Avian Escapees and Budgie Snugglers
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Struck by the apparent ubiquity of pet-bird escapes in Australia, a country with over 50 unique species of native parrots, the author wrestles with the ethics of keeping birds in captivity for human pleasure, as well as the implications of caging birds as educational ambassadors for habitat loss and climate change. Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl and New York Central Park Zoo escapee who lived a year of freedom before his untimely death, makes an appearance, as do many other lesser-known feathered individuals whose relationships with humans are no less complex.
Source: Universitätsbibliothek der LMU
Author: Matteson, Kieko
Institution: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Language: English
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6913052016
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