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Police capture parrot escapee
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Thursday, May 30, 2002 | Ellen James

Posted on 05/30/2002 7:36:31 AM PDT by Willie Green

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:02:30 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

After 48 hours on the lam, an escaped parrot was apprehended by two city police officers.

Zane, the missing African gray parrot who was reported missing Monday from the National Aviary on the North Side, was picked up Wednesday afternoon at the corner of Second Avenue and Ross Street, Downtown, said Tiffany Sander, spokeswoman for the Aviary.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: parrots
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1 posted on 05/30/2002 7:36:32 AM PDT by Willie Green
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To: Willie Green
Great collection -- thanks.
2 posted on 05/30/2002 7:42:08 AM PDT by dighton
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To: Willie Green
She had to fly over one of the rivers, but that is very scary for birds.

Now why would that be?

3 posted on 05/30/2002 11:20:43 AM PDT by csvset
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