Responsibility And Morality

The Five Freedoms -

1. Freedom from Hunger and Thirst - by ready access to fresh water and a diet to maintain full health and vigour.

2. Freedom from Discomfort - by providing an appropriate environment including shelter and a comfortable resting area.

3. Freedom from Pain, Injury or Disease - by prevention or rapid diagnosis and treatment.

4. Freedom to Express Normal Behaviour - by providing sufficient space, proper facilities and company of the animal's own kind.

5. Freedom from Fear and Distress - by ensuring conditions and treatment which avoid mental suffering.

The Mylo and JJ situation.

What we have here is a simple situation which can be discussed in terms of Responsibility and Morality.

Responsibility –

1.) The State, quality, or fact of being responsible.
2.) Something for which one is responsible, a duty, obligation or burden

Morality –

1.) The quality of being in accord with standards of right or good conduct
2.) A system of ideas of right and wrong conduct
3.) Virtuous conduct
4.) A rule or lesson in moral conduct

Caron is responsible for Mylo under the duty of care, as Adele / UKPR are responsible for JJ. The responsibility for these birds has been split. What needs to be discussed is ultimately who will gain full responsibility for the two birds, as keeping them separate has been deemed unsuitable.

Adele originally declared that she would not be able to offer Mylo & JJ a permanent home, so Caron had been chosen to supply them with a home. Now UKPR were confident enough at the time to choose Caron, so the question still remains unanswered – If Caron and her home had been deemed suitable for both Mylo & JJ why is she and her home now no longer suitable?

Whatever personal differences you may have, there is no question that Caron cannot give both Mylo and JJ the care they both require. What has been raised is that Adele by her own submission was no longer in a position to care for Mylo & JJ on a permanent basis. Now I understand since first submitting that information, she since changed her mind. What had changed in the hours from when they were collected to be taken to Caron's?

Mylo arrived at Caron's in ill health, he is still in ill health as he continues to have an undiagnosed condition, and it is Caron's moral obligation to put the health of Mylo before anything else in relation to his care. It has been raised that to move him would be unfair and stressful which is one of the many reasons Caron made the choice not to move him. As JJ is in the care of Adele and UKPR they too have the moral obligation to put her health before anything else in relation to her care and this is where the biggest question comes into play - As Mylo & JJ were a bonded pair and the separation of these two seems to have had the worst effect on JJ (we have been informed that since the seperation of the two, her plucking has accelerated), is it not the moral obligation of Adele / UKPR to send JJ to Caron's so they can be re united and return to good health and happiness? After all this outcome was what was originally planned for Mylo and JJ.

The truth in the situation I believe is this - Caron is perfectly capable, experienced and suitable to provide both Mylo and JJ a forever home, the simple reluctance to send JJ to Mylo in Caron's home and under her care is purely based on a personal dislike from UKPR’s side. Is this really fair on Mylo and JJ? To let such a fickle matter stand so strongly in the way of what ultimately is a decision that is going to impact the rest of their natural lives really is not in the best interests of Mylo and JJ’s welfare.