B.C. parrot refuge transfer complete, hundreds of birds now up for adoption
COOMBS, B.C. — Hundreds of parrots are now up for adoption after the last of the birds was safely removed from Vancouver Island’s World Parrot Refuge.
Refuge supervisor Matthew Spate says between 450 to 500 parrots have left the sanctuary at Coombs, located about 150 kilometres north of Victoria.
The sprawling refuge has been in operation for more than a decade but faced an Aug. 1 deadline to remove all the parrots, which at one point numbered more than 800.
Refuge founder Wendy Huntbatch died last February after devoting much of her life to caring for parrots abandoned by owners and breeders.