Woman who went viral after losing parrot is branded ‘shameful’ for clipping bird’s wings

A woman who went viral on social media after pleading for help to find her missing parrot has been slammed after revealing she’s having the bird’s wings clipped.  Sandra Hannah, 41, became famous online last year after she posted a video on Facebook of her parading the streets in Netherton, Liverpool and crying out ‘Chanel’ – … Read more

Liverpool woman tells This Morning her parrot Chanel who went missing last year has escaped AGAIN

A woman who went viral on social media after pleading for the world to find her missing parrot Chanel has told of her ‘heartbreak’ after her beloved bird has flown away again.  Sandra Hannah, 41, became an online sensation last year after she posted a video on Facebook of her parading the streets in Netherton, Liverpool … Read more

Lottery winner who scooped £2million used photo of winning ticket as IOU to pay vet bill for parrot

Lottery winner who scooped £2million on scratchcard reveals she used photo of her winning ticket as IOU to pay urgent vet bill for her pet parrot Lesley Herbert, from Basingstoke won the maximum jackpot on a scratchcard Her parrot Bibi dislocated its foot while she waited to get the ticket validated The animal lover showed … Read more

Pet parrot cuts opens packets with her beak – and then adds the shredded pieces to her plumage

Who needs scissors? Pet parrot cuts opens packets with her beak – and then adds the shredded pieces to her plumage Lovebird Maui filmed by owner Kerri Cosma in Idaho using beak to cut packet   She clamps her beak along bag of tea, moving from side to side to take top off  Adds shredded paper … Read more

Parrot who belted out Beyonce song saved his performance until he had an audience

A parrot who went viral singing Beyoncé’s If I Were A Boy ‘saved his performance’ of the song until he had an audience because there were no guests to entertain during the pandemic, his owner has revealed.  Nine-year-old Yellow Crowned Amazon parrot Chico went viral earlier this week after he was filmed perfectly belting out the … Read more

Parrot entertains wildlife park visitors with a perfect rendition of Beyonce hit If I Were A Boy 

Who’s a pretty Bey then? Parrot entertains wildlife park visitors with a perfect rendition of Beyonce hit If I Were A Boy Chico, a nine-year-old yellow-crowned amazon parrot, is a hit with tourists Crowds gather at Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in Boston to listen to its singing Footage of the bird singing Beyonce’s If I Were … Read more

Grey parrot called Griffin humiliates Harvard students by beating them in a memory test

A parrot called Griffin has humiliated students at the Harvard University, as well as local children, by beating them in a memory test. Harvard researchers compared human memory skills with that of the grey African parrot (Psittacus erithacus) – an animal separated from humans by over 300 million years of evolution. They compared how 21 … Read more

Australian nocturnal parrot ‘has not evolved to see in the dark’

A critically endangered nocturnal parrot that lives in the Australian outback ‘has not evolved to see in the dark’, putting it at risk of crashing into fences, a study found. The elusive Night Parrot’s eyesight is no better than that of its cousins that are active during the day, a scan of the bird’s skull … Read more

Serial burglar is jailed for two years after squawking parrot wakes homeowner during house raid 

Not such a pretty boy! Serial burglar is jailed for two years after squawking parrot wakes homeowner during house raid Jake Fletcher, 24, from South Wales, who was jailed for three house burglaries  He carried out the raids on the same street in Monmouth on June 20 last year Was caught when squawking parrot alerted … Read more

How 81-year-old widow ‘weaponised’ pet parrot to torture her neighbours

A spring evening and Catherine Searle emerged from her terrace house, carefully crossing the road to the small patch of grass opposite. There she briefly stopped to scatter some breadcrumbs on the ground — an 81-year-old widow feeding the birds. But as she turned to head back home, one hand was dragged across the bonnet of … Read more