Broken Wings

Our world’s ecosystems and wildlife are in crisis. We are losing our last remaining wild frontiers and the species that call it home at unprecedented rates. The keeping of exotic pets has been normalized globally. So much so, that we don’t consider a bird in a cage to be anything else but a regular pet. After all, we keep birds in cages because we love them, we love to look at them and to hear them sing. But what is lost is the fact that many of these pets are caught in the wild and the demand has turned into a global industry threatening bird species worldwide. Our forests need their bird populations to be healthy and plentiful. Without them there is no insect control or seed pollination and forests cannot thrive. This film hopes to educate audiences that a bird in a cage isn’t a mere cute pet, it is a family destroyed, a life robbed of freedom and an ecosystem put under threat. Behind every bird in a cage is a great story, this film tells the story of one. We hope that it inspires people around the world to reconsider getting another pet bird, or to educate themselves and their friends and family on the consequences of bird keeping. After all, if we really love our birds, we would want them to be free and flying, to do what they were born to do.