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Coverage dated December 25, 2021 to December 26, 2021

Hundreds of parakeets dropped off at Michigan animal shelter

Headline from Thv11, from the development of Dec 26, 2021

Newest development Dec 27, 2021 · 2 reportsAnimal hoarder's son overwhelms shelter with 836 parakeets delivered on Christmas weekend

The son of an animal hoarder called the shelter to say he was surrendering 60 to 80 parakeets from his father’s house. But he showed up with about 497 birds.

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  1. Names this update

    Hundreds of parakeets dropped off at Michigan animal shelter

    Headline from Thv11 ·

  2. Newest

    Animal hoarder's son overwhelms shelter with 836 parakeets delivered on Christmas weekend

    Headline from Newsweek ·

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25 articles, oldest first.

  1. Thv11

    Hundreds of parakeets dropped off at Michigan animal shelter (opens Thv11)

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    Thv11's feed description

    The son of an animal hoarder called the shelter to say he was surrendering 60 to 80 parakeets from his father’s house. But he showed up with about 497 birds.

  2. The Guardian

    Michigan animal shelter inundated with parakeets in breeding plan gone wrong (opens The Guardian)

    Published

    The Guardian's feed description

    Man wanted to breed birds but ‘it got out of control’, official says, adding: ‘You just have more babies, babies and more babies’

  3. Newsweek

    Animal hoarder's son overwhelms shelter with 836 parakeets delivered on Christmas weekend (opens Newsweek)

    Published

    Newsweek's feed description

    "They were kind of on top of each other and smothering each other. They were very very stressed. They were barely moving," the animal shelter's director said.

  4. The Hill

    Explosion of parakeets overwhelms Michigan animal shelter (opens The Hill)

    Published

    The Hill's feed description

    A man delivered more than 800 parakeets to a Michigan animal shelter after a breeding plan spiraled “out of control.”

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.