Not surprised!
Parrots are expensive, I used to raise them and theft was such a threat that I had trained police dogs patrolling the property. Not guard dogs, real police dogs (Schutzhund training plus).
When I was travelling back in the hippie days, I was approached by some people who offered to fly me to Australia and back, including a nice vacation there, if I brought back parrot eggs in my bra.
Smuggling parrots has always been a big thing. Thank god it is practically eradicated and most pet parrots these days are sweet and hand raised locally.
Imported parrots hate people and carry diseases.
Birds like the one in that story, a Greenwing Macaw that is handraised, are really cuddly and sweet and have the intelligence of a 3 year old human.
Now you know everything you never wanted to know about parrots…
