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Saxilby 'coughing' asthmatic parrot is stolen | Saxilby 'coughing' asthmatic parrot is stolen |
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Police are searching for three stolen parrots, including an asthmatic one that could die without its medication. | Police are searching for three stolen parrots, including an asthmatic one that could die without its medication. |
The African grey parrots are worth hundreds of pounds each because they talk a lot. | The African grey parrots are worth hundreds of pounds each because they talk a lot. |
One was heard screaming as the birds were stolen from a home in Queen's Way, Saxilby, Lincolnshire, between 20:30 and 23:00 BST on Saturday. | One was heard screaming as the birds were stolen from a home in Queen's Way, Saxilby, Lincolnshire, between 20:30 and 23:00 BST on Saturday. |
Lots of feathers were found near the scene, and police believe one of the parrots could have struggled free. | Lots of feathers were found near the scene, and police believe one of the parrots could have struggled free. |
The parrots all look similar, but can be identified from the phrases they use, and because the asthmatic one coughs. | |
'Dog will miss parrots' | 'Dog will miss parrots' |
Marlene Cavill, whose husband has had the parrots for 30 years, said: "When anybody comes up they all say hello to you. | |
"We've got a Dalmatian called Pearly, and Charlie [one of the parrots] says 'Come on Pearly, it's walkies', and 'Pearly is in trouble'," said Mrs Cavill, 71. | "We've got a Dalmatian called Pearly, and Charlie [one of the parrots] says 'Come on Pearly, it's walkies', and 'Pearly is in trouble'," said Mrs Cavill, 71. |
"Now Pearly is going to miss the parrots. | |
"Somebody says they saw these two men, one of them was carrying something covered up and it was screaming. | |
"That one would be Charlie. The other man had got a bag with him." | |
Her husband, 77-year-old Colin Cavill, said Charlie bites people he does not know, and could have bitten the two men who took him. | |
"I've had them all these years and I've never had any trouble and now somebody comes and gets them," said Mr Cavill. | "I've had them all these years and I've never had any trouble and now somebody comes and gets them," said Mr Cavill. |
Police in Lincolnshire are also appealing for information over the theft of about 50 birds from an aviary in Moulton. |
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