This children's book — based on real events — tells the story of Lucky, a parrot who is captured in the wild and eventually regains his freedom with the help of a young boy.
The story helps encourage children to be kind to animals without being didactic and gently awakens readers to the plight of birds caught in the wild.
Written in 2004, this much-awaited story is finally be available. To order your copy visit www.luckythelorikeet.com
The Real Story of Lucky
The author of the story has been involved for many years with the Indonesian Parrot Project, a non-profit organization that works to provide sustainable income to villagers in eastern Indonesia to protect parrots and parrot habitat from cruel and destructive trapping and logging activities.
During the author's last visit to Indonesia in September 2003, the Indonesian Parrot Project team acquired a wild-caught rainbow lorikeet who had been chained to a perch (a common practice in Indonesia) for more than a year. After being freed from the chain and slowly regaining his ability to fly, the bird — whom we called “Lucky” — returned to freedom in the forest.
Since that trip, a wild bird rehabilitation and release center — aptly named kembali bebas Indonesian for “return to freedom” — has been built on the island where Lucky was released. To date, more than 500 birds have been sent to the facility to be cared for and released by villagers, many of who are former trappers.
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YAY for Lucky! I'll have to get a copy -- I do presentations for kids about the wild nature of parrots (and why they're not good pets) at the SPCA humane daycamps each summer!
