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# As a boy, Robespierre was mad about birds and kept sparrows and pigeons as pets
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/v-detstve-robesper-byl-bez-uma-ot-ptits-i-derzhal-vorobiov-i-golubei-v-kachestve-domashnikh-zhivotnykh/
- Published: 2025-10-17T08:02:49.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:28:22.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Observations, Mores, People, Nature

As a boy, Robespierre was mad about birds and kept sparrows and pigeons as pets. Once his sisters asked to borrow one of his pigeons and ended up leaving it outside during a storm, and the bird died. On learning of this, Robespierre flew into a rage and wept for a long time. And he surely never trusted his sisters again