Traumatised parrot silenced

A parrot who never stopped chattering lost his voice after four days' freedom in the wilds of Cambridgeshire.

Harley, an African Grey, used to call his owners "Mum" and "Dad", could recite his telephone number and was never lost for words.



But after four days in the wild he appears to have lost his tongue and has returned traumatised, skinny and mute.

Owner Cedric Tunnell, 66, said: "Wild birds bully him and won't let him get to any food. And he isn't used to the cold. We hated Harley being out there without any friends."