Animal rescuers say a cockatoo rescued from a tree last night had been kept alive for two weeks by his fellow feathered friends.

A rescue team was called east of Melbourne overnight to rescue the sulphur-crested cockatoo. The parrot had been caught in a gum tree after its leg became entangled in netting.

Animal rescuer, Nigel Williamson says he believes the cockatoo had been trapped in the tree for two weeks and was kept alive by other birds.

"It's been amazing how the other birds have come along and they've been obviously feeding it and keeping it going," he said. Although traumatised and skinny, the cocky is on the road to recovery.
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Awww, What an incrediblly nice story! Animals can show so much kindness, and in this case real a real act of concern and charity! Anyone who says animals don,t have emotions and only act on instinct are not paying attention! There have been so many stories lately about animals doing amazing and brave things that we humans could and should learn from! God Bless those little feathered hero,s!

OMG, thats beauty and survival all in one.

Make's ya feel proud for them hey!!!!!!!!!
I'm speechless.

Cockatoos are a pest to a lot of people but I like them. We use to have a wild one come and knock his beak against the back door for me to feed him.

Are we sure the other birds were feeding the cockatoo just to keep it alive? I'll bet if those same people would have come back a week later, they'd have found this:



...With a bunch of birds standing around with cutlery and little bity paper plates and napkins.

I love cockatoo's but this cracked me up.....