Karen Lee Allen, "The Parrot Lady", has been involved with birds for nearly 30 years. She has written chapters on hand raising baby birds and grooming for the book entitled "Diseases of Cage & Aviary Birds" co-authored by Dr. Walter J. Rosskopf and Dr. Richard Woerpel. Karen has also had numerous articles published in magazines, as well as veterinarian manuals. She has had a 17 1/2-year relationship working very closely with doctors Rosskopf and Woerpel, two of the few certified avian veterinarians in the United States at their "Avian and Exotic Animal Hospital" in Hawthorne, California.
Karen also appears with Drs. Rosskopf & Woerpel on a very informative video called "The Parrot Video". Karen owns her own bird store in Torrance, California and has raised almost all of her 100 birds, which were born, from her own breeding pairs or from selected breeders. She is extremely well known for her skills as a bird groomer and has flown around the country to do special bird grooming for private individuals and organizations like the Hyatt Regency in Hawaii. Some of Karen's more famous clientele include: David Hasselhoff of the television shows "Bay Watch" and "Knight Rider", the famous chef, Wolfgang Puck and his wife Barbara Lazaroff - interior decorator and designer, Richard Thomas of "The Walton's" fame, Michael Tobias, writer/producer, Bob Bartley and his performing macaws "Gypsy" and "Scooter" and the "Wizard and Oz" of Hollywood's Magic Castle fame.
In her spare time, Karen writes a bird help line column for the South Bay Bird Society. She is also a consultant to people around the world on the proper care of birds and is a frequent contributor to the bird help line at birdhotline.com. She answers all of those puzzling questions for new owners and old pros alike on and hand raising, behavior problems, cage and toy selection, and much more.
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