NEW TREND: Releasing Budgies to The Wild 

I was actually going to release my pet budgies because I felt like that was the right decision, but after watching this Ik I can’t let them go or else they’ll die. I’m really glade this video popped up cuz if I didn’t know about this, I would just let my birds go without knowing they would die within the day because of me

If your budgie escapes that's a different story but this is unethical

Releasing budgies in the wild? That is the same level of stupidity as leting a baby 'free' by leaving it on the street!

I found a Budgie near the trash in my building. I ended up keeping him because he is so small I couldn’t image him surviving on his own. I wasn’t sure at first but I think keeping him was the right thing. I never had a Budgie before and he has taught me a lot.

The ignorance of people is infuriating. Any normal thinking human should understand why this is a death sentence for the birds.

Man I can’t believe that nowadays there’s still a lot of dumb idiots that can never learn like they should literally not have access to buy a pet, can’t believe that there’s this type of stupidity going around with pet budgies

They're called pets for a reason. They're not like birds that can fly for hours and hours and search for food. I honestly don't know why this is a trend but it need to stop.

Fun fact!: Blue budgies that are born in the wild are usually rejected by the flock as they stand out to much! Also this breaks my heart that so many peeps release their PET budgies into the wild were they don’t even know how to find their own food 😞

One time, one time, I showed a friend my budgies, and I left them in my backyard for some fresh air. My friend, for some reason, decided that GRABBING MY GREEN BUDGIE AND RELEASING IT WAS A GOOD IDEA. They went upstairs and cried. They didn't even say sorry!!! I got my budgie back tho, so yay! I stopped being friends from that day forward

Our pet lovebird escaped from his cage but after few days, he came back. He had no choice, it's obvious that he's hungry so he went inside his cage for food and water.

Whoever started this trend it is killing so many buggies.

A year ago, a family of wild tiny birds adopted a budgie. Winter was coming up, so my neighbor captured the budgie and has kept the budgie warm, safe and took good care of it to this day. edit: the budgie was taken to the vet and it turned out the budgie was domesticated and managed to survive in the wild.

A few weeks ago I was eating dinner when some movement catched my eye just outside my living room. There, stood on a tree, was a big bird (I still don't know if it was an eagle or something else) with a fluttering budgie in his mouth trying to break free from him. In a state of horror I dashed out to my balcony and threw a clothes peg at them to make the eagle let him go (it didn't hit them since they were a little bit further away from my house don't worry). The budgie broke free from him so he flew off right away. The eagle like bird was holding him in his beak by his wing so I very hopelessly hope that he didn't get injured badly and is alright. It was such a horrifying and devastating moment for me and I can't imagine what the budgie went through. To this day, I still can't get his helpless screams out of my head. I wish I could help him more than what I did but I couldn't. I have a budgie friend at my home and the thought of something similar happening to him is crushing me. Please please please be careful and never ever release your budgies thinking it is "good" for them. There are many dangers awaiting them in the wild and they are clearly not capable of dealing with them. The deadliest ones are starvation, predators such as cats and bigger bird species, injuries, diseases. Some may say what I did was intervening with "Nature's bussiness" but no it isn't. To begin with, they are domestic animals which are not supposed to live in that area. They don't know how to fend for themselves out in the wild. We took that capability from them long ago, breeding them in cages, and we can't expect them to survive by themselves now. So please DON'T RELEASE YOUR PETS INTO THE WILD. Take extreme measures such as installing fly screen on your windows and doors to prevent them from going out of your house by themselves. Love them and care for them properly. And if you think you can't, then don't even think about getting a pet in the first place! Lastly, don't buy, adopt!

A budgie landed on my shoulder. The owner released it.So now its in my aviary living happily

I can't believe people get pet budgies before doing research. When I got my dog, I did 1 year of research and reading. I am glad you're here to educate people.

How come people somehow THINK that a domesticated bird without ANY experience in the wild in a city would ever survive for long periods of time….

