Caged Birds
Sir, —I never thought to see a thrush in leafy Christchurch on show behind bars This revolting sight is common in France. The nature of spreading wings is diametrically opposed to that of cramping cages, so why do not caged-bird fanciers become rational artists and breed their little birds without wings? As for the local thrush, I think it is a case for the S.P.C.A. As Maeterlinck pointed out in “The Blue Bird,” there- is no true happiness in confining a bird —Yours, etc., MYTYL. June 3, 1966. [The show manager for the Christchurch Canary and Cage Birds Club (Mr P. T. Watkinson) said: “No comment to a letter written over a nom-de-plume. A letter written should be deserving of a signature.”]
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31082, 10 June 1966, Page 10
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124Caged Birds Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31082, 10 June 1966, Page 10
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