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Macaw reunion sealed with a kiss

This was the moment when a Telford man was reunited with his beloved parrot after a 16-hour double-rescue which left both of them stranded up the same tree. This was the moment when a Telford man was reunited with his beloved parrot after a 16-hour double-rescue which left both of them stranded up the same tree. Peter Dawson watched as his brightly coloured macaw, Banjo, flew away and perched high up in an oak tree at Wrekin College in Wellington at 6pm yesterday. After trying to coax her down for nearly four hours, Peter decided he would have to use a ladder to climb up to her. But after he got seven metres up the tree, his ladder fell and left him stranded. Firemen rescue Peter but then he had to hire a cherry picker to help get Banjo back. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star

News|Apr 5, 2008
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