The squawk alarm: Escaped parrot rattles mother by hiding in garden and mimicking beeping smoke detector

A householder got in to a flap when what she thought was smoke alarm going off constantly turned out to be an escaped parrot mimicking the sound in her garden.

Mischievous: Sammi, the African Grey parrot whose imitation of a smoke alarm, positioned beside her, is uncanny.

Puzzled mother Shanna Sexton spent days thinking her smoke alarm was on the blink only to find the din was being made by the potty parrot mimicking the gadget in her back garden.

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500 seized parrots were destined for South Africa

"Rosie" - African Grey Parrot, Photo: Devlon Duthie

Five hundred parrots saved from illegal wildlife traders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were headed for South Africa, the World Parrot Trust (WPT) said on Monday.

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140 parrots recovered in Wakiso district

African Grey parrot. Image by Peter NijenhuisA team of Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) officials and the Police have seized 140 African Gray parrots from Wakiso district. This brings the number of parrots seized to 272 in just a fortnight.

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African Grey parrots 'froze or suffocated'

African grey parrots. Image by Joachim S. MüllerDurban - An investigation into the deaths of hundreds of African Grey parrots on a flight from Johannesburg to Durban on Christmas Eve points to possible carbon monoxide poisoning, as well as the possibility that they froze to death.

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Uganda: Security Agencies Hunt Parrot Thieves

African Grey Parrot, Photo: batwranglerSECURITY agencies have mounted a search for suspected Kasuku (parrot) smugglers who recently escaped at the Uganda/D.R Congo customs post.

The alleged culprits had packed the birds in sealed, but perforated boxes said to be containing motorcycle spare parts.

Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) operatives discovered the birds as they checked three boxes on one of the vehicles used by the suspects.

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