Caught on video: African grey parrot stolen from exotic bird shop in Lake Forest

Monday, November 6, 2023
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (KABC) -- An exotic bird store in Orange County is asking for the public's help in finding a parrot that was stolen.

Workers at Omar's Exotic Birds in Lake Forest say a man walked into the shop Saturday morning and stole the African grey parrot that goes by the name "Baby."
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Video shows the man holding the four-month-old bird before walking out with it and taking off in his car.

The shop says the bird is worth $7,500 and it requires proper feeding three times a day. They say the bird isn't old enough to eat seeds.

"Maybe if someone knows someone who just got a bird or who is trying to sell a bird very inexpensively...," said store manager Cinder Strahl. "It can live up to 60 years. It's one of the brightest birds, it's the most intelligent of birds."
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Anyone with information on this case is urged to call the Orange County Sheriff's Department or the bird shop at (949) 472-3962.

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