ParrotsFirst.org
Title
Parrots First
Description
Parrots First was founded by Rose & Frank Levine, who along with Sue Pastel, Kymberly Snow, Clifford Petersen, Bonnie Jay and a dedicated group of volunteers and foster homes make up Parrots First.
Rose and Frank started out in 1996 working on the adoption committee for their local bird club. Like so many bird clubs these days, theirs had been around for a long time and membership was beginning to decline. Most of the members were already in multi-bird flocks and just couldn't make room for one more bird. It is understandable, everyone reaches a point where they just wouldn't be doing the right thing for the new bird and the birds they already have. When the adoption program was phased out of the club they still received occasional telephone calls from people looking to place parrots that they could no longer care for and they were happy to continue helping in whatever way they could. Over the years the amount of calls they received continued to grow until they found ourselves in a position in which they no longer had the resources to care for all of the birds that came into their care. This is why Rose & Frank decided to form a volunteer based group dedicated to helping secondhand parrots.
Sue Pastel has been involved with animals, birds and bird clubs for more years than she cares to mention. She was President of the West Los Angeles Bird Club for several terms of office as well as the Editor of their newsletter. Sue currently shares her life with several cockatiels, most of which seemed to find her on their own. Sue is Co-Director of Parrots First and also Editor of our newsletter. When Parrots First became incorporated Sue became a Board Member.
Languages
English
