MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — There’s a new push to ban the sale of birds in New York pet stores. New York City Councilwoman Diana Ayala introduced a bill that would amend Local Law 132 by adding ...

Sharon McGuire has 18 birds, some of which she has owned for 30 years. She emphasized the urgency of the situation. “Oh, they die. They starve, pull all their feathers out, some of them scream… ...

Birds, which evolved from small carnivorous dinosaurs some 150 million years ago, are adjusting to the human-dominated world they inhabit. Studies of this behavior suggest that it is now widespread.