the truth behind the slander

what had UKPR done to deserve the slander and hatred campaign against them:its very simple, on our rehoming list we had 2 macaws(mylo and jj) who have been in emergency care for the past 6 mths waiting for a suitable home to come forward, in the meantime the emergency carers health deteriorated and it was found she had a medical condition which was aggravated by birdkeeping , following lots of consultations between the team, we felt it best to try and get these two rehomed as soon as possible as they had already been in emergency care for some time and so went through our usual procedure of who would have the experience that the birds in question needed and who could fulfill their requirements , it was well noted on the thread that mylo was a plucker and although the two were very much bonded and couldnt be seperated mylo did have a habit of plucking jj, this was something that the emergency carer had kept an eye on tthroughout the course of their stay and had tried to work towards, it was also noted that mylo had a severe allergy to spray and perfumes which would make his nostrils run, there was great care taken not to use sprays /perfumes or similar around him to aggravate this condition whilst he was in emergency care and this was noted on their thread , this took several weeks to discuss and go through all the relevant applications, caron having already owning macaws and experience with problems it was put to the team to make a decision.whilst there was some concerns to a previous occasion when caron was to take on a rescue too(pebbles) until it came to making the donation which she wasnt forthcoming with, it was felt by the team that caron had the experience and knowledge and it was agreed she would be given a try and see how things went with a view to permannt fostering thus giving the macaws a permanent home and releiving the health of adele the emergency carer . caron was then contacted and all was arranged, however a few hours before they were due to travel mylo attacked jj and gave her a nasty bite to the foot which was bleeding profusely(whether he sensed something was changing and it reminded him of his past we will never know, THIS WAS HOURS BEFORE THEY WERE DUE TO TRAVEL AND NOT AS THEY WERE ABOUT TO TRAVEL AS CARON HAS LED PEOPLE TO BELEIVE , as the two were very much bonded and this was unusual), things then settled but again when it was time to move them mylo tried to attack jj again.after consultation it was decided it was in the birds best interest and well being NOT to send both make sure jj was well enough, jj stayed with the emergency carer and arrangements were being made for the birds to be reunited as soon as possible.thus so far im sure you will totally understand the reasoning behind the decisions made , rightly or wrongly it was a decision that had to be made in a short amount of time.whilst mylo and jj were in emergency care UKPR were donated a pallace cage to use as they saw fit, sparkysmummy suggested it may be good for mylo and jj and at the time it was put on their thread , however mylo and jj were in stoke and the cage was located in plymouth - this was not a new cage and had been well used , and needed a good clean before it could be used for any bird .so as the decision to give caron a chance was being made it was felt there was not time or ability to get the cage from its location in time , it was decided that adele would send her 2 macaw cages which were newer and better condition to caron for mylo and jj and the pallace cage would go to adele when it was possible.when caron found this out she was not happy she wanted the pallace cage she felt she was promised or 'owed'.At this stage when mylo was delivered to carons home (a 3 hour drive) and caron found she did not have the cage she thought she was getting that problems started to arise.firstly the UKPR forums were inundated with why couldnt caron have the cage that was advertised with mylo and jj , and from our point of view that was the main concern and problem.AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO THINK : THEY COME WITH A CAGE - DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHAT CAGE THAT IS? AND ALSO NO MONEY HAD CHANGED HANDS THEREFORE IT WAS NOT EVEN AS THOUGH CARON HAD PAID FOR SOMETHING SHE HAD NOT RECEIVED!!!IF THE BIRDS ARE THE MAIN CONCERN SURELY IT BE MORE IMPORTANT THAT THE BIRDS ARE HEALTHY AND WELL CARED FOR AFTER SUCH A JOURNEY AND BEING SEPERATED FROM A BONDED PARTNER -THAT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CAUSED STRESS IN ITSELF.THE ANSWER: NO, IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAT THE CAGE AS PROMISED WENT WITH MYLO AS POSTED ON THE THREAD!!sad but the truth as it happened , i have no reason to sway the truth, this was deeply saddening for the people who had been involved in the care of these two birds whos start in life was happy then turned horrific with their previous owners, to then be happy again for what should have been their 'new home' to cause the same trauma all over again , as you can imagine it upset their emergency carer for the past 6mths (adele) to see the two birds seperated whilst all along is a arguement about a cage!!!!it was then a decision that if caron was as unhappy as stated mylo should be returned to adele and jj and he would have a permanent home with her(adeles health condition with the birds was more aggravted with dustier birds such as the greys whch was being sorted out at the time)caron flatly refused to send mylo back to his bird friend jj, making them suffer even more- her reason for refusal , a claim he stunk of cigarrettes and wasnt cared for properly by adele (adele owns 2 macaws herself) and that adele was not competent enough to handle them, all sorts of abuse and personal attacks followed.caron claimed mylo had runny nares and needed vet treatment which adele had not bothered to do- it was a well known fact that mylo had always had an allergy to sprays, somebody who knew theyre former owner confirmed this and when asked the transporter had confirmed that both caron and her partner had been wearing scent when mylo arrived (reason for his nares solved - a fact)the above is all truth , nothing has been fabricated at all , if we have done any wrong it will be learnt for the future, in hindsight it may have been better for the macaws not to have been moved at all, and as there were concerns over caron having these when the decision was made in hindsight we should have followed our instinct - something we learnt along the way.hindsight is easy to look back at but doesnt change anything, if UKPR has bene negligent in any of this , its because we let them go knowing there were concerns from the team in the first place, we are not perfect and we have learnt from it, at the time we were also thinking of how we could make things better for our colleague and that may have clouded our judgement in that decision .

