In the early days of the Internet, when “social media” was nothing more than email groups and bulletin boards, a few online friends started occasionally pooling their funds to help a parrot in trouble. Decades later, this small group has grown into The Parrot Posse, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose supporters help thousands of parrots in need across the United States every year.
The Parrot Posse is unique: while many of our supporters are actively involved in parrot welfare, The Parrot Posse itself is neither a shelter nor a rescue. Instead, we help save parrots by donating supplies to rescues and sanctuaries on a regular basis, and by providing nationwide emergency support during natural disasters and law enforcement seizures. We are all volunteers, with no salaries, and virtually no overhead expenses.
In the past few years, we have raised over $800,000 and donated well over two million dollars worth of food, toys, nuts, perches, cages, and other supplies to parrots in need. We have also donated tons of supplies to animal control agencies after large seizures of abused, neglected, or hoarded parrots, and after natural disasters.
Through years of hard work, full transparency, and high ethical standards, we have developed wonderful working relationships with some of the best parrot food and supply companies in the country, which has helped us stretch our donated dollars and maximize the return on every donation.
We help literally thousands of birds each year.
Our motto when looking at the tens of thousands of birds we have helped is simple: “We cannot change their pasts, but we can help improve their futures.”.
The Parrot Posse has proven that by working together, we can make far more of a difference than when we work alone. We hope you will join us on our mission to help parrots in need.