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Missing Exotic Birds Found Safe, Returned To Dallas Zoo

May 22, 2011 3:58 PM
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A blue-throated macaw. (Credit: Dallas Zoo)

A blue-throated macaw. (Credit: Dallas Zoo)

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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The pair of blue-throated macaws that flew from the Dallas Zoo during an exhibition Friday were found perched in a pecan tree in the Bishop Arts District Sunday morning and safely returned home.

According to Dallas Zoo officials, Zoological Society member and former Zoo volunteer Ninette McDonald and her sister Marguerite heard the birds in the tree just after 5:30 a.m. near the center of the Bishop Arts District in Oak Cliff.

Trainers were quickly on scene, and safely brought the birds home.

The two flew out of the park during SOAR: A Festival of Flight, which allows the animals to fly freely over the crowd.

It hadn’t been opened a month before the incident.

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  • CB

    They probably ate at Tillman’s Roadhouse, and like some others who have experienced their cuisine, decided zoo/jail food was better.

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    [...] Missing Exotic Birds Found Safe, Returned To Dallas Zoo The pair of blue-throated macaws that flew from the Dallas Zoo during an exhibition Friday were found perched in a pecan tree in the Bishop Arts District Sunday morning and safely returned home. Go to News Source [...]

  • upchkn

    Yea! Glad they are back, safe and sound!

  • CHARLES ESTRADA

    I SAW THIS BIRDS FLY OVER ME ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHILE WALKING TO THE HOSPITAL ON BISHOP-CHARLES ESTRADA

  • melvin

    i’m glad to hear they are ok and have been found ….

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    [...] most cases it’s a cat or a dog. The Dallas Zoo recently had this experience with two birds. Two blue-throated macaws flew away during an exhibition on Friday, May 20. Zoo officials experienced quite a bit of stress as the [...]

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