Bird Mill

 

This is a photograph of the bird mill in Florida where Bird Paradise obtains many of its inventory of birds for sale in its New Jersey store.

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This cockatoo is one of thousands of birds crammed into rows upon rows of tiny cages at the Bird Paradise breeding mill  where their entire world is reduced to bars, a box and a perch.  

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An incubator is where many of the eggs are hatched.  Nothing could be less natural.

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Is it a microwave?  No, its a bird egg processor.  These birds are deprived of everything natural even before they are born.  

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Two birds in barren cages at the Bird Paradise bird mill.  They spend their entire lives in a hutch, mass producing more baby birds for Bird Paradise to sell.  

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A photo of the Bird Paradise store in New Jersey - what a contrast!   Too bad none of the birds at the breeding mill get even one of these pretty toys....

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So many cages but not a single toy, even though the Bird Paradise store is crammed with them.

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What a sad life for these poor birds.  Shame on Bird Paradise.  

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 (Note:  Breeding Mill photos are from the "Bird Paradise" informercial aired on television)