Yesterday my neighbour called me to catch their pet parrot which has fallen in our garden. I didn't want to disturbthe beautiful bird and so I tiptoed behind it and caught it. To my surprise it didn't fly at all. Then my neighbour shouted that its wings had been cut off. She also assured me that it wouldn't escape. I was terribly shocked by this. I didn't move for a moment. She mocked at me "She is afraid. She wouldn't move". (She had thought that I stood still because I was afraid..)Though I wanted to talk, I could not. Then I gave her the parrot back.
I was sitting silently for a few moments. I felt a deep grievance for the parrot....Poor thing ! It is such a great tragedy to have its main mode of locomotion cut off. It really struggled to walk. After all, flight is the greatest asset for a bird's survival. That lady may be providing food. But that poor parrot has been robbed off its right to fly. Parrots are born to fly, not to live in a cage. I can even tolerate the parrot being put up in a cage, but this idea kills me. Who frames these nasty ideas? Will that person be happy if his legs are cut off...when human beings are not able to simply tolerate a stamping of the foot, how can they treat animals cruelly and expect them to be greatful? WORST IDEA.
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