![]() The assumption made during any debate is that the status quo doesn't have to be proven. ![]() You'll also want to feed the lorikeets if you're feeling brave! Make sure to get your tickets from their shop at the Island, which has a discount compared to the gate. To anyone else in the area considering visiting Parrot Mountain, it's very enjoyable. This original poster seems like someone who just has a longing to be morally outraged over something. These birds may be new, and are stressed about such a drastic change in environment, or they could have been rescued from abusive situations, etc. As far as the behavior of the birds, there's no way to be certain that the observed condition is due to neglect on Parrot Mountain's part. While there may be some room for improvement in terms of the enrichment and comfort of the cages, the proper response to that should be to talk to management, not hatch a plan to steal birds from the place. The owner is frequently on site and walking around and I'm sure would be more than happy to address any concerns. I have also observed the staff run people out of the nursery for even talking about a whisper. Without touring that area, we don't know anything about the true conditions of the birds. I also know that they do have an entire area of the facility that is off limits to visitors where birds rotate in and out. The adults just mean more birds to feed and house. The adults aren't sold, so if all Parrot Mountain was doing was breeding the birds, this wouldn't make sense. There is a years long waiting list that people try to get on to leave their birds to Parrot Mountain after they pass. This was not at all my experience with Parrot Mountain. If you’re looking for an attraction in the Pigeon Forge area, stay as far away from this place as you can, unless you like feeling disgusted with yourself afterwards. I found it incredibly disturbing to see animal abuse and Jesus mixed together. Meanwhile, as you’re walking through these sad excuses for exhibits, you’re surrounded by Bible quotes. With as many people that were going in there, I imagine that the amount of high-alcohol sanitizer can’t be good for the oils on their feathers. The staff couldn’t care less what you did with the birds, but you better use a huge glob of hand sanitizer before walking in there! (Then again, I also watched a very underage staff member swinging a juvenile bird around like it was a baton too, so there’s that). I don’t blame the poor birds inside that room for being terrified, because of course it was full of lazy adults that couldn’t care less what their kids were doing with/to the birds. Of course they had a ‘nursery’ that you could walk into where they had juveniles (which were also conveniently for sale). By no means did we want them to put on a show or anything, but seeing these poor birds (that, again, were brightly advertised as “god’s beautiful creatures) in the state they were in was disturbing to say the least. The Macaws were all very lethargic/disinterested in doing anything except for standing on their single perch (which is a major sign of either distress or illness). Their website takes a great deal of time explaining how beautifully built these cages are, but they don’t mention the fact that the inside of these cages are absolutely barren, with a single branch (in most cases, some cages even had two branches, so they were going baller on those birds!) to perch on, and little to no stimulation for the birds outside of screaming kids. Many of the caged birds were either missing eyes, had obvious injuries, and/or were missing feathers from stress plucking. These poor animals (that the business proclaims, several times, are “god’s beautiful creatures”) are strictly used as living decorations, and nothing more. What they don’t mention is that the ‘perch’ is only about 10” long, they don’t have room to move around on the perch, and many had stress patterns of feather plucking. They mention walking through the path and seeing birds on perches. ![]() The stock photos they have of the birds there are absolutely not what you would actually see. We were so very wrong, and left feeling disgusted with ourselves for paying actual money to these cretins that own the place.įirstly, I’ll mention that the brochures and their website is wildly misleading. We made this mistake, thinking that we were checking out an actual bird rescue/sanctuary. To put it simply to other tourists that also aren’t familiar with the area…DO NOT GO HERE. His rebuttals of ‘how great the place is’ are NOT to be trusted. I don’t need to point out which Reddit user this is, just know that their comments are the the ones with negative ratings. UPDATE: The owner’s son is currently in the comments attempting to engage in a little bit of damage control by posing as a “regular customer”. Post questions or show us what you love about the Great Smoky Mountains. ![]()
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