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Pet parrot and owner rescued from tree in Hong Kong
Sep 13, 2009, 1:12 GMT
Hong Kong - Hong Kong firemen rescued a pet parrot and its owner who were perched precariously in a tree, 10 meters above ground, a news report said Sunday.
Twelve firemen and an ambulance crew were called in after the 36- year-old owner got stuck high in a tree trying to retrieve his parrot, called Birdie, on Saturday.
In an hour-long rescue in the city's Ho Man Tin district, a fireman coaxed the terrified owner down from a branch made slippery by rain, the Sunday Morning Post reported.
Birdie proved more elusive, flying from the clutches of a fireman on a hydraulic platform, before being caught on the ground by a second fireman after a struggle in which Birdie bit him, the report said.
The parrot, an African grey bought a year ago from a pet shop in the city for 1,000 US dollars, flew into the tree after escaping from a window in his owner's apartment during his daily feeding time.
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