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Inside the squalid “bird mills” that breed tropical parrots for America’s pet stores

Statistically speaking, a lot of your neighbors probably have a dog or cat. But there’s a decent chance that there are at least a few parrots in your neighborhood, too: About one in 20 US households owns at least one pet bird. There’s the popular parakeet, a small parrot native to Australia and other regions […]

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