Parrot's warning saved baby from choking
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DENVER - A parrot whose cries of alarm alerted his owner when a little girl in Denver, Col., choked on her breakfast has been honoured as a hero.
Willie, a Quaker parrot, has been given the local Red Cross chapter's Animal Lifesaver Award. In November, Willie's owner, Megan Howard, was babysitting a toddler.
Howard left the room and the little girl, Hannah, started to choke on her breakfast.
Willie repeatedly yelled "Mama, baby" and flapped his wings, and Howard returned in time to find the girl already turning blue.
Howard saved Hannah by performing the Heimlich manoeuvre but says Willie "is the real hero."
I always love these animal rescue stories. This was really just a case of unbelieveable luck and timing. Howard taught the parrot a phrase and it repeated it. Parrots are like the schizophrenics of the animal community. They'll blurt out a clear thought once every year. For the last time your cat didn't sense that there was a gas leak in the house and warned you...it just wanted to go outside.
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