For all the wild caught parrots so savagely netted and swept away from their families, while their babies, dumped into burlap sacks screamed in terror....
LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
For all the parrots that struggle through the capture, but died unmercifully in transport from the stress of the barbaric conditions....
LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
For all the survivors that made it into captivity, but exist in a nightmare of confinement unable to use their God given wings in flight as they once remembered....
LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
For all the baby birds bred in captivity whose crops have been burned, or have died needlessly from harshness of human hands....
LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
For all the captive birds that have been erased from their owners minds and are abandoned to a lifeless existence, with only a far off memory of a gentle voice....
LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
For all those feathered creatures who don't know what it means to be a bird or even see the sunlight or feel a breeze. They are doomed to darkness in closets or garages, trapped inside covered cages or shackled....
LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
For all the Macaws, Cockatoos, Amazons and Conures that are stripped of their vocal cords for screaming. Their sensitive beaks cut back to prevent biting....
LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
For all second-hand birds that end up for sale in pet shops and markets, like used goods. Unwanted and frightened in strange surroundings....
LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
For all the neglected birds that are sick with infections from filthy conditions and weak from malnourishment, help them to recover....
LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
For all the misconceived parrots who were beaten, stabbed, blinded and burned for just being a parrot....
LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
For every Grey and Cockatoo that hurts itself from confinement and boredom, by maiming their bodies and plucking their feathers. Also for those who have lost all spirit and just sway their heads low from side to side....
LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER
We ask humbly of you, dear Lord to look upon all of your feathered creations. Protect them from evil and harm caused by man. Please help me to bring forth an awakening in others that it may be a kinder world for all captive birds....
AMEN