Owner Falls to Death as He Chases Cockatoo
<i> Associated Press</i>
HERMISTON, Ore. —
A man chasing his pet cockatoo plunged over a 40-foot cliff to his death.
Anthony W. Piper, 31, of Hermiston, had spent much of Thursday chasing his escaped pet, and was trying to reach the bird with a net when he apparently lost his footing and fell, striking his head on a rock, Umatilla County sheriff’s Deputy Tom Waterland said.
The bird was not recovered.
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