The magpie was then confiscated by officials from ... It came after a 'small group of people' complained about Molly living with the family as a pet, according to Ms Wells and Mr Mortensen.

But help was to come from a very unexpected source. The family discovered an injured and abandoned magpie chick which had fallen from its nest near their home. The process of nursing the bird back ...

The magpie has been living with Gold Coast couple ... The bird's future with the family was in limbo for months after a Supreme Court judge in November overturned the granting of a specialised ...

She describes magpie parenting as, "A living arrangement where after a couple divorces or separates, the children stay in the family home, and the parents alternate living there when is their turn ...

These are magpies with clipped wings. They land on people's shoulders thinking they’re part of the human family so they have issues socialising with wild magpies,” she told Yahoo News.