Crime & Safety

Cockatoo Bites Woman's Ear on La Grange Road

A man approached the woman and put the bird on her shoulder before it bit her, police said.

A cockatoo bit a woman’s ear after a man placed the bird on her shoulder Monday evening on South La Grange Road near Cossitt Avenue, La Grange police said.

The woman had just gotten out of her car when the man approached her and transferred the bird from his own shoulder to hers, police said.

Paramedics were called because the cockatoo drew blood, but the woman declined to be treated, police said.

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The man took off and had yet to be located as of Tuesday afternoon, police said.


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