Birds as pets
KEEPING birds as pets has been a human pastime for some 4000 years. But despite its entrenched traditions, bird-keeping seems to be a hobby in conflict with itself.
The most glaring contradiction inherent in having a pet bird is the concept of caging nature’s freest animal. Birds are touted as good pets for those with limited space, yet all the best care advice demands they have access to an aviary or at least some room to fly. These conflicts have been the source of many debates on budgie husbandry, but one thing has been clear for ages: it make a lot of people happy.
Ancient Egyptians were particularly fond of birds, caging, domesticating and deifying them in countless hieroglyphics. From carrier pigeons to hunting falcons to the chic playthings of Greek and Roman antiquity, the domestication of birds has always revealed our earthbound obsession with colour and abandon – our attempt to penetrate the heavens vicariously.
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