Parrot Head!
Correspondent:: König Prüß, GfbAEV
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 07:38:20 GMT
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washingtonpost.com
Fla. Man Charged With Biting Head Off Bird
The Associated Press
Tuesday, February 8, 2005; 12:33 AM
EDGEWATER, Fla. - A firefighter accused of biting the head off
a pet parrot at a party was charged with felony animal cruelty
Monday and placed on administrative leave.
Lt. Bruce Coates, 34, was booked into the Volusia County
Branch Jail but was expected be released on his own
recognizance after meeting with court officials Tuesday,
a jail official said.
Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said witnesses told
deputies that the off-duty Coates was at a party early Sunday
when he took the Quaker parrot, valued at $200, off someone
else's shoulder, put the bird's head in his mouth and bit it off.
The parrot's owner later called the sheriff's office.
Coates told deputies he had been drinking alcohol and
could not remember what happened. However, he was
apologetic and offered to replace the parrot, Davidson
told The Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Edgewater Fire Chief Tracey Barlow said Coates, with
the department since 1991, came to him Sunday and
told him about the incident.
He will stay on leave with pay pending the outcome of the
investigation, Edgewater fire spokeswoman Jennifer Smith said.
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Information from: The Daytona Beach News-Journal,http://www.news-journalonline.com
© 2005 The Associated Press
Correspondent:: HellPope Huey
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:32:53 GMT
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In article ,
König Prüß, GfbAEV wrote:
> washingtonpost.com
> Fla. Man Charged With Biting Head Off Bird
> The Associated Press
> Tuesday, February 8, 2005; 12:33 AM
> EDGEWATER, Fla. - A firefighter accused of biting the head off
> a pet parrot at a party was charged with felony animal cruelty
> Monday and placed on administrative leave.
Is that part of the Atkins Diet? How much protein is really IN a
parrot, anyway? Is passing the beaks painful? I thought it hurt like the
dickens. Fireman, save my budgie. What a stupid thread.
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HellPope Huey
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and to not have to hold the chicken
between my knees.
Is that so WRONG??
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It depraves and corrupts me.
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Well it DOESN'T!! It falls out of my holly-jolly BUTT!!"
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Correspondent:: König Prüß, GfbAEV
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 18:10:56 GMT
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HellPope Huey wrote:
>In article ,
> König Prüß, GfbAEV wrote:
>
>> washingtonpost.com
>> Fla. Man Charged With Biting Head Off Bird
>> The Associated Press
>> Tuesday, February 8, 2005; 12:33 AM
>> EDGEWATER, Fla. - A firefighter accused of biting the head off
>> a pet parrot at a party was charged with felony animal cruelty
>> Monday and placed on administrative leave.
>
> Is that part of the Atkins Diet? How much protein is really IN a
>parrot, anyway? Is passing the beaks painful? I thought it hurt like the
>dickens. Fireman, save my budgie. What a stupid thread.
>
>--
Yeah! I bet you thought the parrot head had something to do with Jimmy Buffet!