Birds who are domestic don't know how to live in the wild. Don't do it! How do they even let them go? I love my canary too much to do it

0:15 she had eggs inside the nesting box😱😱😱 why on the earth he did it??? she didn't want to leave them🥺

These fools should know that there is a difference between being domesticated and being WILD. Domesticated budgies mean that they will never ever be able to survive in the wild, while wild budgies mean that forests and the outdoors is their literal home. you can't just free domesticated budgies in thoughts that you're helping them and that they can be free now, without knowing the actual thing first. Thank you for letting people know what the right thing even IS :)

I'm so glad you brought this to light because it's very important that everybody realizes that these domesticated birds cannot live on their own! You, who made this video did a great favor to budgies everywhere! Thank you for being so aware! ❤️

Even if you release them in Australia with the wild budgies, they would die

I would never realese my budgie because i have such a good bond with her! These people have no souls

It breaks my heart to see this, because my mom is forcing me to release mine. After showing her this video, she refused to let them go. Thank you so much, my budgies are saved thanks to you ❤️

Keeping them as a pet is like giving them safe and loving home and food. I had 8 budgies but now they breed and became 12 + 5 chicks

There was a pet budgie that flew over to our balcony once, we caught it and put it in our cage since we didn’t want it to be caught by any other birds. It was sitting with rainbow lorikeets and was trying to get to our seed that we had put out. There are so many large birds around our house I’m glad he wasn’t hurt.

I feel like it should just be common sense that your PET bird will DIE in the WILD.

Omg that should stop being a trend bc pet budgies do NOT KNOW HOW TO LIVE IN WILD!!!!! They will die soon!

My budjie flew away and then came back it was the best feeling ever

I lost my bird once (cockatiel)(food door thing was losses and didn't close) before even thou it was less then a day it scared me so much luckily he followed some pigeons so we could find him when he split away from that group ( it pains me to think uneducated or neglectful people would do this )

I just hate where people are just releasing their pet birds (budgies, cockatiels, cockatoos,etc) when they are clearly are domesticated and not a wild bird cause it’s doing more harm than good and it’s really sad to see this is happening 😔

Breaks my heart seeing them being released. Couldn’t imagine how the budgie feels like they didn’t love them and why don’t they want them....angers me also but sad too.

Who in their right minds would think releasing a domesticated animal to the wild would be good for the animal? You feed them, protect them and care for them all their lives, but somehow they are supposed to learn a lifetime of survival skills in a few minutes? Not counting the fact that this isn't their natural habitat either

This happened to me. I had two white budgies with the purple above beaks. I went to work and when I came home they weren't there. My house mate was the only one home. He did make it clear he didn't like them a few days earlier. They couldn't gotten out by them selves. He never admitted to it but I'm sure it was him. My darlings... 😥🕊🕊💞

It’s not like these birds even enjoy their short lived freedom. Birds that have lived all their life inside in a cage will likely find the outside world terrifying. Due to the limited space they have had to move around in all their life, they also have no where near the kind of stamina that wild birds have. They’ll be scared, tired and hungry before they die.

Not just budgies not even just parrots any domesticated animal should never be realised

Releasing a budgie is like telling your child that it isn’t allowed in your house and forced to find food alone

This video should be spread for everyone to see and not make this horrible mistake!!!

It makes NO SENSE! You don’t release pet dogs to “live freely” they are DOMESTICATED animals! They are going to die!😭

The picture of the eagle with the budgie/parakeet is so heartbreaking😥

a trend sounds more like a HORROR TO THE LITTLE GUY

My heart dropped when the eagle chaised that budgie😰

A budgie has more of a chance of survival being stuck in a small cage with barely anything than being released into the wild, I have 7 budgies and I could never imagine releasing them for any reason, they are domesticated budgies who are happy in their home as a small flock, they wouldn't last a day outside

Hi I live in Australia I have 4 budgies i raised them since 2 weeks old I left the door open thinking there cage was shut then he fly’s on my folder then takes off in front of me then 10 seconds later I see a crow chasing it then the budgies spots the crow the. it literally did a u turn and flew back to me I was so relieved 😅

I'm so glad that you made that video. I truly hope that many many budgie owners and others see this video. I'm a budgie owner and this makes me sad. I feel like BEFORE you get any type of animal as a pet get a lot of knowledge about the animal and also what it takes to ACCURATELY take care of them !!!! Great video and thank you for spreading awareness !!!!!!

