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September 03, 2008
Thieves kidnap pet store's beloved parrot celebrity.
Max the parrot had known no other home. The 28-year-old blue-and-gold macaw grew up in The Pet Village, a pet store in Duncanville, Texas, a city just outside of Dallas. Here he was hand-raised by Stephanie Roberts, co-owner of the store, and even the veterinarian came to the store to do Max's regular check-ups and nail trimmings.
But while the parrot's bird cage remains in the store, Max the blue-and-gold macaw is gone.
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Roberts said "I check it first thing in the morning when I wake up, then throughout the day, right until I go to bed," Roberts said. "We are waiting for Max to come home."
Posted by sue at September 3, 2008 08:16 AM