I wouldn't want PETA harassing me while fishing, but agree with them that it is really cruel to put a bird in a cage, denying them their most basic instinct to fly freely. That would be like a human being put in a closet for life.
Sorry, bird owners, to poop on your parade. I don't disagree with an idea just because people I don't like hold a similar view on one or two issues.
You don't understand Parrots.
Parrots are highly social animals. Their most basic instinct is to socialize. Either with other parrots, or with a surrogate family. This socializing behavior is one of the main reasons why parrots are able to mimic vocalizations. Parrots in the wild do this to identify themselves as members of a clan or colony. Parrots relate to their owners the same way a dog another highly social animal adopts his human family. In fact, like dogs, most parrots who are kept as pets seem to think that they are human.
>>>>denying them their most basic instinct
That can be said about all animals. Not just your preference for birds.
Either you support pet ownership or you don't.