Below, is the e-mail that Wings of Hope-NJ (WOHNJ) foster host, "Maurice" sent me. In the interest of being fair and accurate, I have included his original e-mail to me. Please pardon the caps, typos and grammatical errors.
"MR ALLEN JUST SO YOUR AWARE THE POLICE WILL BE CONTACTED WITH YOUR NAME,ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER,AND ALL THE EMAILS AND SITES WHERE YOU PUT MY ADDRESS AND OTHER STUFF IF YOU KEEP THIS UP CHARGES WILL BE FILED AGAINST YOU. THE POLICE IN YOUR TOWN WILL BE NOTIFIED ALSO YOUR APPLICATION APPROVED YOU FOR A MEDIUM BIRD YOU OR YOU GIRLFRIEND DONT HAVE EXP WITH LARGE BIRDS TRY A GOLD FISH . ID LOVE FOR YOU TO PROVE THAT I HAVE VISIOUS DOGS IN MY HOME. THAT'S FUNNY BECAUSE I HAVE KIDS WHO PLAY WITH MY DOG ALL THE TIME IF THEY WERE SO VISIOUS WHY WOULD KIDS BE ABLE TO PLAY WITH THEM ? PLEASE GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH.ITS FUNNY YOUR UPSET BECUSE YOU WERE NOT A MATCH FOR THIS PARROT GET OVER IT WHO EVER APPROVED YOU FOR A LARGE PARROT DIDN'T HAVE FULL KNOWLEDGE EITHER .YOUR ACTIONS NOW PROVE ALOT . ALSO YOU PUT MY ADDRESS ONLINE AND THATS ILLEGAL YOU ARE ONLY MAKING A FOOL OF YOUR SELF.YES SOLIEL IS A WOMAN'S BIRD IM NOT HIS CARETAKER MY WIFE IS SO BEFORE YOU ASSUME GET THE FACTS STRAIGHT
FIRST.IT CLEARLY STATES LARGE BIRDS REQUIRE SEVERAL VISITS .YOU COME WHEN IM AVALIABLE NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.SO YOUR UPSET BECAUSE YOU OR YOUR GIRLFRIEND GOT THE PARROT YOU WANTED .GROW UP AND GET OVER IT .YOU WERE NOT A GOOD MATCH END OF STORY.THIS IS NOT A SOCIAL CALL THIS IS TO INFORM YOU IF YOU KEEP YOUR CHILDISH ACTIONS UP CHARGES WILL BE FILED AGAINST YOU BY ME ,MY WIFE,AND WINGS OF HOPE AND WE WILL SEE YOU IN COURT AND KEEP IN MIND MY WIFE WAS HOME WHEN YOU CAME SO SHE HEARD EVERYTHING THAT WENT ON THAT DAY I HAVE ALL THE PROVE I NEED TO FILE CHARGES AGAINST YOU BASHING US ISNT GONNA GET SOLIEL GROW UP BE A MAN NOT A CHILD.IF THERE WAS A ISSUE ABOUT ME OR MY HOME WOH WOULD HAVE CONTACTED ME TO DISCUSS AND THEY HAVE NOT THE PETS IN MY HOME GET PLENTY OF SUN FRESH AIR AND ARE FREE TO GO WHERE EVER IN THE HOME AND THEY ARE FULLY FEATHERED AND WELL TAKEN CARE OF. THERE IS NO FRAUD HERE WITH WOH. YOU PAID YOUR NON REFUNDABLE FEE CAME AND SEN THE PARROT AND YOU WERE A MATCH BUT YOUR GIRLFRIEND WASN'T.HE REQUIRES A WOMAN CARETAKER WHICH WAS EXPLAINED TO YOU AND HE WILL NOT BE ADOPTED TO A WOMAN WHO ONLY WANTS TO HEAR HIM TALK OR PET HIS BACK.THAT IS SOME LARGE BIRD EXPERIENCE THE TWO OF YOU HAVE VERY FUNNY .THEN YOU GOT SOME NERVE TO ASK ABOUT BELLA. WHAT A JOKE.SHE IS WAY OUT OF YOUR LEAGUE BUDDY.THIS IS HARRASSMENT AND IT WILL BE FILED .THIS EMAIL WILL BE FORWARED TO WOH FOUNDER AND PRINTED OUT ANY OTHER HARRASSMENT FROM YOU WILL RESULT IN COURT PROCEEDINGS
GOOD DAY"
Since WOHNJ apparently blocked my email address (meaning they can write to me, but I can't write back to them), I was left with no choice but to communicate through this blog. Here are my questions for "Maurice."
1. How is it illegal to put up your address? after all, your address is public record. You agreed to become a foster host, thereby agreeing to allow many people to visit you in your lovely home until the birds you have are adopted. By virtue of your position as a volunteer foster host for WOHNJ, your home is considered a satellite branch of WOHNJ. But wait, I was the first and only visitor for 3 months, correct?
2. Thanks for recommending I get a goldfish. However, I have plenty of experience with all sorts of birds. I may not know everything there is to know about caring for birds but I would guess that housing them in a makeshift computer room where they don't see the light of day is wrong. Its just common sense.
3. If your dogs are not "visious", then why did you need to keep them locked up in a separate room and have me wait outside for a few minutes so you could hide the dogs?
4. I'm not upset because I wasn't a match for the bird. I'm upset that your organization is allowed to exist as a non-profit adoption center while at the same time providing less than appropriate care and denying people the right to adopt your birds.
5. If your wife is the caretaker, how come I have never seen, spoken to or otherwise communicated with her? How come she was somewhere in the house but made herself unavailable when we visited? Doesn't she have an interest in seeing who the applicants are?
6. Maybe the parrot requires more than someone that wants to provide affection. As a professional caretaker, is it your professional opinion that it is necessary to expand a bird's vocabulary by allowing it to learn expletives?
I sincerely welcome any opportunity to explain my side of the story in a court of law.