‘Bad’ parrot dismissed
NZPA-AP Fareham, England
A bright green parrot has been officially dismissed from the Royal Navy for bad behaviour to Scottish sailors and to any Sailor with fair hair. Ms Tricia Elliott, a naval spokeswoman, said it was not a joke.
“We have a lot of Scottish sailors, but we don’t know why the parrot took such a dislike to them. It seemed to recognise their accent, which drove it mad,** she said.
The parrot, named Spike before the Navy discovered it was a female, squawked at Scottish and fair-haired sailors and sometimes attacked them at H.M.S. Collingwood, a weapons engineering school at Fareham, southern England.
The bird was taken before Commander John
Davis, who formally dismissed it under Queen’s Regulations. “We are very sorry to have to say this, but we think it would be much better for you in civilian life,” Commander Davis told the parrot. “You are being discharged from the Service on the ground of unsuitability of temperament.” Ms Elliott said the parrot started its naval career six years ago at another shore base and had been given its own service number, OWHIP: P for Parrot, aind was awarded -a good conduct medal in 1984. Then its conduct worsened.
Spike . has been given to Chief Petty Officer Alan Glendinning, an Englishman, who was told to take it under his wing and out of the base and find it a new home in civilian life.
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Press, 30 January 1986, Page 14
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