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Ilan Greenberg

Ilan Greenberg is a journalist and on the faculty of the Globalization and International Affairs Program at Bard College, in New York.

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A green parrot with a red ribbon next to a woman holding a small tan dog, with blurred people in the background.

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Not just a pretty boy

Intelligent, devoted, alien – parrots are unlike any other pet. But what does the complex human-avian bond say about us?

Ilan Greenberg