Lost: Grey Bird Male In South East (LU4)

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2017-10-06 00:43 AJ

Hi, There is a grey African parrot being sold in Milton Keynes for £500 on Pets4Homes I am not sure whether it is Alfie but best to have a look

2017-02-16 19:59 Hollieberry

I hope you get news of Alfie I know only too well how we bond with our feathered members of the family .

2017-02-16 19:50 AS

Hello All

Yes Alfie has been registered with John Hayward. I will email admin now.

Thanks

2017-02-16 18:45 rosemary

thankyou Alison for changing the Breed, and Hollieberry also Jenkins for responding and I have messaged Adam re Alfie and the reward that needs to be added to come and read the messages and sort everything out and hopefully e mail admin@doglost.co.uk quoting the doglost id x I hope there is some news soon , there will be a thunderclap set up on Thunderclap support for animals any day now to help so maybe that will bring some sightings or help?

Last edited: 2017-02-16 18:46:27 by rosemary

2017-02-15 22:47 AlisonH

Breed changed to Parrot

2017-02-15 18:44 Hollieberry

Rosemary you may have to ring Admin as they do not have time to read all the posts.Also has Alfie been put on John Haywards Lost ,stolen & found register .

2017-02-15 18:44 DogLostSandra Watt

Rosemary & AS - please can you send your request to admin@doglost.co.uk - unfortunately they are not able to read all the comments here due to very heavy workload. I am sure they will help.

2017-02-15 18:29 rosemary

ADMIN I have been looking for ALFIE on doglost and had to pm the owner if it was on here, as i am sharing for Alfie and realized that it does not come up when i put in Parrot and wonder if this could be changed so it is with all the other parrots please , Adam has asked me to ask to get it changed I do not know how to so wonder if this could be done please, thank you

Last edited: 2017-02-15 18:30:17 by rosemary

2017-02-15 18:26 AS

Can Admin help me please.

I have been made aware that my lost parrot post isn't under Parrots?

Please can this be changed and can it be highlighted that I am offering £1000.00 Cash.

Many Thanks

Adam

2017-01-31 12:23 Georgy Porgy

Would be good if reward money was made more prominent. As a newbie I don't know how this is done. Could admin help please? Then perhaps more shares again. Adam can you contact ADMIN & see if can do. Thanks

2017-01-29 21:04 AS

Thanks. I have upped the reward money to £1000.00 cash no questions asked.

Adam

2017-01-29 12:08 Georgy Porgy

It's RSPB bird watch survey this weekend if he's still out there maybe he'll be spotted. Keep looking

2017-01-22 23:38 AS

Dear All

No news on Alfie. I am not giving up and hope I get him back.

Please keep sharing. Thank you.

Adam

2017-01-09 23:33 Baydogs

So all can read it -
Hope you hear something soon Adam.

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Bedfordshire on Sunday - 7/7/17
By Stephen Penn

‘Distraught’ family offering £500 reward for return of lost parrot Alfie

A MAN is offering £500, no questions asked, for the safe return of his beloved parrot Alfie after he 'flew off' on Christmas Eve.

Adam Saye, 30, from Capron Road in Leagrave, said the festive period was ruined this year after the African Grey Parrot got frightened and escaped.

Adam, who lives with his mother, told BoS: "We heard a bang that startled Alfie on Christmas Eve and he flew off and somehow got out of the house.

"I don't believe in caging animals so Alfie has always roamed the house free, but he has never disappeared like this.

"We haven't been able to celebrate Christmas this year, we are so distraught that he has gone."

Alfie has lived with the pair for more than a decade, growing up in the Leagrave home from a tiny baby.

Adam added: "I have had him since he was only a couple of weeks old and he is not just a pet, he is member of the family.

"He is so intelligent, so bubbly and always such a chatterbox.

"He can speak in full sentences and you can have a real and complete conversation with him. He is not your everyday bird.

"We miss him dearly and are desperate to get him home."

Adam has distributed almost 1,000 leaflets and posters calling for Alfie's return.

But he fears someone may have taken him.

He said: "These kinds of birds are not really built for flying.

"Their muscles can't really get them that far so he must have landed locally.

