Endangered Parrots Found After Being Stolen From Luxury Hotel in Florida
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Two endangered parrots stolen from the grounds of a luxury hotel in South Florida have been recovered.
Palm Beach police say a man left the two green-cheeked Amazon parrot chicks in a pet store Monday after the store's owner refused to buy them. They are still searching for the suspect.
The birds are being rehabilitated at the Rare Species Conservatory Foundation.
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The chicks were part of a flock of more than 100 wild birds at The Breakers resort in Palm Beach. Biologists monitor the birds with cameras aimed at their nests in hollowed-out trees. That's how authorities learned the two chicks were missing.
Police say the suspect faces trespassing charges and violated an ordinance declaring the island town a bird sanctuary.