Compassion Based Bird Clubs
A new generation to end the suffering!
Bird Clubs provide the perfect place where people who love birds can share stories, receive the latest, up-to-date avian health care tips, hear avian expert guest speakers such as veterinarians and behavior specialists, and it can even reignite stale relationships between birds and their caretakers.
What is a CBBC?
Compassion Based Bird Clubs (CBBC) do not advocate breeding, selling, or using birds as door prizes in drawings or using birds in any other exploitive way. Compassion Based Clubs promote rescue and adoption rather than breeding and buying.
CBBC members understand that parrots and other exotic birds possess inherent wild traits that make them undesirable pets for most people. They also understand that most people cannot provide exotic birds the type of emotional and physical stimulation that all exotic birds require. CBBC members are motivated to end the suffering and exploitation of exotic birds.
Why it's time for no breed, no sell bird clubs?
We understand the loving bond that can develop between birds and their caretakers and how important those relationships are to both parties. We also recognize that many bird club attendees and members provide their birds excellent care and are responsible.
However, so that a few responsible and dedicated bird guardians can have the birds that they undoubtedly love and responsibly care for, millions of other companion birds become unwanted and they die prematurely from neglect, disease, and starvation, and/or endure an existence in miserable and lonely conditions their entire lives. Based on the escalating number of homeless birds and their premature deaths, it is estimated that far more birds suffer and die prematurely, than those who end up happy and are well cared for. Nearly all bird club members have a tragic bird stories to tell or have heard one. CBBC members believe it is time to end the cycle of abuse, neglect, and homelessness.
Many traditional bird clubs encourage breeding and selling of companion birds as a form of hobby, recreation, or home business profit. While those practices may be fun and entertaining, or even profitable for the breeder, they are adding to the number of companion birds that are reaching unprecedented numbers of homelessness and adding to their suffering. In addition, although many breeders claim to only sell their birds to responsible people; it is impossible to know how responsible or committed a stranger is going to be.
No Breed. No sell. CBBCs can play an integral role in preventing the plight of abused, neglected, unwanted captive birds worldwide while at the same time, encouraging bird caregivers and guardians to provide the best possible care for their birds, plus, provide camaraderie, entertainment and education for bird club members.
Heres how you can get started:
- If you are already a member of a bird club, present the CBBC concept to your bird club members. It could be that your members are also ready for change.
- Learn more about the plight of captive birds, encourage adoption, and rescue rather than breeding and buying.
- Start your own bird club with a small group. Watch it grow as more and more organizations adopt the idea of CBBC's.
- Encourage animal shelters to include information regarding the plight of captive birds in their literature just as they do for dogs and cats. You can also create your own literature and handouts.
