‘The easiest catch I’ve ever had’: Fake parrot spotted in N.J. woods triggers real rescue effort

However what seemed to be somebody’s feathered buddy turned out to be a pretend.

It began when a involved citizen named Tim Lynch noticed what seemed to be a parrot in a wooded space on Wednesday.

He was alarmed considering somebody’s unique hen should have flown out a window.

He snapped a photograph and despatched it to his nephew, a sergeant, within the Princeton Police Division.

Involved, particularly due to the poor climate, the sergeant urgently dispatched Animal Management Officer Jim Ferry to rescue the parrot.

He met up with Lynch on the scene and the extraordinary rescue effort received underway.

“The 2 of us have been strolling again there not desirous to scare away it so it flies away, and as we get nearer I am considering ‘oh my gosh, this poor factor is lifeless,’” Lynch mentioned. “We’re about two ft away, he is about to throw the web over it, and he goes ‘it is pretend.’”

“We’ve a saying in Animal Management {that a} sick or injured animal could be very simple to catch, and this was in all probability the simplest catch I’ve ever had,” Ferry mentioned.

Princeton police posted a photograph of Officer Ferry cradling the ceramic hen after the rescue.

He introduced it again Princeton police division in a cage.

It is now perched contained in the police station till its proprietor is positioned.