Just to clarify, I'm the Operations Manager for the parrot rescue where I adopted him. I know they will take him into the rescue, but please understand that is my LAST resort. I love him, his grumpy butt loves me. We have a routine, we're family. I know he would be taken care of at the rescue by great people, but I also know he wouldn't be able to roam freely like he does at home, I know he wouldn't let anyone socialize with him and I know when the public visits on the weekend it would stress him out. He's just a grumpy old guy. He gets over stimulated when family comes to visit. When he was in the rescue before he hated when people would try to pet him and mess with him, and that would be a continuous thing every weekend for 2 years. If I have to do that I will, but I want to exhaust all other avenues first. I contacted the specialist handling my case at US Fish and Wildlife. I flat out asked him about the conservation outreach education I wanted to do with him and he said that wouldn't qualify. Basically the only thing they can approve according to ESA law is scientific research. Which I just don't have the qualifications to provide. I asked what was I to do with my bird? If the ESA want's to protect the species what was I going to do with the bird in question that is a part of the protected species. He said ma'am, I strongly urge you to write your letter of reconsideration to our office. It will go to a higher authority within US Fish and Wildlife, it will probably get denied again but then you will be given another 45 days to write another letter of reconsideration. Then it will go to a higher authority, to a more political level who has more flexibility above them. He kept saying he "urged" me to do that. So I'm hoping I'll be successful telling our situation to someone higher up. Fingers crossed!
PS... I did write the President at the White House as well, no response yet
. Nothing ventured nothing gained and there is that saying about oiling the squeaky wheel. 
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