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Stuff.co.nz

If you thought you had a problem with chocolate, just be glad you’re not a parrot. Read on…

BBC News

A legal battle is under way in the western Greek city of Patras over a parrot that is facing a $650 (£320; 444 euros) parking ticket.

The local council says his perch is illegally parked and is obstructing drivers because it partially blocks a metered parking space.

Coco the parrot’s owner, Lambros Michalopoulos, says the bird will die if it has to move back inside.

Neither side is backing down so now the dispute is going to the courts. Read on…

Ananova

A Huddersfield man says he’s had to change his ringtone five times - because his parrot keeps copying them.

Stuart McNae says Billy waits until he leaves the room, then mimics the sound of a call - and laughs when he dashes back to answer.

Every time Stuart, 54, changes his ringtone the cheeky blue-fronted Amazon picks up the new one, reports The Sun.

He’s gone through the Nokia theme, Lou Bega’s Mambo Number 5, the BBC Match of the Day tune, Soul Limbo by Booker T and the MGs and Bob Marley’s No Woman No Cry.

He said: “I now have the theme from A Fistful of Dollars. Won’t be long before he’s got that, too.

“He waits for me to leave the room before he does it. I’ll rush downstairs to find it’s Billy.”

Galesburg.com

Parrot has a way with students at AlWood Elementary Read on…

The Sydney Morning Herald

A Bendigo man trying to retrieve a neighbour’s pet cockatoo from a tree plunged to his death in front of his wife yesterday. Read on…

International Herald Tribune

WELLINGTON, New Zealand: A South African national was convicted and fined Friday for trying to smuggle 44 parrot eggs into New Zealand, officials said. Read on…

Ba-Isa, Arab News by Molouk Y.

ALKHOBAR, 4 November 2007 — Bird Flu hasn’t been in the news much lately. Still, controls set up to slow the spread of this disease are very much in force. Such controls affect not only those in the live animal trade, but also expatriates planning to take their pets home. Read on…

Tanzanian standard newspaper

The Tanzanian government is finalising plans to lift the ban, imposed in 1992, on the export of “Fisher’s Love Birds”, known in Kiswahili as “Kasuku”. Read on…

Parrot workshop teaches responsibility and challenge of adoption

By Sarah Breitenbach - The Frederick News-Post

Bringing a parrot into the family just might be more challenging than adopting a baby.

For starters, there’s a five-page application form with a full page of prerequisites for adopting and a list of steps in the process.

Home visits with all household members and attendance at a two-hour lecture on building a positive relationship with your parrot are among the requirements. Read on…

Parrots International

Theme: “Parrots of the Caribbean”

May 30 - June 1, 2008
HMS Queen Mary, Long Beach, California

The fourth annual Parrots International Symposium 2008 is fast approaching and we are please to announce the speakers, hotel, and conference. For 2008 Parrots International has reserved the HMS Queen Mary in Long Beach (Los Angeles) California. The Parrots International Symposium 2008 will be May 30 - June 1, 2008. The theme for 2008 is “Parrots of the Caribbean”. Read on…