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[thro]

Neighbour's cockatoo rescue bid ends in death | NEWS.com.au


"Rescue" huh?

What was likely to happen, the bird fall to it's death, or something?


edit:
Actually, they might not be eligable, being that old, they've probably already bred...

[kwakas]

fucking dickheads....

I prey they were unable to have children.

[Desmo]

It's a BIRD.
It can FLY.

[taint]

.....I'm dumbfounded by that and just lost a little more faith in the human race

[kwakas]

if by saying cockatoo they meant emu, then fair enough. It would need rescuing from a tree.

[shmoo]

what a strange article...

Earlier the cockatoo's owner, a 72-year-old man from Epsom, climbed the same tree in an attempt to rescue the bird, but slipped and fell.

so the owner also fell out of the tree trying to rescue it!

and what happened to him?

He was taken to Bendigo hospital in a satisfactory condition with suspected spinal injuries.

what a strange way to say it. "satisfactory condition with suspected spinal injuries" WTF, since when are spinal injuries considered a "satisfactory condition". I mean I know what they were trying to say, but it just isnt worded correctly.

[Taylor]

Maybe it had had it's wings clipped. Inattentive pet owners like doing that sort of shit to their animals so they can slack off.

[Desmo]

So you mean the bird was deliberatly put up in the tree?

[taint]

Maybe it had had it's wings clipped. Inattentive pet owners like doing that sort of shit to their animals so they can slack off.

They can still sort of fly though, they just can't soar away. it got into the tree in the first place so I would assume not clipped

[thro]

So you mean the bird was deliberatly put up in the tree?

Given the level of stupidity involved, and the effort of going above and beyond to attempt the "rescue" after his mate fell to the ground and busted his spine, i wouldn't rule it out...

[Taylor]

It might not have been that high.

[thro]

So the bird would have been pretty safe then eh?

[Taylor]

as long as her husband landed away from where she was standing, yeah

[CT90]

Excellent.

"cockatoo which had been perched in the tree for several hours".

Obviously the stupid bird wasn't hungry enough.

[KiM]

as long as her husband landed away from where she was standing, yeah

i see what you did there