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Cisse sick as a parrot as exotic bird.is nicked
Liverpool footballer Djibril Cisse is likely to be sick as a parrot
after thieves stole his exotic bird.
The French striker was due to take delivery of a £600 African Grey
parrot from a pet shop in Tarvin, Cheshire, this week.
But thieves struck at the shop on Monday night and stole the
one-year-old bird, along with another African Grey.
They entered the building by smashing a 3ft square hole in a solid
stone wall 18ins thick.
Manager Anne Craven said: 'One of the birds was a shop pet, called
Golly Grey. The other was due to be delivered to a well-known
Liverpool player.
'Unfortunately, he will have to wait until later this year until we
can get him another.
'The one that was due to leave us was a lovely little bird. She
would climb over everybody and smother them in kisses.
'She came in to us in quite a distressed state but she had really
grown in confidence.
'We never sell animals to people who can't look after them, so it
is horrible to think of both of them being sold to any Tom, Dick or
Harry.'
