Rescuers flock together to save 275 parrots stranded by Ian
A menagerie of parrots has been rescued from a Pine Island bird sanctuary after its owners refused to evacuate without them in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian
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A menagerie of parrots has been rescued from a Pine Island bird sanctuary after its owners refused to evacuate without them in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian
So a rescue mission — dubbed “Operation Noah’s Ark” — was launched to catch, cage and ferry the birds off the island, as a condition to persuade Peratino and Stepp to leave the island.
The birds’ owners refused to abandon them despite the devastation caused to Florida and elsewhere by Hurricane Ian.
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Project Dynamo has rescued more than 20 people, many of them elderly residents who became cut off when the Category 4 storm washed away a bridge connecting the Florida mainland with Sanibel Island.