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一隻鸚鵡，飛係天賦，上天賜比佢地既禮物。 剪左翼平飛又好，無剪可以向上飛又好，出街都要睇實架啦，都飛得走架，咁不如比佢地係屋企開心下啦。 要養唔識飛既雀，咁養雞好過啦。

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個人覺得，好多剪左翼，基本上完全未飛過既雀，就係主人大安主意，點知被突然其來既驚嚇一躍而起，加一陣輕風，佢又無控制飛行能力，唔識點控制方向，高小小以經更驚唔知點向下，降落和 recall 更加不用談，只有自然反應繼續拍翼飛呀飛呀然後就見尋雀海報…… 當然有人會話管操得好就唔會發生咁既事，咁其實有無剪翼都好，管操得好也唔唔發生咁既事。

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Personally, I am not against clipping, but it is my opinions that one should at least let the bird learn to takeoff, descent and land, let it master the skill of flying and train the bird all the flying related restrain commands before clipping the bird. An escaped bird (even clipped) with flying skill (and proper recall training) is a lot easier to retrieve when you sight it. But most importantly, if you fail to find it quickly,  it has a lot higher survival chance if it knows how to fly, be it finding food and water by itself, or find another human to beg for food, and to avoid predators.

IMHO, it is irresponsible to totally deprive a parrot from flying. It is always better to let it learn and master flying and related restraining commands in a controlled environment then proceed to clip the bird, but instead, many people refuse to believe so, and end up the bird flying the first time by its instinct in a total panic.