Parrot Of The Week (2)
Who’d be a parrot?
A turquoise-fronted Amazon parrot has had more than enough adventures to last a life time. Called Freddy Kreuger after part of its face was shot off and blinded in a gun battle between the gang of its drug baron owner and the police four years ago, it was transferred to what was thought to have been the safe haven of the zoo in the city of Cascavel in southern Brazil.
But in April he was bitten on the leg by a snake, fortunately one of the non-venomous types. Then, a few days later, thieves broke into his cage and stole him together with a companion and a cylinder of gas.
Amazingly, Freddy found his way back to the zoo and was found by keepers at the foot of a pine tree near his cage. It may be that there isn’t much of a market for blind parrots although spots of blood found nearby may suggest that he put up a fight.
Neither the other parrot nor the gas cylinder have been recovered.
