When a badly damaged African Grey named Muriel was surrendered at a local shelter, the bird appeared to be beyond hope. But before the "execution" papers could be signed, an employee reached out ...

For a bird-watcher, self-loathing or not, the intimacy afforded by the Galápagos is a reversal of the natural order. Almost everywhere on Earth, predators make birds skittish, so bird-watching ...

Greg works with parrots who suffer from self mutilation and self plucking. He says the common reason why birds behave in this way is they are stuck in a cage and are bored.

The bird was confined to a plexiglass box and looked like a Victorian king in a five-tiered felt collar meant to prevent self-plucking.

The bird may have plucked the feathers herself as a result of high stress levels. Abandoned parrot found at bus stop with nearly all feathers missing | Metro News ...

All the processing is done by hand as soon as the birds are caught. When plucking, the children wear hoods to stop fluff, down and feathers getting in their eyes, nose, mouth and ears.