A parrot has been taken into custody in northern Brazil following a police raid targeting crack dealers.…Click Here To Continue Reading>>

According to reports in the Brazilian press, the bird had been taught to alert criminals to police operations in Vila Irmã Dulce , a low-income community in the sun-scorched capital of Piauí state, by shouting: “Mum, the police!”

The parrot, who has not been named, was seized on Monday afternoon when officers swooped on a drug den run by a local couple.

“He must have been trained for this,” one officer involved in the operation said of the two-winged wrongdoer. “As soon as the police got close he started shouting.”…Click Here To Continue Reading>>

A Brazilian journalist who came face to face with the imprisoned parrot on Tuesday described it as a “super obedient” creature – albeit one that had kept its beak firmly shut after being “arrested”.

“So far it hasn’t made a sound … completely silent,” the reporter said….ContinueReading…..