The Case of the Missing Parrot
According to a Times article published last week, a Margate, England, woman hopes a DNA test can prove her beloved parrot is not missing, but has been stolen and is residing at the local pub.
Sue Parsons’ African Grey parrot went missing in January, and since then she has had no idea where her beloved pet, named Pickle, could be. Then, a friend spotted a bird that closely resembles Parson’s in a cage inside of a pub in the area. Parsons went to the pub to see the look-alike bird for herself, and it was then she began to believe she had found Pickle.
However, the owner of the bar insists that the bird is hers, and that it came from her uncle, who said he bought it months ago from “two identified men,” the article said.
Parsons is certain that the parrot in the pub is hers, and is demanding a DNA test to prove it. She hopes that sloughed off down feathers in Pickle’s former cage can be used as a reference sample; DNA from those feathers and DNA from the unidentified parrot can be compared to see if they match. However, the bird in question’s owner has so far refused to allow anyone, including police, access to the bird for DNA testing.
It seems that this parrot truly is in a pickle.
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