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Flight Ban on Parrots Leaves Bronx Grandmother in Limbo for 4 Days
Plucky, an African gray parrot, accompanied its owner on a Frontier Airlines flight to Puerto Rico in January. But a gate ...
Elderly NYC woman told she must give up her emotional support parrot
Maria Fraterrigo, 81, said she was told by airline staff that they made a mistake by allowing her to fly with her emotional ...
Georgia Man Sentenced for a Cache of Taxidermy Birds and Rare Eggs
John Waldrop, an orthopedic surgeon, amassed a vast collection of ornithological specimens as part of what he called an ...
Bronx woman who had been stuck in Puerto Rico with her pet bird flying back to NYC
Fraterrigo says she flew to Puerto Rico with her parrot Plucky with no issue, but when she tried to return home Saturday, the ...
Bird flu sickens thousands of chickens at NYC poultry markets despite temporary statewide shutdown
Bird flu is continuing to spread in New York City despite the state’s temporary live market shut down in February — and activists want a total closure of the slaughter houses. At least ...