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January 31, 2008 at 7:17 am · Filed under News
San Mateo firefighters had to use a 100-foot ladder truck to help a woman catch her parrot, “Cookie,” after it flew the coop Monday afternoon.
The 1 1/2-hour capture operation started about 3:30 p.m. on the 1400 block of Yew Street. Initially, firefighters and Cookie’s owner tried to use a 24-foot ladder to climb up to the bird, but the parrot got spooked and took off for a higher spot, said Acting Deputy Fire Chief John Healy.
“It was a long process,” Healy said. “They had to keep an eye on it as it was flying away to see where it went next. A large crowd had gathered just to watch the whole thing.”
Usually, the fire department does not do this type of rescue, but this case was different, he said. More details here.
January 29, 2008 at 11:01 am · Filed under News
A northwest Indiana pet store is offering a $100 reward for the safe return of a stolen green and yellow parrot.
PetLand manager Dennis Durk says a man who came into the Hobart store shortly before it closed Saturday night and apparently walked out the back door with the $900 parrot under his coat. Further details here.
January 28, 2008 at 6:46 am · Filed under News
A Pennsylvania Game Commission proposal to ban nanday conure parrots is raising a squawk in Harrisburg.
Bird fanciers say it’s unfair to single out the green South American birds. “If they can justify banning the nanday,” said Chet Fuhrman of Columbia, “then they can justify banning any pet bird species.”
Numerous parrot lovers are expected to converge on Game Commission headquarters, 2001 Elmerton Ave., at 1 p.m. today during a session to gather public input.
But PGC spokesman Jerry Feaser said people are blowing the issue out of proportion.
Rumors aside, Feaser said, the commission has no plan to confiscate birds.
“A lot of this is based on the false assumption that there would be a roundup and euthanization of these animals. That is not part of this proposal.”
Nor is the suggested change much of a change, he said.
Prohibitions against the possession, importation, release and sale of “captive bred” animals from other states or nations have been on the books since 1992. More details here.
January 25, 2008 at 5:24 am · Filed under News
A COUPLE left heartbroken when their cockatoo flew off were reunited with their much-loved pet yesterday.
Thais Tawee and Punum Wanjan appealed for help through the GDN and put up scores of posters after three-year-old Kaewweuw flew out of their car in Isa Town on Sunday.
They offered a BD200 reward for the bird’s safe return and yesterday their plea paid off.
Mrs Wanjan received a call from a 25-year-old Bahraini, Sayed Hani Khalil, saying he had found Kaewweuw.
The Bahrain Fibre Glass Company employee said he spotted the bird in Isa Town and caught it.
“This bird is a cockatoo and I know that it is not usually found in Bahrain, so I approached it and found that it was friendly,” he said. Read more details here.
January 23, 2008 at 8:18 am · Filed under News
A CHATTERBOX parrot from Littleport went for a wander last Wednesday and was found three days later unable to utter a word.
Charlie the Harley, an African Grey, flew out of owners Frederick and Margaret Tunnel’s house near City Road as Mr Tunnel opened the gate to let a visitor in.
“By Saturday morning, when he still hadn’t come home, we were starting to think the worst,” said Mrs Tunnel.
Charlie was finally found on Saturday, perched on a BMW near the King’s Lynn roundabout by the car’s eagle-eyed owner, who had seen the ‘lost’ posters put up around the village. “He’s obviously a bird with a bit of class,” said Mr Tunnel. “We’ve no idea how far he travelled, but he’s lost a lot of weight and is very traumatised.” More details here.
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