Woman rescued from mountain after trying to save her scared pet parrot – National | 24CA News

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Published 26.07.2023
Woman rescued from mountain after trying to save her scared pet parrot – National | 24CA News

A lady who was a part of a gaggle of parrot homeowners out on an tour in Wales went to nice lengths to retrieve her scared pet after it was frightened off by a falcon.

The parrot fanatics had been strolling in Cwm Idwal, an amphitheatre-like valley in style with hikers and rock climbers, once they let their feathered pals stretch their wings. As the parrots had been flying overhead, a peregrine falcon attacked them, inflicting one of many parrots to fly off, based on a Facebook put up from Welsh mountain rescuers.


Mountain rescuers posing with three parrots after they helped save a lady who scaled a mountain making an attempt to retrieve her pet parrot.


Facebook/Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation

The parrot’s proprietor had a tracker on the chook, and used it to observe her pet up the cliffs of Glyder Fawr, a mountain that has an elevation of 1,000 metres at its peak. The girl introduced two parrots out that day, so she scaled the cliff along with her second chook in tow.

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But when the girl reached her frightened parrot, it flew off once more.

“Unfortunately the parrot decided freedom was great and flew back down to the group unassisted, leaving the owner and her second bird now stuck,” the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation wrote.

While the parrot had no downside descending the mountain, its proprietor wanted a little bit of help.

A mountain rescue group was deployed to convey the girl again down safely. After mountain climbing to the bottom of the cliff, a rescuer was belayed as much as the girl’s location.


Location of the girl caught on a cliff (prime bubble) and the rescuers under her making an attempt to achieve her location.


Facebook/Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation

“On arrival at the casualty, Jeckyll, the second parrot, perched on her owners’ rucksack, greeted our team member with a ‘Hello!’” the put up reads.


The girl, whose face is blurred out, and her parrot Jeckyll had been helped down the mountain by rescuers.


Facebook/Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation

Both parrot and proprietor had been safely lowered to the bottom and guided off the mountain by rescuers.

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This isn’t the primary animal rescue to happen within the U.Ok. this yr. In May, rescuers had to make use of a stretcher to convey an injured and exhausted canine down from Scafell Pike, the very best peak in England.

“Despite being quite a large dog at 33kg it was a joy to carry such a relatively lightweight casualty. The casualty remained cool, calm and positively regal throughout,” the assertion from the Keswick Mountain Rescue group learn.

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