Freedom 2 – to be free like a Bird

To be as free as a bird is really good.  They can fly to anywhere they like, any place they want to go.  They can have the freedom to travel to any destination –in the air and feel free.  Compared to fish, the birds have more freedom.  


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When the birds fly in the sky they can see more of everything.  A bird’s eye view is like what you see when you take photos from the top or when you are sitting in a plane or a helicopter.  Here is a question.  Do you envy the fish that swims in the water and the birds that fly in the air?  Do you want to feel free like them?   

Freedom 1 – to be free like a Fish

To be free like a fish is good.  Fish can swim and go anywhere they like, anywhere they want.  And they won’t get harmed by humans.  How we will envy their way of live.

People go to look at fish.  The fish and birds are safe in conservation and protection areas.  Most will not be harmed there.

But some others are not so lucky.  In some places, the water where the fish live and the birds that live nearby are filled with rubbish, leaves, sticks, and branches – polluted areas with dirt and rubbish.  So people who are concerned should be worried about them.

SPCA New Zealand

SPCA (Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) is one of the organizations in New Zealand that helps take care of the welfare of animals.

They work with all people in the community to encourage all animals of being treated humanely.  Their inspectorate team will always work tirelessly to rescue animals that are in need.  Every animal deserves to have loving homes and medical care.

These are pictures of some big dogs and small dogs from SPCA. This is an activity organised by them in Downtown (Auckland City).  This month is their donation appeal month, they are hoping people will donate some money.  Some people want to pet them.  There are five big dogs and two small dogs.

Pet Dogs in New Zealand

These photos here show some dogs waiting outside a shop in New Zealand.  This is a very common picture.  From time to time we see pet owners leave their pet dogs outside shops and other places.  I see this every day near my home.

Most pet dogs in New Zealand are very lucky, their owners walk their dogs everyday no matter what the weather is like, whether it’s rain or shine.  Owners bring along their dogs while they have breakfast or tea in a café or do some shopping.  We can always see grownups and kids walk passing by, finding them cute and pat them or play with them.  They hardly ever get lonely.  That is why it is really good to be a pet in New Zealand.  They are men’s best friend.

Seeing the two Eastern Rosellas

We know these two Eastern Rosellas (Little Red Heads) ever since they were baby parrots.  These two parrots have now grown from baby to mature birds.  This Saturday, Sunday and Monday today, we saw these two birds for three continuous days nonstop this year in 2011. 

Today we saw them once in the morning and again once in the afternoon.  We saw them for years and then not see them for a year.  Now they have come back. They sometimes stay here and eat a while and fly away but most of the time they stay here to eat for so long before they fly away and leave here.  We do not know how many meals they have each day.  We guess that they must eat two or more meals a day. 

Now we call them red heads because the colour of their heads is red and also they are one of the favourites of birds. (Photo: RA & NMG)