The budgie that I have now is one of the luck ones, after finding her outside my door

And how he holded the budgies i mite cry the stupid trend and stupid people

Me: Watching this video My budgies: *literally turning into rain clouds*

My cockatiel got away for three days and by the time we found her she was very hungry and thin and desperate to get back home and, at night, back into her cage (she spends the whole day out of the cage with us, who work at home)

Everyone that has social media should share this and make a change!

this is literally the equivalent to releasing your pet dog into a pack of wolves, its stupid and not what you are supposed to do. please, stop this.

We found our budgies outside, my grandpa brought them to us otherwise it would die, when we first gave it food it ate a lot and was so hungry

This subject is very important. Thank you for your valuable contribution!

Why would people do this? Not only is it morally terrible but you really are just killing them. Domestic budgies need a warm home with constant food, water and attention. My three parakeets wouldn’t survive a day outside. I’ve had them for three years. Especially in the state I live in which is super dry and cold.

😭😭😭 Poor babies why are some people so clueless?!

thank you so much for making this video, i know allot of people needed it!!

The falcon: small flying sweet candies 🤪

“A budgie wont last a day in the wild” My budgie who survived 3 days in the wild when he got lost:👁 👄 👁

;-; People have to stop this- If their not able to take care of their budgies they should maybe let someone else take care of it so that they can live much more happily not this- The thumbnail my heart- ;-;

Thank u for this wonderful video. 🙏🏻💚🍀

THE IMAGE MADE ME CRY BECAUSE MY BUDGIE DIED A YEAR AGO AND ITS SHOWING ME A HAWK EATING A TOTALLY CUTE BUDGIE

Poor budgies (that got thrown away in the wild BY THERE OWN OWNERS)

I can’t imagine what a person’s thought process when someone frees their budgies or any kind of domesticated bird into the wild.

This is diabolical. I feel bad looking at this because I remember when our bird flew away. Thankfully, we got her back, but just imagining what could have happened to her makes me shiver. We found her in a tree and I remember how tiny and helpless she was before we caught her.

THANK YOU SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS AND IS SPREADING IT TO THE WORLD💝💖❤🧡💛💚💙💜

Thank you for speaking up for these awesome little friends.

This is absolutely infuriating. I hate irresponsible and uneducated pet owners

This is giving me the same feel as the people who release their pet rabbits. The same things happens, the rabbits die because they don't know how to survive in the wild. A friend and old teacher of mine once found someone's pet rabbit in the middle of a field. It was the middle of a winter(I live in the Northern Midwest), and the poor guy was about to freeze to death because he didn't have a coat made for the weather. Luckily, these friends of mine took him in and nursed him back to health, and he ended up leaving an extremely long, happy life.

My Budgie, Sheriff escaped last Easter 2021. She flew over to the next block and down the street....she was gone for about 7 hours. I didn't call anyone or know what to do. But ...a guy that works with Raptors lives a block over. He had seen me looking and found my budgie was at a neighbors home, thinking maybe it was mine. They brought her home. I love Sheriff more than anything,,, and so glad she is home. I've had her for 2 years and a bit....thank you for the video/ SOME survive here but not many, and not for long.

I had the pain of my budgie flying out. I keep praying that the is still alive, but who knows... Fly High little guy, I miss you.

Gonna share this! I feel so sad to know when people free the domesticated pets! This should be stopped!

I feel HORRIBLE! Its just been a couple hours since I lost my escaped budgie Mango. My Snowball won't stop chirping. Then finally she gave up and I didn’t hear a single chirp anymore.😢😢

I found a beautiful goldface mauve opaline flying around with the rainbow lorikeets, I caught her but no one came for her so now she's happily living in my aviary with her 20 something new friends. She was definitely out there for more than a day but was protected by the lorikeets.

I have 6 budgies, and I have nightmares about them getting out and dying, I see now that my dreams are telling me something, never to do this. If you wanna see my budgies names, click read more. Lapis Pearl (Violet budgie) Sunny Kevin (Cinnamon budgie) Mimi Malachite (Green)

How-...... Budgies don’t know how to feed them selves or live in the wild alone! Were these already wilds?

I always tried to explain that cages are, for pet birds, like houses. They still should fly around our house, just like a human walks outside.

