4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 17, 2010
Germany has been one of Europe’s strong economies, but things are changing for everyone. In 2008, with 19 offices nationwide, Tiertafel has helped 4,028 customers to feed 6,291 pets on a regular basis. If we see someone who is already poor get a new pet we won’t support them. Not everyone is eligible for help.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 1, 2012
Here in Germany, we don’t wish we had. Yes, Germany has parrots, or parakeets to be more precise. Unlike North America, Germany has never had naturally occurring psittacines that went extinct, and the one we have is a true and complete invasive alien introduction. Because we never have had. Very stupid thing to do.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 23, 2021
The Common Waxbill looks like it belongs in a pet shop rather than in the wild. In fact, this is probably a species that has substantially expanded its original range through the pet shop route and the resulting escapees. I grew up in a small town in Northern Germany. A challenge for young birders, maybe. A pity I cannot draw.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 29, 2022
When I was a kid (and don’t you hate it when blog posts start like this, with the author apparently just assuming that you care about how he spent his childhood), the first pets we had were a pair of Budgerigars. ” At the same time, they are popular as pets, as they may be the best talkers of the Australian cockatoos.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 8, 2022
I may have said this before, but thrushes always remind me a bit of German housewives – robust and reliable, but not particularly graceful (there is a reason I live in China and not in Germany). On the other hand, in the West, mice, and rats are also kept as pets, maybe with the same logic.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 10, 2022
This bird used to be quite common in Germany, but now it is rare. It is a wild bird, so it is different from the pigeons which are kept by people as pets (which sometimes also come to our compound). But it is a very interesting-looking and unique bird with its crest and its combination of black, white, and cinnamon colors.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2023
In Thailand, apparently, the number of Oriental Magpie-Robins has seriously declined in some areas apparently, partly because of poaching for the pet bird trade as the birds are good singers ( source ). This research was actually done only about 10 km away from a place I once lived for a couple of years, in Radolfszell, Germany.
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