About Papayago Rescue House
Papayago Rescue House is a parrot rescue and sanctuary dedicated to the rehabilitation, care, and advocacy of parrots in Georgia. We support both birds and their caregivers through education, behavioral guidance, and responsible rehoming, working to reduce surrender and improve lifelong outcomes for parrots in captivity.
Our Mission
Papayago Rescue House is a parrot rescue and sanctuary dedicated to advancing the welfare of parrots through rescue, rehabilitation, behavioral support, and responsible rehoming. We serve both birds and their caregivers by providing education, mentoring, and practical guidance that fosters healthy, lasting human–parrot relationships and helps prevent unnecessary surrender.
We maintain a specialized rescue environment designed to meet the complex physical, behavioral, and social needs of parrots, ensuring they are not placed in facilities unequipped to support their care. Through our work, we strive to reduce parrot homelessness, prevent neglect and abuse, and minimize the release of captive parrots into the environment, where they may struggle to survive or disrupt native ecosystems.
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and a Georgia Department of Agriculture–licensed and inspected rescue, Papayago Rescue House is committed to ethical standards, education, and long-term solutions that benefit parrots, people, and the broader community.
What We Do
Papayago Rescue House provides specialized care and support for parrots and their caregivers through rescue, rehabilitation, education, and long-term behavioral guidance. Our goal is to improve quality of life for parrots while strengthening the human–parrot relationship and reducing preventable surrender.
- Rescue and intake of surrendered parrots
- Rehabilitation and behavioral support
- Responsible adoption and placement
- Caregiver education and mentoring
- Community support to prevent surrender
Each of these efforts supports our broader mission to improve the lives of parrots and the people who care for them.
Our Vision
Our work is guided not only by what we do today, but by the future we are working to create.
Papayago Rescue House envisions a future where our parrot rescue and sanctuary serves as a trusted leader in advancing parrot welfare through education, advocacy, and community partnership.
We envision a standard of care in which all parrots are housed and supported in ways that uphold the Five Freedoms, addressing their complex physical, behavioral, and social needs while allowing them to express natural behaviors.
We strive for a future where caregivers are equipped with the knowledge, resources, and support necessary to build healthy, lasting human–parrot relationships, reducing unnecessary surrender and preventing neglect and abuse.
We advocate for a landscape in which laws and regulations are clearly defined and actively support the ethical care, protection, and responsible stewardship of captive parrots.
Ultimately, we envision a world where no parrot is homeless, improperly placed, or released into environments where they cannot safely or sustainably survive.
Our Values
Education
We believe education is the solution to many challenges to parrot welfare.
Compassion
We offer compassion in word and deed to those struggling with feathered family members.
Community
We foster community in spirit, action, thought, and deed.
Outreach
We offer outreach to underserved communities, including children, seniors, and displaced families with parrots.
Our Pledge
We at Papayago Rescue House pledge as an organization to support the quality of life for captive parrots by living by our own words:
“I will care for all the captive parrots that come my way with all the knowledge I have, will have, or can gain from those who have come by their knowledge through service to captive parrots.
I will learn for all the captive parrots that come my way all that I can, so I may improve their circumstances or do no harm.
I will have respect for all the captive parrots that come my way as living, sentient beings capable of fear, suffering, love, trust, joy, and contribution.
I will prevent ailing whenever I can for all the captive parrots that come my way through education, knowledge, compassion, and steadfast stewardship.
I will protect all the captive parrots that come my way through strength of character, resisting apathy, and standing firm against cruelty and neglect.
In living this pledge, may I also have protection, respect, compassion, strength, and improved life contributions and circumstances.”
