Heroic parrot survives being kidnapped, shot, and bitten by a snake

A battle-hardened parrot has somehow survived being kidnapped from a zoo, wounded in a police shoot-out, and bitten by a snake.

He is still alive, though he is blinded in one eye, and no doubt has a lot of stories to tell.

The bird has already been through more than most of us do in a lifetime – and was named Freddy Krueger, due to his face being mutilated by the gunshot wound.

Somebody get this parrot an agent.

His most recent ordeal was in the southern Brazilian city of Cascavel on April 16, when he was stolen from a zoo.

Local newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo reported that several days later Freddy mysteriously appeared again close to his enclosure, with only a few blood spots to give a clue about what happened.

Vet Ilha Dettoni told the paper it could have been his ‘pecks at the bad guys’.

He is being kept away from the other birds as a precaution in case he turns violent.

The publication said Freddy had been bitten by a snake just a week before the robbery, and was ;still in the recovery phase’.

He had to be taken to the vet after bleeding ‘profusely’ from a leg injury that appeared to be caused from a non-venomous snake bite.

The paper said that, encouragingly, Freddy seems to be doing okay despite his nightmarish life so far.

Despite being unable to peel seeds due to losing part of his beak, he can still eat fruit and feed normally.

‘He’s a bit of a wild one,’ the zoo’s vet said.

Sadly, though, a second parrot which was stolen alongside Freddy has not yet been found.