'Not Sure How It Happened': Firefighters Rescue Parrot Caught in Fishing Line

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29 April 2024 at 8:32 am

Firefighters in Orange County, California, were mystified to find a parrot up a tree entangled in some fishing line.

“We’re not sure how it happened but we’re glad we could get it down to free it from the rest of the line,” the Orange County Fire Authority wrote on X on April 28.

Footage here shows a firefighter rescuing the entangled parrot in Garden Grove. Credit: Orange County Fire Authority via Storyful

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It's caught in the line still what I'm saying?Yeah.It's caught in the line still I'm saying.Yeah.

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