What’s wrong with keeping birds in cages?

(under ‘Give them wings’ campaign)

1) In the wild, birds live in flocks and talk to each other using hundreds of different
calls, including hushed chatter and whispers that we cannot even hear. They
even politely take turns, letting other birds talk. They love engaging in social
activities such as taking sand baths, playing hide-and-seek, dancing, building
nests with their mates and nurturing their young.
2) Life in captivity is often a death sentence for birds, who may suffer from
malnutrition, an improper environment, loneliness, and the stress of confinement.
Birds are meant to fly and be with others of their own kind in a natural
environment. Confinement causes birds to have temper tantrums and mood
swings.
3) When captured and put into cages, these same fun-loving birds become
depressed and withdrawn. Some people force birds to endure painful wing-
clipping so that the animals cannot fly away, yet flying is as natural and
important to birds as walking is to us.
4) Birds bred in captivity don’t fare much better. Birds older than 8 to 10 weeks of
age don’t sell well at pet shops so many are kept for breeding and condemned to
small cages for the rest of their lives.
5) Taking animals from their natural habitats endangers individual animals and
jeopardizes entire populations and ecosystems.