20/09/2010 - Parrot stops burglars in tracks
Burglars were thwarted from stealing a parrot when the exotic bird fought back.
The criminals were pecked out of the shop by the bird after they tried to take him from Hobday's Pet Shop in Coventry. Police are confident they will be able to trace the offenders because they left blood, and therefore DNA, at the shop.
A Rosella parrot worth £250 and £300-worth of corn snakes were stolen after thieves disabled the burglar alarm and broke in. When they turned their attentions to Jack the parrot however, he had other ideas.
Pet shop owner Caroline Hobday, 49, said: "We couldn't believe it when we got into work in the morning.
"There was blood all over the shop and Jack was perched on top of his cage squawking like mad.
"All the evidence looks like he scared the thieves away and spent the rest of the night patrolling and protecting the other animals like a guard dog.
"Jack is a feisty young bird and is fiercely protective over the other birds in the shop. We often let him fly around for exercise so he knows his way around. We've very proud of him, without his actions we would have lost thousands of pounds more animals."
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