"I feel someone may have picked him up and taken him and I am just appealing to anyone who knows anything to let us know and anyone who may have him to return him to us.

"We are offering £500 cash, no questions asked, just so long as we can get him home.

"I don't care about the money, I care about Alfie."

If you have seen Alfie call Adam on 07958 388715.

Adam added: "2017 has been such a hard year already so I hope someone can help us get Alfie back and turn our lives back around."
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2017-01-09 18:40 AS

Dear All

No news of Alfie.

Had a phone call telling me he was scared off from a garden in Beechwood Road Luton LU4....not sure how true this is.

Some people telling me they have seen him in the woods behind high rise flats in Marsh Farm. Again I don't know how true this is.

There was an article on Alfie on page 6 in the paper Bedfordshire on Sunday. I have contacted many schools to also put out something in their newsletter.

I think someone has him. I just hope he is returned to me safely.

2017-01-09 15:32 Baydogs

Any news Adam? Has Alfie been seen anywhere?

Certainly a substantial reward available for him.

2017-01-04 21:32 AS

He was in last weeks local newspaper.

I will put another article in next week with the local paper highlighting the £500 cash reward.

Thank you.

2017-01-04 21:29 Baydogs

So sorry that Alfie is still missing Adam.
We done for getting a radio interview. Perhaps your local paper would do an article as well?

I have never owned a parrot but it was suggested somewhere else that if they go missing to boil up some corn in the cob and leave it in the garden as they can smell it.
Would that be good advice nicolapicola?

2017-01-04 20:52 AS

Dear All

Please Click this video of Alfie.

I am putting the reward money up to £500.00 I am sure someone has him:

https://www.facebook.com/BBC3CR/videos/1616888294995209/

2017-01-04 20:42 AS

Dear All

Thank you for your help. My Alfie has still not been found.

I was on air at BBC Three Counties Radio at 5.30pm making an appeal on air.

I have contacted all my local schools to put a poster in their newsletter this week.

I am keeping my fingers crossed.

Please share everywhere.

Adam

2017-01-04 18:14 Hollieberry

Any news please ?

2017-01-04 17:08 jenny

how do i share it on twitter and Fb

2017-01-03 22:23 JANI

sharing(herts;beds;)

2017-01-03 13:26 nicolapicola

I am so sorry to hear this - I am a parrot-owner too. If you haven't already, get out there and poster EVERYWHERE - go in all the shops/pubs/schools etc and ask everyone to look out/listen out for Alfie. Early morning (sunrise)is a good time to hear him or hear birds making a fuss about him. Go out on your bike/by foot, whatever and walk the streets telling everyone and listening and looking out for him. I do wish you the best of luck and hope he is spotted and rescued soon.

2017-01-02 22:11 AS

Dear All

I do not have access to Twitter so would appreciate if you all can share on Twitter and anywhere else you can think of.

Thank you all for your kind help.

Adam

2017-01-02 22:01 DogLostMillypod (Chris) - Administrative Volunteer

Sharing Twitter.

2017-01-02 21:53 AS

Dear All

I am thinking someone has already found him and they are keeping him! John Hayward who is a Parrot expert told me African Greys are not really flyers and he must be within 2-3 miles of my house.

I have contacted all Vets in the area, the RSPCA and the Wildlife Rescue in Houghton Regis.

2017-01-02 21:43 AS

Dear Jayne

Could you please add that my Alfie is 10 years old.

Also please can you change the pics around where the Extra Image is the main image and the main image is the extra image.

Thank you so much.

2017-01-02 21:40 AS

Dear Sharon

Thank you so much.

Adam

2017-01-02 21:39 AS

Dear Hollieberry

I have already reported him to John Hayward and have also spoken to him.

Thanks

Adam

2017-01-02 21:38 DogLostSharon - Social Media Volunteer

I have shared with DL FB Page, Twitter & Public. I hope this Parrot is safely back at home soon. X

2017-01-02 21:08 Hollieberry

lost ,found & stolen parrots register owner needs to contact John Hayward to list on their site .Number is 01869 325699

2017-01-02 19:25 DogLostJayne - Founder Doglost.

Alerts sent to helpers in LU1,2,3,4,5,6.

2017-01-02 19:22 Admin

Sorry to see that ALFIE is missing.

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