 | Gang Gang cockatoo hit by car, stuck in grill, and lives! |
| Cockatoo stuck after high-speed collision
A gang-gang cockatoo has been hailed as the "luckiest bird alive" after it collided and got stuck on a car travelling at 80km/h and escaped serious injury.
The bird slammed into the front of Caroline Brown's sedan yesterday afternoon at Berwick, in Melbourne?s south-east.
Ms Brown was amazed ...
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| Podcast 10 released June 17th… |
| Patience... It's uploading...
An interview with Mira Tweti of ParrotPress.org about her book "Here, There, and Everywhere" a book documenting the journey of a rainbow lorikeet trapped in the wild for the pet trade.
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| World’s Ugliest Bird? |
| That's what most of the headlines say, but that's one cute cockatoo!
An example of Beak and Feather disease in a cockatoo
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| Stealthy burglars pilfering parrots |
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MONTREAL?Slick thieves have been targeting parrots, stealing them from Quebec homes with surgical precision while leaving behind valuable jewellery, electronics and even cash.
The thefts are aimed at a global black market in rare exotic birds.
This winter, thieves crawled through windows to get into two households in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu. They used ...
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| Social Anxiety - The Top 5 Pets That Can Help You |
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Pets can be more than just companions; they can also aid you in overcoming your social anxiety.
Treat a pet kindly, and it will love you for who you are. He/she will never judge you for your looks or shyness. He will depend on you to keep him alive. He will ...
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| If you hear ‘I love you’, it could be my little Jasper |
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WNERS of a chatterbox parrot which can't stop saying "I Love You" would give anything to hear him say those three little words on Valentine's Day.
But Jasper, the nine-year-old African Grey parrot, unexpectedly took flight from the front garden of their Eastern Green home on Sunday afternoon.
His owner Terry Scofield, ...
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| Parrot may well be wild at heart |
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ANIMAL experts are still waiting to solve the mystery surrounding an exotic bird that was discovered this week.
A rare green parrot, which is believed to be an orange-winged Amazon, was found sheltering under a bush in the back garden of a house in Knightsbridge Gardens, in the West Park area ...
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| Bird sanctuary earns non-profit status |
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Franklin ? Paula Ashfield is ecstatic. Her organization Under My Wing Avian Refuge recently achieved non-profit status.
Under My Wing is a refuge for unwanted, surrendered, abused and unloved parrots and exotic birds. ?It acts as a permanent refuge,? Ashfield explained, ?unlike a regular shelter, our birds can possibly someday be ...
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| Tropical birds thriving in Chicago |
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Trudging along the snow-covered streets of Hyde Park, you hear chirping and screeching resembling the sound of Styrofoam pieces rubbing together. You look up and see a bright green and blue parakeet. You may think that all the cold and snow has finally made you go mad, but ...
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| Rare Bird Missing In Baltimore |
| A rare South American bird is missing in South Baltimore.
He's a beloved family pet and, as Ron Matz reports, an all-out search is underway in Federal Hill.
From the rooftop of her home, Gita Ollange is calling Connor. His cage is empty and she is heartbroken. Her beautiful gold ...
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