ABOUT US

FIRSTLY I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND GIVE YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE DO. IT SEEMS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS WE HAVE BEEN SLANDERED AND HARRASSED BY A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO FOR REASONS I WILL EXPLAIN HAD A GRUDGE AND DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO BRING OUR NAME INTO DISREPUTE,AS WE DO NOT WANT TO GET INTO FURTHER ARGUEMENTS BETWEEN THEM AND OURSELVES WE HAVE CREATED THIS BLOG TO GIVE OUR SIDE OF EVENTS IN A SENSIBLE MANNER.

WE ARE A PARROT RESCUE THAT OPERATES ALL OVER THE UK, REHOMING BIRDS FROM BUDGIES TO COCKATOOS , SOME ARE REHOMED THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN , SOME ARE BECAUSE OWNERS CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CHANGED AND SOME ARE NEGLECTED. EACH BIRD THAT IS TAKEN IN BY UKPR IS GIVEN A THROROUGH ASSESSMENT OF THEIR NEEDS AND IS IN QUARANTINE FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST 6 WEEKS TO RULE OUT INFECTION TOWARDS OTHER BIRDS, THIS TIME IS USED WISELY TO ASSESS THEIR SUITABLE HOME AND REQUIREMENTS.

AS WITH ANYBODY WE ARE NOT PERFECT AND DO NOT IN ANYWAY PROFESS TO BE , EVERY DAY IS A LEARNING CURVE AND EACH MISTAKE WILL HELP US LEARN FOR THE FUTURE, WE BELEIVE YOU CAN NEVER KNOW TOO MUCH.

THE RESCUE IS RUN BY VOLUNTEERS WHO GIVE THEIR TIME FREELY AND FROM THEIR OWN COSTS HELP THOSE IN NEED, OUR ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY AND AIM IS THE WELFARE OF THE BIRD ITSELF AND GETTING THE HELP IT NEEDS, OUR VOLUNTEERS HAVE THE SUPPORT AND ADVICE OF OTHERS WITHIN THE RESCUES COMMUNITY- IN THIS WAY ITS ABOUT LEARNING TOGETHER.

I WILL ADD MORE LATER ABOUT BIRDS WE HAVE HELPED AND HOW THEY ARE HAPPY IN THEIR NEW HOMES AND ALSO ABOUT BIRDS WHO THROUGH ONE REASON AND ANOTHER CAN NEVER BE REHOMED AND STAY WITHIN THE RESCUE- REASONS WHY WILL BE EXPLAINED .

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