PETA Wants to Convert Maya Angelous Home Into a (Literal) Caged Bird Museum

Your heart is in the right place, PETA, but you do know the book wasn’t actually about birds, right?

You may have heard that the childhood home of Maya Angelou, legendary writer of (among many others) I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, recently went on the market.

PETA, the controversial but nevertheless influential animal rights organization, has some ideas about how to best utilize the property. The group’s plans were outlined to the home’s real-estate agent, Tyler Olsen, in a letter that takes the Caged Bird part literally.

According to the letter, Angelou’s home would be converted into an ‘empathy museum’ for birds caged as pets, who may become neurotic and mutilate themselves in confinement.

Read more: http://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2017/03/24/peta-wants-to-convert-maya-angelous-home-into-a-literal-caged-bird-museum