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TARA is a local and an online national rescue organization. My friend Barbara & I started TARA because we were asked to rescue or adopt many parrots by people. Most of our combined flocks are rescued or someone elses' castaway parrot. So when our personal flocks hit our limits, we created an organization to help find loving homes for parrots who needed them.
We do not keep parrots in a location like a refuge or sanctuary ( even though we are in contact with and support some). Instead we have prospective adopters fill out an application form so that we can better match someone's abilities to the parrots who are looking for a home. We review these and keep them on file for when we hear of a bird that needs a new home that best matches their wants. Sandy was one who waited for an Amazon for what she felt was a long time. She now has Tabasco .......you can read about them on the Pictures page.
Sometimes it just doesn't work out as well as we would wish and a bird needs to come back to TARA for a new home. Usually by that time we have been busy researching where this bird will be better placed. We adopted out a Nanday Conure, Thai Bird, who is now in a very nurturing home after doing well, but not good enough in his first home.
In cases where we either find a lost bird or have to take a bird RIGHT AWAY, we do have a friend with no birds who acts as our quarantiner. The bird stays there until all the medical reports have come back and it is okay to place the parrot.
TARA has even reunited lost parrots with their owners......
Once a match has been made after phone calls and an in-home interview, the birds go to their new homes. We are always there to help answer questions and assist the new owners with any areas they are not comfortable in. We have created a Foster Bird Parent form that the quarantiner fills out while the bird is in his care. This enables the new "parent" to see what was going on with the bird prior to it's coming to live there. Such as:
One local adoption that I was trying to make turned out to be a cross country affair. A fellow lister heard that I was trying to place a couple of Quakers. We were in the process of working out the air fares and times, when my friend discovered that she had to take a business trip to Tucson. Since she was coming here, she was able to take the birds home to Virginia with her on the plane.
There have been rescues that I have helped with where I have never met the adopter face to face, only keyboard to keyboard. Picasso, the Sun Conure found his new family that way. I had an online friend who decided that she could open her heart to this bird that needed a home.....
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Thanks.....
Shar Bloch
smloper@worldnet.att.net
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