Desperate search for 'jealous' pet bird that ran away when owner proposed to girlfriend

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reports North Wales Live. READ MORE: Man cut in half by forklift hospitalised as he vows 'to fight' new fatal health scare The cheeky rook vanished after being spooked by a mobility scooter and, being hand-reared, his owners feared he'd struggle to survive in the wild.Typically, the bird was eventually found four days later feasting on figs in a garden a quarter of a mile from home.Thanking everyone for their help, Jessica quipped: “We keep saying he went off in a huff because he was jealous his dad proposed to me.

None of us have really slept and we’ve been out since the crack of dawn looking (for him).”Joe, 29, has been described as a real-life Kes character who found solace in birds after a troubled childhood on Anglesey.He began rescuing injured and abandoned crows, rooks and magpies, and this summer established Helping Hand Corvid Rescue to raise money for his rehabilitation work.Apart from Fagin, all rescued birds are eventually released back into the wild.

Fagin, who helps Joe “teach” young fledglings how and what to eat, rarely strays far from home but was frightened away by a late-night encounter.“A woman on a mobility scooter often calls to feed our cat even though it’s already been fed,” said Joe, a security guard.“We thought our car alarm was sounding, so I went outside to see what was happening, followed by Fagin.At that point, a car with a noisy exhaust sped past and when the woman waved her arms in alarm, Fagin took off.”Prestatyn’s residents shared his delight, especially those who had joined the search.

One woman wrote: “I, like a lot of people, no longer have to stop traffic to get out my car and stand staring up at a tree or telegraph pole shouting 'Fagin!'.