Five more parrots have been found dead in a disturbing trend that has left several of the brightly-colored birds dead or wounded in the Los Angeles area.
Cleo Watts, founder of the nonprofit animal rehabilitation center Cleo’s Critter Care in Pasadena, first talked to KTLA over the weekend about recent incidents involving the birds.
“I’ve been getting a lot of phone calls for birds being shot down,” Watts told KTLA’s Jennifer McGraw. “It’s very upsetting to know that somebody would do this to these animals.”
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Parrots in and around the Pasadena area are being injured and even killed by unknown suspects. (Cleo’s Critter Care) -
Parrots in and around the San Gabriel Valley are being injured and even killed by unknown suspects. (Cleo’s Critter Care) -
A pellet connected to parrot shootings in the San Gabriel Valley is seen in an image shared on Nov. 18, 2024. (Cleo’s Critter Care) -
Parrots in and around the Pasadena area are being injured and even killed by unknown suspects. (Cleo’s Critter Care)
On Monday, Watts told KTLA that five more dead parrots were found in Temple City, plus another that was badly injured…