minimum size of aviaries and cages, lighting conditions, ventilation, heating, etc.). Keeping one single parrot should not be permitted (with exceptions for certain birds). The parrots of Marks Steiger live at times in liberty. That means during the day under monitoring on the palms and on the climbing tree in the garden and during the night in their large cages or in the aviary. This liberty is not simple to obtain, and it already occurred that parrots flew away. Mark Steiger found them always by calling, and even over hundreds of meters. This large solidarity between the trainer and the birds is the result of passion and training for many years. If you do not have the necessary time and patience to dedicate, you should do without parrots. The majority of the parrots on the market are tender babies, who let themselves be handled easily, but who require however very much attention. Their behaviour changes after a few years with sexual maturity. Depending to the invested time and the aptitude of the bird keeper they become tame birds with a self-assured character or half wild and shy "slaves". Mark Steiger proves in his shows that parrots do not correspond at all to the usual picture of small stupid clowns but are highly sensitive animals. |
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Mark Steiger Villa "Le Tour du Monde" 9, rue de Cannes 06150 Cannes (FRANCE)
Phone: 0033-(0)4 93 47 59 07
Mobile: 0033-(0)6 09 84 05 07
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