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Man Wants to Question Parrot in Court
AP / Yahoo ^
| 10/06/2003
Posted on 10/06/2003 7:55:50 AM PDT by dighton
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A man claims a woman wrongly adopted his lost parrot and he can prove it if given a chance to question the bird in court.
Loulou, an 11-year-old African gray parrot, flew out of David DeGroffs apartment on April 12 after a guest who wasnt wearing her glasses accidentally walked into the screen door leading to the balcony.
On May 11, Nina Weaver, of Newburg, Pa., adopted an African gray from the D.C. Animal Shelter. DeGroff, convinced the bird is Loulou, filed a lawsuit seeking an opportunity to depose the parrot. He is seeking $15,000 for pain and suffering if the bird turns out to be Loulou.
According to DeGroff, Loulous vocal repertoire includes whistling the theme song to The Andy Griffith Show and saying the phrase Daddys gotta go to work.
Immediately after Loulou left, DeGroff said, he started calling every animal agency in the area, including the D.C. Animal Shelter.
DeGroff said he again called the shelter in mid-May. A receptionist told him that an African gray had recently been adopted. DeGroff used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the adoption records.
DeGroff said he drove to Weavers home, but no one answered when he knocked on the front door. He said he saw a bird through the window and felt a connection.
She seemed like she tried to communicate with me, DeGroff said.
DeGroff was unable to determine if it could whistle the Andy Griffith tune. Frustrated, he returned home.
Weaver declined to speak with a Washington Post reporter who visited her house. We have no comment, she said. Were not going to fight this in the paper.
TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: parrots
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posted on
10/06/2003 7:55:50 AM PDT
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dighton
To: xsmommy
guffaw
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posted on
10/06/2003 7:57:12 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Prop 53: YES|Prop 54: YES|Recall: YES|Governor: TOM, but will settle for Arnie)
To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
A Parrot Ping!
"Bye-Bye!" heh heh heh
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posted on
10/06/2003 7:57:25 AM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
(My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.)
To: dighton
A Monty Python skit?
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posted on
10/06/2003 7:59:15 AM PDT
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posted on
10/06/2003 7:59:29 AM PDT
by
dighton
(NLC™)
To: John Beresford Tipton
Sure sounds like it!
I wish to make a complaint!
To: dighton
Clip your bird's wings stupid!
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posted on
10/06/2003 7:59:44 AM PDT
by
steveo
(There. There wolf.)
To: martin_fierro
don't look at me, i am a member of the DC bar, not the VA/Dr. Doolittle bar....
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posted on
10/06/2003 8:01:29 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: ParrotsUp; AppyPappy
BTTT
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posted on
10/06/2003 8:06:18 AM PDT
by
jjbrouwer
(Chelsea for the Champions League)
To: dighton
What does he know and when did he know it?
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posted on
10/06/2003 8:24:05 AM PDT
by
Only1choice____Freedom
(If everything you experienced, believed, lived was a lie, would you want to know the truth?)
To: martin_fierro
DeGroff used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the adoption records. DeGroff said he drove to Weavers home,...Here's where I have a problem.
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posted on
10/06/2003 8:30:07 AM PDT
by
kaboom
To: Chad Fairbanks
I think I'd just give it back. (I don't want anything that throws food at me in my house, anyway.)
To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
Well, it didn't throw food at ME... ;0)
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posted on
10/06/2003 8:36:11 AM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
(My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.)
To: dighton
Polly want a lawsuit?
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posted on
10/06/2003 8:46:49 AM PDT
by
boris
(The deadliest Weapon of Mass Destruction in History is a Leftist With a Word Processor)
To: dighton
Seems that with an exotic pet, there should be some sort of vet records and possibly a way to identify it - if it was his, he should get it back.
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posted on
10/06/2003 8:48:23 AM PDT
by
trebb
To: kaboom
You and me both. What are they doing giving out this type of information?
And who is this guy suing anyway? The shelter or Weaver?
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posted on
10/06/2003 8:51:37 AM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(The universe runs through the complex interweaving of energy, matter, and enlightened self interest.)
To: dighton
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posted on
10/06/2003 8:53:08 AM PDT
by
paulklenk
(DEPORT HILLARY!)
To: Chad Fairbanks
Oh no, of course not. YOU get the "sign of affection"!
It's the story of my life... ; )
To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
heh heh heh...
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posted on
10/06/2003 8:55:08 AM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
(My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.)
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