Grey parrot Pinkerton sits on a branch in his enclosure and looks into the camera.

Sponsorships for animals Our birds

Most of the birds at our animal welfare center have been confiscated by the responsible
authorities for reasons of animal and species protection. Police or
customs authorities have to confiscate animals that have been illegally imported into Germany time and again. We can accommodate 20-25 parrots in spacious and well-structured outdoor aviaries at the Weidefeld Animal Welfare Center.

Check out our German-language website to become a sponsor

Our feathered sponsored animals are introduced in more detail here:

Adele Congo gray parrot

Our Congo grey parrot Adele was born in 2007 and has lived at the Weidefeld Animal Welfare Center since 2014. Because their owner was seriously ill, Adele and her companion Helene were looking for a new home - and the two gray parrots found it with us. Since then, they have been enjoying life with other parrots in a spacious aviary.

Adele is a little more trusting than Helene: she prefers to sit on her keepers' shoulders during the daily cleaning of the aviary and supervise the cleaning
and feeding. Sometimes Adele also tries to clean
or feed her keepers herself.

Adele is happy to receive attention from visitors who pass by her aviary, but here she lets Helene and the other parrots go first until she dares to come a little closer to the bars.

Support our gray parrot lady Adele with a sponsorship.

Eddy Peacock

Eddy is one of three peacock brothers that were found running free in a cemetery. As no owner could be identified, we assume that the animals were abandoned. In the rural regions of Schleswig-Holstein, it is not uncommon for peacocks to be kept as pets. Because they are loyal to their habitat, they are easy to let run free.

The brothers have been living at our Weidefeld Animal Welfare Center on the Baltic Sea since 2019. Eddy has settled in well and enjoys running around freely on the grounds of the center and being spoiled with treats by the animal keepers.

Occasionally he admires his own reflection in the window panes and then does a cartwheel in delight. His favorite place to sleep is the roof of the Weidefelder reptile house. The fox is guaranteed not to come here.

In the morning, Eddy wakes people and animals with his cry - if you've ever been woken up by a peacock, a cockerel can no longer scare you.

Eddy is always happy to have new sponsors - support Eddy with a sponsorship.

Marie Blue-fronted Amazon

Even if the name suggests otherwise - our blue-fronted amazon Marie is actually a male parrot. The beautiful bird with the grass-green plumage was born in 1996 and came to us as a surrender in 2004. His original owners had moved abroad.

Since then, Marie has been enjoying his parrot's life in a spacious indoor aviary, which he has been sharing with female Amazon Nanni for some time. The two parrots can slip out through two hatches into their spacious outdoor aviary. There they like to let the sun shine on their feathers in good weather.

When yellow-breasted macaw Louis died unexpectedly in May 2021, it was a big shock for Marie. Louis had been Marie's closest ally for years. In the meantime, however, Marie has found a loyal companion again in Nanni. Nanni does her best to help Marie get over the loss of her friend.

Marie would be delighted if you would support him with a sponsorship.

Scotty Red macaw

Scotty the red macaw came to us in Weidefeld from the Leverkusen Animal Welfare Association in 2018. Here he quickly became friends with the two female macaws Talia and Hera. Concerns about the three parrots being reunited proved to be unfounded. The animals were reunited without any problems.

When the weather is nice, Scotty prefers to stay in the outdoor aviary and enjoy the sun, while Hera and Talia prefer to stay in the heated indoor area. Due to their previous very poor husbandry, the two are plucked and therefore do not have the same warming plumage as Scotty. Scotty remains reluctant to fly. The trauma of his previous years of being kept in an extremely cramped cage is too deep-seated.

Support Scotty with a sponsorship.

Minipig Queeny on a walk in the meadow
Our sponsored animals

Would you like to get to know more animals from our Weidefeld Animal Welfare Center that you can sponsor?

View more sponsored animals

Your contact:

Group portrait of the employees in Sponsor Communications
Sponsor communication team (Mo-Fri from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.)
  • 0228 - 60496-72
  • Send e-mail
  • If necessary, please ask for English-speaking staff.
Donate now