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Article: Bed & breakfast for the birds. (Bird Care with Love boarding facilities for birds)
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- Animals
- Article date:
- January 1, 1998
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1998 Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Wild birds may fly south for the winter, but pet birds need to be more concerned about the "migration patterns" of their vacationing owners. So one enterprice in Florida offers hotel accommodations to fine feathered pets whose humans have temporarily flown the coop.
"Birds get lonely without people around," says Susan Crowley, who disagrees with the old idea that while dogs and cats Weed a pet sitter or must be boarded when their owners are away, birds can do fine with an occasional Visit from their owners' friends. In fact, Crowley believed so strongly that the needs of birds equal -- and and some cases surpass -- those of cats and dogs that she decided to do ...