By Amy Neiman and Judy Bushee"...We observed a small glass room filled with birds. The very small cages they were living in were FILTHY. It was obvious to me that it had been quite a long time since any of the cages had been properly cleaned. The bottoms of the cages were caked with fecal matter. The food and water bowls were dirty. The dowels for the birds to stand on were dirty and too small for their feet causing the birds to tightly have to grip the perch which is not good for their toes. ALL the birds had plucked their feathers (some more than others) due to stress and what appeared to be a very poor diet. The cages were rusted and in overall POOR condition for these birds to live in on a permanent basis. These exotic birds were being fed what appeared to be wild bird seed.
I asked about adopting a bird and was told "none of these animals are for adoption. We keep them around so when we have children come in they can see them."
The rabbits' cage was no bigger than the animal itself. This was very sad to see. It was a long haired light brown rabbit and totally matted. His cage was resting on top of a bird's cage. No water observed."
From Maggi Hall: FloridaWild Veterinary Hospital and ARK offered to adopt the birds. I was told that the birds were used for "educational purposes." Mrs. Thomas refused to clarify. A rabbit rescue group from Gainesville offered to adopt the rabbits. Director Thomas refused both offers. Evidently she would rather hoard these animals than find good homes for them. As for educational purposes or to show children, since a sex offender works at the facility it is illegal for childrens' classes to be held on site.
Now why does she want to incarcerate animals that could easily be adopted? Remember: It is far easier to hoard than it is to aggressively adopt. Then also reading between the lines may help in drawing even deeper more significant conclusions like "Where the heck is all the money going that people donate to that shelter?"
2 comments:
It's sad that this is happening to the birds.When I volunteered at the WVHS,I cleaned out the Bird Room completely and kept it clean.I painted the bird room.The rabbit cages were kept clean.I felt bad for them that the rabbits were in small cages with a wire bottom.I made sure they had food,hay and carrots.
And the same with the birds.I put little nic-nacs on the window sill and hung felt parrots on the wire windows.They were fed wild bird food before I was there but I bought cockatiel seed when I was there and also gave them bird vitamins.I feel quilty that they are not being cared for properly.
I believe the complaints published in this individual section of the blog was when you, Judy was taking care of them. So they are blasting you.
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