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Bird care at fair

Dear Editor,

We attended the Alameda County Fair on July 11, the next to the last day. After a long couple of weeks the fair conditions were reasonable but I was saddened by the condition of some of the birds. They obviously were stressed as quite a few of them were missing large patches of feathers and were being plucked by other birds in the same cages. There was at least one sign up stating that the birds were being cared for by their owners, indicating to me that someone had complained already about their condition. I think that the length of the fair is too long for some of these animals and the owners need to act more responsibly and remove them when signs of stress occur.

Rosanne Slingsby