New York City parrot shop owner Queron Romain gets over a dozen requests per month to re-home birds whose elderly owners have become sick. Other times, the birds outlive their owners altogether.

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A bill that would mostly ban the sale of parrots at pet stores in Rhode Island is under consideration by the House Corporations Committee.

Parrots and tortoises are flooding animal-rescue organizations around the country as many owners fail to make arrangements for their long-lived species. Gene Bordeaux, a staff member at Oasis, a ...

Parrots are highly intelligent, social creatures. In the wild, they spend most of their time interacting with other parrots—preening one another, foraging together and roosting in groups at night.

Carmen Baru lives in Ottawa with her three parrots: Coco, Malinke and Loli. At almost 30 years old, Malinke, a Timneh African Grey, is the eldest. Coco, a nanday conure, is about 26. Ms. Baru ...