Hello our names are Anthony and Arabella.

Hello, our names are Anthony and Arabella and we are Archangel Pigeons.  We don’t know exactly how old we are but we are not ancient.  I am the more diminutive one on the left and Anthony is the handsome one on the right. We were taken from our aviary and roughly shoved into a metal box with no perches or bedding.  We had to sit on the cold metal floor and balance as best we could on the journey to the market.  We had never been to a market before and most certainly never want to go to one again.  The noise was overwhelming and people kept trying to poke us in our metal box and shout at us to make us move.  They shoved their faces right up to the wire on our box and laughed. It was terrifying for us.  We are only small birds and usually peaceful.  There were other unfortunate birds and some small animals in cages all around us and we could feel their fear.  Some of them were so distressed and making a lot of noise.   A lady came to look at us and she was quiet, not like the others.  The next thing we knew this quiet lady was taking us away from the market in her car.  We were still frightened but felt that something good was about to happen.  It did. We came here to the Sanctuary where we share our accommodation with the two black rabbits who don’t seem to mind.  Well they are at floor level and we are higher up. We just have to be a bit considerate when we decide to go to the loo.  We feel confident here and have lots of interesting things to watch all day. We never realised there were so many different birds and animals in the world.  We are fortunate to be together and we want to stay together here in the peaceful safety of the Sanctuary.  No more markets.  Please sponsor us we only cost £10 a year.