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June 30th 2009, WPTV Channel 5

June 16th, 2009 - Associated Press: 2 parrots stolen from Palm Beach hotel recovered

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Two endangered parrots stolen from the grounds of a luxury hotel in South Florida have been recovered.

Palm Beach police say a man left the two green-cheeked Amazon parrot chicks in a pet store Monday after the store's owner refused to buy them. They are still searching for the suspect.

 

 

 

June 15th, 2009 - PalmBeachPost.com: Endangered parrots stolen from Breakers on Palm Beach, dumped at pet store

PALM BEACH — Police are looking for a bird trapper who preyed on two rare wild endangered parrot chicks outside The Breakers Palm Beach hotel and then dumped them at a pet store after finding he couldn't sell them.

"It's not only stupid and foolish, but it proves the birds have no commercial value," said Paul Reillo, a biologist and director of the Loxahatchee-based non-profit Rare Species Conservatory Foundation which monitors the pocket of wild green-cheeked Amazon parrots for the hotel. "It's a needless suffering to inflict on the birds."