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Stolen parrot finds his way back to the zoo in Brazil
    2019-05-06  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

AN Amazonian parrot called Freddy Krueger has made headlines in Brazil after managing to find its way back to the zoo from which it was stolen while recovering from a four-year nightmare that saw it shot in a gun battle, abducted by armed thieves and bitten by a snake.

The turquoise-fronted Amazon parrot – whose Nightmare on Elm Street-inspired moniker stems from its bullet-disfigured face – was pilfered from a zoo in the southern city of Cascavel on the night of April 16.

According to Brazil’s Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper, Krueger’s capture was just the latest in a series of misadventures to affect the Amazona aestiva bird.

Krueger was first brought to the zoo about four years ago, having been severely injured in a shoot-out between police and gangsters during a raid on the drug den where he had lived with his villain owner.

“In the shoot-out, [Krueger] was hit in the upper beak … blinded and suffered burns to the feathers that grow between the eyes,” the newspaper reported.

Krueger’s ordeal was far from over. Earlier this month, the parrot was reportedly bitten on the leg by a snake – thankfully of the non-venomous variety.

Krueger bled profusely but survived, only to be stolen days later when three armed raiders burst into Cascavel’s zoo, overpowered its security guard and made off with two parrots and a cylinder of gas.

Two days later, however, Krueger returned, discovered by zoo staff at the foot of a pine tree beside his cage.

The details of Krueger’s comeback remain murky, although drops of blood found near his former abode have fuelled speculation that the notoriously aggressive parrot bit his way out. (SD-Agencies)

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