Do you think rearing birds is a good practice?

[shilpa]

When you look at birds soaring high above in the sky, you always wish that you could have wings like them to fly. However, when the same birds are kept in the cage for as long as they live with no use for their wings, the very  reason they exists is destroyed. Nowadays, these cages are unhygienic and the birds are kept in a very poor condition. This leads to immediate death of birds, whereas they would have easily survived for a couple of years in the forests. What is your opinion on this matter?

[oraclemay]

This is really food for thought for me because I had birds before. They were given to me and had already been caged. They were lovely with such personality, but would not have survived if they had been set free. I don't think it is right to keep them in cages, but some breeds seem domesticated