By Ted Kurkowski on March 20, 2013 Would you like to become a volunteer at the Garuda Aviary?
Currently, we are recruiting new volunteers to help our crew in the Garuda Aviary, our Lifelong Sanctuary for abused, neglected, and abandoned companion Parrots and other exotic Birds.
As a volunteer at the Garuda Aviary some of your duties may include, [...]
Category: Uncategorized By Ted Kurkowski on February 26, 2013 The letter below, posted with the full permission of the writer, is a perfect example of why parrots are not suitable as pets. It illustrates why they simply do not fit within people’s limitations to care for them even in the best circumstances. This letter is also just one of many such letters and phone calls received by our [...]
Category: Uncategorized By Ted Kurkowski on July 3, 2012 Pulling a parrot away from its home and into a new one is very hard on the bird. Christopher Zeoli, the Garuda Aviary’s Director of Avian Care, describes why in the Education section of this web site here.
Category: Uncategorized  By Ted Kurkowski on May 27, 2012 On Saturday, June 16, we will have a Gala event for the Garuda Aviary, from 12 noon to 4pm. Come join us for live music! Delicious food! Games for kids! Bake sale! And more!
A number of the aviary birds will be on view in their outdoor flight cage for all to see, weather permitting. [...]
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She’s young, she’s beautiful, and she’s dangerous! Three-year-old Chloe, a Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo, is the latest addition to the Garuda Aviary flock . . . and she loves guys.
Trouble is, she persistently attacks women—when they are alone. She goes for the face, the chest, the neck, and on one woman (who was running [...]
We wanted to share several great sites that are covering the Troy parrots. If you have another one to share, please let us know in the Comments section and we’ll be happy to post it.
Blogs
The League of Humane Voters of Ohio– Political Action for Animals –several posts on the Troy parrots. Check [...]
The Troy Daily News published this article two weeks ago, as our Director Claire Waggoner and visiting nun Ani Tenzin Wangmo delivered the “Save the Troy Parrots” petition to Ohio officials. We are thrilled to see readers continuing to post comments to it. In case the link expires, we’ve posted the original article [...]
As promised in our last post, we’re continuing our efforts to free the Troy parrots from the inhumane conditions in which they are being forced to live. Last week we learned the Miami County Humane Society released the parrots back to Doug Ratcliff. We believe it is completely unacceptable to give these already abused and traumatized [...]
On August 5th Garuda Aviary became aware of a horrific case of parrot hoarding and abuse occurring in Troy, Ohio. The parrots are privately owned by a breeder named Doug Ratcliff.
There are conflicting stories as to how the situation was discovered. The Miami County Bird Club and Rescue became alerted to a potential problem [...]
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