[sharpiel]

Today has been a hard day for me. I have despaired for our future. I spent the whole day trying to re-teach a wild Lorikeet hit by a car this morning severely concussed with swelling on her brain how to use her feet again. She may never re-learn. I have a room full of them. Beautiful rainbow lorikeets whose feet are useless twisted balls.

They'd be dead in the wild but they soldier on in my sanctuary thankful for their lives as they are...they never cease to humble me with my first world problems. I laugh to think of them now. A broken door latch...out of date computer. An ongoing debate with a recreational fisherman...

They all appreciate my efforts on their behalf and reward me with the glory of their individual personalities. And they love their lives here. They fly and rejoice in the birth of every day. They like I, revel in life. Ask is it kinder to have them euthanised? No...transient pain beats eternal death hands down. They are eubellient, joyful creatures revelling in their second chances. They understand fully their place now in the world and they appreciate it as you wouldn't believe had you not shared it with them.

The world will never change. Until it becomes to expensive not to. Then watch the revolution in social values and the rise of the new hypocrisy.