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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes. ~Henry David Thoreau Before I start, let me toss some numbers and statistics out to all of you: The approximate distance from the center of Kanab to the sanctuary is 15 miles. According...
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Since January of 2009, Elisa has been a dedicated volunteer up here at the Parrot Garden. Her reason for choosing to work with the birds is, admittedly, a little more “sane” than we’re used to hearing. In her own words, Elisa chose to volunteer at the Parrot Garden because she was “not...
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Sometimes moms need a break. In Violet’s case, this holds especially true. Violet is a Lilac Crowned Amazon who came to live at the Parrot Garden with her husband and two children. They came here a few months ago from a situation in which none of them were being handled that often or socialized...
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With a flock of his own, Mike still finds time to come down and volunteer with us at the Parrot Garden every weekend, whenever he is needed. It has been an ongoing routine of his for three years now. Since the rescue of 145 cats and 149 dogs that came to Best Friends in 2006 from Lebanon, Mike has been...
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For over a year Phyllis has been a regular volunteer for us at the Parrot Garden. Every week she comes here to volunteer with the staff and the birds, helping with the daily duties… and then some. Her favorite part of the job goes well beyond cage cleaning. In her own words, the most rewarding...
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“Life is a sum of all your choices.” ~Albert Camus~ The question this quote brings up is… what if you were never given any? If our choices consisted of eating the same meal we’ve had for the past 10 years now or 5 minutes from now, taking a nap or staying awake, or standing on...
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Raise your hand if you ever ran under a sprinkler or a garden hose on a hot Summer’s day when you were a kid. Water balloon fights, Super Soakers, Slip n’Slides; all of them mark ways we enjoy cooling off during the hot summer months. It should come as little surprise then that the birds...