Jenya
07-29-2005, 04:14 PM
Foul-Mouthed British Parrot Banished by Embarrassed Keepers
AFP News Wire (http://www.afp.com/)
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
LONDON, ENGLAND - A foul-mouthed parrot previously owned by a lorry driver has been banished from public areas in a British animal sanctuary after repeatedly embarrassing his keepers, they said.
Barney, a five-year-old Macaw, is now kept indoors at Warwickshire Animal Sanctuary in Nuneaton, central England, when outsiders visit after abusing dignitaries with swearword-littered insults.
"He's told a lady mayoress to f**k off and he told a lady vicar: 'And you can f**k off as well'," sanctuary worker Stacey Clark said.
Nor did the forces of law and order escape, she added.
"Two policemen came to have a look at the centre. He told them: 'And you can f**k off you two wankers'."
Clark said sanctuary workers believed Barney either picked up the phrases from television or was taught them by his previous owner, a lorry driver who emigrated to Spain.
"He does say 'Hello, big boy' and 'Thank you' when you give him a biscuit," she added.
"But it's mainly naughty words and always to the wrong people. We're trying to teach him not to swear. Macaws are very intelligent birds."
SOURCE: Yahoo News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/britainanimalsparrot;_ylt=AuzIfi_RrMf4hFGSpPM9LD2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-)
AFP News Wire (http://www.afp.com/)
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
LONDON, ENGLAND - A foul-mouthed parrot previously owned by a lorry driver has been banished from public areas in a British animal sanctuary after repeatedly embarrassing his keepers, they said.
Barney, a five-year-old Macaw, is now kept indoors at Warwickshire Animal Sanctuary in Nuneaton, central England, when outsiders visit after abusing dignitaries with swearword-littered insults.
"He's told a lady mayoress to f**k off and he told a lady vicar: 'And you can f**k off as well'," sanctuary worker Stacey Clark said.
Nor did the forces of law and order escape, she added.
"Two policemen came to have a look at the centre. He told them: 'And you can f**k off you two wankers'."
Clark said sanctuary workers believed Barney either picked up the phrases from television or was taught them by his previous owner, a lorry driver who emigrated to Spain.
"He does say 'Hello, big boy' and 'Thank you' when you give him a biscuit," she added.
"But it's mainly naughty words and always to the wrong people. We're trying to teach him not to swear. Macaws are very intelligent birds."
SOURCE: Yahoo News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/britainanimalsparrot;_ylt=AuzIfi_RrMf4hFGSpPM9LD2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-)