My sister in law found a budgie in her yard. It must have heard the call of her pet budgies. Anyways she took it in and it’s been a great pet. Crazy to think someone would just release one like that

After watching this clip...my heart is crying😭😭one of my budgie fly away accidently....I daily pray to god keep safe my pet😭my ciute budgie...I miss you❤️

The things that ppl do just because its a trend is utterly shocking & appalling. Apparently its more important to be ‘cool’ than caring (and responsible). What’s next? Parents booting-out their 6 yr olds to live free & fend for themselves? Its not so different ‘freeing’ a pet bird. This is truly a very sad state of affairs. TYVM for this video. If it saves the life of one budgie, it’s value is priceless.

Thanks for the info ... apriciated ..

Tips I remember to get a lost pet bird back in cage,1 put cage outside with water and food, 2 make sure not to scare the budgie(don't grab etc).3 the best way I've found to pick up an untrained/untrusting bird is to use a shirt (pref darker colors)to use like a fishing net they tend to do primarily sight or sound so be calm and understand they will not like this so do it in cases of nececessity. Hope it helps someone.

Oh no! 😭 It's an act of thoughtlessness!!! Poor birds!

In 1974 in Heizel, Belgium, they released a whole bunch of indian ringnecks. They now spread throughout the whole country. I often see hem fly at work. Even in the UK there is a population near Hampton Court

i remember when my pet cockatiel escaped when i was cleaning its cage, i was suffering from depression at the time, and my cockatiel was what made me feel at ease, but fortunately my cockatiel after about 2 days came back to my house and i managed to catch it as it was also being attacked by crows, but it didnt get hurt luckily. but now i gave him away to a family member as i couldnt keep him anymore as i had to focus on studies. i miss my cockatiel :(

The Fbi shows you 2 pics 1 pet budgie. 1 wild budgie fools: they are the same picture.

I am not sure that that half of these people are releasing their budgies out of the "goodness" of their hearts. It looked to me like some of them at least just wanted to get rid of their pets in the easiest way possible. It is horrible to see and horrible to know that there are monsters out there that do this consciously. Thank you for bringing this issue up I will share the video with everyone I know to spread the awareness.

I remember getting shit for keeping my old birds in cages( although I let them fly around in my apartment every day). Like I can’t just let exotic animals out in freaking Austria. They’d die instantly

Thank you for this important reminder!

I found my 1st budgie when I lived in an apt complex in ATX. It was super weak & obviously someone's pet. I walked right up to her on the ground and picked her right up. She could only just hopped away so she was easy to catch. Had her for a few wonderful years, and she was the BEAT budgie ever. She would shower with me and was my little budgie buddy girl. After she passed, we got 2 new budgies together and had them for a few years. But just recently one passed away (the male) and left his girlfriend all alone. I'm thinking of getting her a friend.. but idk. I'm torn now.

I will never realise my budgies.

Everyone who sees my budgies in cage says me "why have you locked them? Let them fly " this video is the reson why I never free them atleast I am giving them food and water to survive and they are safe. I would like to show this to those who keep saying

I once saw a rainbow lorikeet just wandering around in my school. It was just standing there, so I tried to catch it (tried to approach it as well but it kept flying/jumping away) and some teachers were passing by and one of them stopped me and scolded me, telling me to “leave the wild animal alone”. What the absolute hell? DOES A PET PARROT NOT LOOK DOMESTICATED TO YOU?? I was 9 at the time, so I had no idea, and decided to just go along with what that teacher said. Some people really don’t have a single braincell smh

This made me cry 😭😭😭😭 i need to hug my budgie

My pet budgie escaped and I always dreamed he would come back, now I know he is gone.

i thought about this because my budgies didn’t seem to like me i didn’t want them to not like how they’re living and be stressed every time i come by the cage, i’ve had them for a year but i’ll take care of them for as long as they need i’ll never let them go free

My daughters budgies flew away and a few hours later we heard them chirping then they came back now our budgies are safe

This makes me sad at the thought that my budgie that escaped didn’t even survive an hour before getting killed :(

This is just so wrong 😭 I live in Australia and they are so beautiful in the wild 😍 but letting domesticated budgies go needs to stop 😭

that budgie was trying so hard not to leave her young and yet he dumps her out of the nesting box

great information!

Oh my god !! This video is very useful. Thank you for sharing the awareness 🥺🥺🥺