Oct. 22 (UPI) — A cockatoo that was trapped in a supermarket in Sydney, Australia for almost a month, was captured by a conservationist after weeks of attempts.
The sulphur-crested cockatoo, nicknamed Mickey by the public, flew into the Coles supermarket in Campbelltown’s Macarthur Square shopping center through an open loading dock door and couldn’t find its way back out.
Mickey spent almost a month evading arrest attempts at the store.
“The poor bird has not had any darkness for over four weeks and lives on brioche and water [placed] by the night manager – who loves the bird,” Sydney Metropolitan Wildlife Services said on social media after a failed attempt to capture Mickey on Monday night.
A rescuer from the group named Ravi returned to the store Tuesday with Doris, a free-flight trained sulphur-crested cockatoo.
Doris was able to help Ravi put Mickey at ease and the bird was eventually loaded into a crate to be transported out of the store.
Mickey, a bird native to the area, will be released back into the wild, rescuers said.
“Mickey appears to be in reasonable health all things considered and will be released home soon. We hope he stays out of trouble and can leave the brioche for many years to come,” Sydney Metropolitan Wildlife Services said on social media on Tuesday.
