Polly Wanna Doctor
Pet-shop worker has psitty luck
January 11, 2007
1 Min Read
11:00 AM -- Forget bird flu. Here's a serious health alert from the U.K.'s Telegraph Website:
A former pet shop worker has been awarded £700,000 in damages after being left wheelchair-bound through a virus he caught from a parrot.
Glyn Atherton, 35, won a six-year battle for compensation after he contracted the rare condition psittacosis from an African grey called Jack.
Jack, we're told, is still "resting."
— Larry, Attack Monkey, Light Reading
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