Eliza
08-18-2009, 05:46 PM
From today's Courier Post: http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20090818/NEWS01/908180350/1006
COLLINGSWOOD — The Collingswood Veterinary Hospital is lot quieter without Tsapora around.
The chatty, double yellow-naped Amazon parrot has been missing since the building was burglarized sometime between 9 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday, Collingswood Police Capt. Richard Sarlo said.
"All they took was the bird," Sarlo said. "They (hospital employees) were very, very upset about it."
Sarlo said an employee discovered the bird was missing after reporting to work on Saturday and finding an open window and an empty cage.
Hospital manager Diane Vento said feathers outside the building show Tsapora put up a fight.
"Our clients have been calling all day long," Vento said. "Everybody loved him. He always drew a crowd when he talked."
Tsapora, who lived at the veterinary hospital for the past 32 years, could sing "Pop Goes The Weasel" and knew how to say his name and several other words.
He enjoyed interacting with children, but was sometimes aggressive toward adults, Vento said.
The parrot is worth between $3,000 and $4,000.
On Monday morning, the hospital was offering a $500 reward for any information leading to the culprit.
By the afternoon, the reward had grown to nearly $1,000 because many clients donated money to help.
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COLLINGSWOOD — The Collingswood Veterinary Hospital is lot quieter without Tsapora around.
The chatty, double yellow-naped Amazon parrot has been missing since the building was burglarized sometime between 9 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday, Collingswood Police Capt. Richard Sarlo said.
"All they took was the bird," Sarlo said. "They (hospital employees) were very, very upset about it."
Sarlo said an employee discovered the bird was missing after reporting to work on Saturday and finding an open window and an empty cage.
Hospital manager Diane Vento said feathers outside the building show Tsapora put up a fight.
"Our clients have been calling all day long," Vento said. "Everybody loved him. He always drew a crowd when he talked."
Tsapora, who lived at the veterinary hospital for the past 32 years, could sing "Pop Goes The Weasel" and knew how to say his name and several other words.
He enjoyed interacting with children, but was sometimes aggressive toward adults, Vento said.
The parrot is worth between $3,000 and $4,000.
On Monday morning, the hospital was offering a $500 reward for any information leading to the culprit.
By the afternoon, the reward had grown to nearly $1,000 because many clients donated money to help.
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