Birds in the news Purloined parrot recovered; Alberta birdnapper, bird safely behind bars (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - An alleged birdnapper and a purloined parrot are now both safely behind bars after an incident in Lethbridge, Alta. 3/9/2010 8:00:00 PM

Birds in the news Pet Talk: Animal fighters looking for smaller game turn to finches (USA Today) Animal welfare experts fear that two recent raids of alleged bird-fighting rings foretell a growing trend. 3/9/2010 7:57:53 PM

Birds in the news Bear tracks in snow signal end of bird feeding (Brattleboro Reformer) Tuesday, March 9 2010 BRATTLEBORO - State Biologist Forrest Hammond received his first report of bear tracks in the snow last week, and with those reports expected to increase daily, Hammond is reminding people that it is time to take the bird feeders in. 3/9/2010 7:01:16 PM

Birds in the news Pa. suit: Bank wrongly repossessed home, took bird (The Charleston Gazette) PITTSBURGH -- A Pittsburgh-area woman is suing Bank of America, claiming it wrongfully repossessed her home and saying that a bank contractor trashed the house and took her parrot.Forty-six-year-old Angela Iannelli sued Bank of America in Allegheny County ... 3/9/2010 12:34:52 PM

Birds in the news Suit: Bank Wrongly Repossessed Home, Took Bird (KFWB News 980 Los Angeles) A woman claims her mortgage payments were on time when the contractor damaged furniture, took her pet parrot and padlocked the door to her house. 3/9/2010 10:59:38 AM

Birds in the news Who's a naughty boy then? Owner of Pirates of the Caribbean parrot jailed for driving with Chip on her shoulder (Daily Mail) Chip the parrot's real-life owner is behind bars - after police stopped her trying to drive her van into a Dover ferry terminal with the three-foot pet bird perched on her shoulder. 3/9/2010 10:33:31 AM

Birds in the news Pa. suit: Bank wrongly repossessed home, took bird (AP via Yahoo! News) A Pittsburgh-area woman is suing Bank of America, claiming it wrongfully repossessed her home and saying that a bank contractor trashed the house and took her parrot. 3/9/2010 10:30:04 AM

Birds in the news Pennsylvania woman says bank took her pet parrot (The Patriot-News) PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh-area woman is suing Bank of America, claiming one of its contractors trashed her house and took her parrot while wrongly repossessing her home. Angela Iannelli, 46, filed suit against Bank of America Monday in Allegheny County. 3/9/2010 10:27:23 AM

Birds in the news Owner of Pirates of Caribbean parrot jailed (Daily Telegraph) The owner of a celebrity parrot which starred in Pirates of the Caribbean has been jailed after being caught driving with her pet bird on her shoulder. 3/9/2010 7:05:03 AM

Birds in the news Central Garden & Pet Announces Completion of Early Settlement and Receipt of Required Consents to Its Tender Offer and ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) WALNUT CREEK, Calif.----Central Garden & Pet Company today announced that it has received tenders and consents from the holders of $135,182,000 in aggregate principal amount, or approximately 90.1 percent, of its outstanding $150,000,000 9-1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 as of the expiration of the consent payment deadline, which was March 5, 2010, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time . 3/8/2010 8:30:00 AM