Please do not buy Richard Stallman a parrot

Kentuckienne

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Oct 9, 2016
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Roommates include Gus, Blue and gold macaw rescue and Coco, secondhand amazon
The writer is poking fun at Richard's list, but I get it. He's a hero.

The TLDR:

If you can find a host for me that has a friendly parrot, I will be very very glad. If you can find someone who has a friendly parrot I can visit with, that will be nice too.

DON'T buy a parrot figuring that it will be a fun surprise for me. To acquire a parrot is a major decision: it is likely to outlive you. If you don't know how to treat the parrot, it could be emotionally scarred and spend many decades feeling frightened and unhappy. If you buy a captured wild parrot, you will promote a cruel and devastating practice, and the parrot will be emotionally scarred before you get it. Meeting that sad animal is not an agreeable surprise.

https://gizmodo.com/5853729/please-do-not-buy-richard-stallman-a-parrot-and-other-rules
 

Owlet

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Honestly, buying any animal as a gift is kind not good.
 

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