Best Friends Animal Society

The Parrot Garden at Best Friends Animal Society provides rescue, sanctuary, foster care, and adoption for exotic birds. Upholding the mission of Best Friends Animal Society – “To create a better world through kindness to animals” – the Parrot Garden offers abandoned and homeless parrots a new opportunity to lead enriched lives in a nurturing environment, either at the sanctuary or with a new family. More>
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Mr. Hard-to-get

Mr. Hard-to-get


Adoptable Parrots at Best Friends


The art of healing


A meeting of ‘bad boys’


Learning to love again


'They picked me!'


A new beginning


Quiet as a rabbit?


Awwww, look at the cute birds


ParrotLand theme park


Eco-Tourism: Guyana


Breaking into jail


Peru: Visiting macaws in their home


Birds get a crash course


Happy home


Peaceful Bird Store Demonstrations in New Jersey


Peaceful Demonstration Against Bird Paradise – Saturday, February 7


Triple home run!


What do you mean Santa's gone?


Raising Awareness of Exotic Bird Adoptions

ASPCA and Avian Welfare Coalition team up in recognition of National Bird Day

Phone-book art


A big thanks from the cockatoos!


Bird behavior


Finding Mr. Right


Victory for parrots!


ProFauna takes action for parrots


Parrot knitting


A chubby conspiracy


Fresh air, fresh perspective!


"You look familiar"


The bird who can't sit still


Parrot pranks


Windy meets Wendy


Dark side beware


A Parrot Toystory

Responsible parrot owners recently joined Best Friends Parrot Vet Tech Ken Theus to learn about the importance of toys and foraging activities for parrots. The well-attended class was co-sponsored by Best Friends Animal Society and Feathered Friends of Las Vegas. Several class assistants were on hand to teach various toy making designs for parrots of all sizes.

Breathing easy

Ever thought of an air freshener as being deadly? They usually aren’t, at least not to humans.

Parroting the Best Friends line


Seppi's dream home

If you’re visiting the Parrot Garden (the bird part of the sanctuary) in the next little while and happen to find Seppi the cockatoo wearing a hard hat and holding a 127-point inspection list, there’s a very good reason. He wants to make sure his dream house is just right this time.

It's tax time!

Ever heard the expression "can’t see the forest for the trees"? Sometimes you’re so close to something you don’t even know what you have.

A bird person

Emergency room doctor Suzanne Corrington didn’t know at first whether she could bring a bird into her life. She’d had dogs and cats, but never birds.

Toes to the grindstone

Not many of us need to break out the power tools for a toenail trim.

Rockin' Robin

"Quick! The boss is out. Throw on some Elvis!!!" The birds at Best Friends have been enjoying some tunes lately.

Winter games

Nothing melts away the winter blues like a nice, cold shower.

Got An Itch?? (When a parrot needs a friend!)

Have you ever had one of those hard-to-reach spots that really needed to be scratched, and you just couldn’t get at it?

Marriage Counseling

Ain’t love grand? Having somebody to buy presents for, somebody to watch movies with, somebody to bite on the leg when you’re feeling irritated… Oops.

Has Pre-School Gone To The Birds?

No, but the birds have certainly gone to pre-school!

For the Birds: Celebrating Adopt a Rescue Bird Month...with awareness


The fun room

Feel like adding a little excitement to your life? Head on down to Feathered Friends, the bird part of the sanctuary, and ask to see the cockatiel room. Or, as some children like to call it, the "fun room"!

Good things come to those who ask

What did Guido want for Christmas this year? A mountain of toys! And thanks to a Best Friends member, that wish came true.

National Bird Day: January 5, 2008

In order to draw attention to the exploitation of other countries’ native birds by the pet industry in the United States and to call on activists to take action on behalf of captive birds, National Bird Day (January 5) has been instituted by two United States organizations:

Put another record on

It's party time for the birds! All they need now is a disco ball and a laser light show and they can start selling tickets to standing-room-only crowds.

'Tis the season ...

Many kids come into this world with dream jobs hard-wired into their brains. Doctors, firefighters, ballerinas.

The perfect ending

There are many things that Layla the Senegal parrot likes about her new home in Portland, Oregon. First, her new family member, Ute Luppertz.

Tool Use – A Measure of Intelligence

This afternoon I was delighted to have our little Jazzy, the Yellow-sided Green-cheek Conure who was adopted this past July, sitting on her play stand above my desk.

"I can do it myself!"

Ever give somebody a gift and then wonder afterward whether or not they truly liked the thing? With Sidney the cockatoo, there’s no room for doubt.

EVERYONE SAY “AHHHH!”

Dana Clark, the Parrot Doc, was visiting Feathered Friends last week to check out new arrivals, observe and diagnose questionable symptoms that the caregivers have been seeing with some of the birds, and give some staff training.

Seppi Lane

It's never too early to start political campaigns. That's the theory of Seppi the Moluccan cockatoo.

Parrots at Best Friends 2nd Annual “Best in Show”

A good time was had by all at the recent event at Angel’s Landing – “Best in Show”.

There's always Plan B ...

Here's a dilemma.

Seppi's White House

All hail the Chief! If Seppi the cockatoo seems a bit preoccupied, there’s a good reason. He’s been overseeing a project of vital national importance.

‘They’re all doing so much better’

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Minnesota PetSmart Stops Selling Birds

Local bird rescue group invited to adopt birds out from the store

Born Free

Parrots aren’t for everyone. They’re complex animals who require a great deal of time, effort, and patience from the people whose lives they share.

The parrot garden

Think paradise comes easy? Think again.

Another Florida Bird Auction Prompts Outcry

'Renowned veterinarian' and breeder needs cash. 'Divorce forces sale,' auctioneer says

Out of the Cage and into the Blue

Seminar in Moab shows how these birds can develop flying skills beyond just flapping their wings.

Birds Saved From a Life of Breeding

Report from Ziggy’s Haven on recent 500-bird auction

Bird Auction Has Welfare Proponents in a Flap

Birds as money makers? Avian welfare proponents say no. (Plus post-Auction Update:)

500 Parrots to be Auctioned


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