Massachusetts Representative Shirley Arriaga has introduced a ban on bird sales. The bill would ban all birds in the scientific order Psittaciformes from being sold or transferred with compensation by anyone, including breeder direct sales and transfers from shelters and rescues with adoption fees (see snippet of bill text below). Over 400 species of birds would be affected, including parakeets, cockatiels, lovebirds, parrots, macaws, cockatoos, and many more. This bill is clearly another blatant attack by animal rights groups and an effort to remove all pets from our lives. This legislation does not help animal welfare or prevent animal cruelty. Instead, it advances an extremist agenda of removing all animals from our lives. This bill would eventually cause the elimination of pet birds in Massachusetts.
 

Snippet: (b) No person shall sell, offer to sell, exchange, trade, barter, lease or transfer for permanent physical placement a parrot. A person may surrender or otherwise transfer for permanent physical placement without compensation a parrot to: (i) an
animal rescue organization; or (ii) a public animal control facility or shelter. An animal rescue organization or a public animal control facility or shelter may transfer a parrot to an individual for permanent physical placement without compensation.
 

Read the bill and relevant details at https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD4910.

The bill has not yet been assigned a bill number or Committee.

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