A teenager (monster in the making, if you ask me!) stabbed the poor little thing in its head, killing it in a fit of rage and, when police came, he claimed it was not a crime because 'it's just a bird' - see what I mean about needing annual licenses for bird keepers?! What could a little, sweet thing like a cockatiel have done to deserve to be stabbed?!
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/no ... d-18507223