A London blitz: pets become pests
By Eisabeth Rosenthal | New York Times | Updated: 2011-05-22 08:30
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Parakeets native to Africa are thriving in England's cities. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images |
STANWELL, England - Native to the Indian subcontinent and sub-Saharan Africa, the rose-ringed parakeet is enjoying a population explosion in many London suburbs, turning a once-exotic pet into a notorious pest that awakens children, monopolizes garden bird feeders and might threaten British crops.
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