Hong Kong, September 13: Firemen rescued a pet parrot and its owner who were perched precariously in a tree 10m from the ground, a news report said on Sunday.
Twelve firemen and an ambulance crew were called in after the 36- year-old owner got stuck high in a tree trying to retrieve his parrot, called Birdie.
In an hour-long rescue in the city’s Ho Man Tin district, a fireman coaxed the terrified owner down from a branch made slippery by rain, the Sunday Morning Post reported.
Birdie proved more elusive, flying from the clutches of a fireman on a hydraulic platform, before being caught on the ground by a second fireman after a struggle in which Birdie bit him, the report said.
The parrot, an African grey bought a year ago from a pet shop in the city for $1 000, flew into the tree after escaping from a window in his owner’s apartment during his daily feeding time.
—Agencies