A pair of cockatoos smuggled into the UK from Australia as
eggs have had their first chick at an animal park in Cornwall.
The red-tailed black cockatoo chick is being hand-reared by
staff at Paradise Park, near Hayle, after being hatched in an incubator.
Its egg was taken away to be hatched because its parents had
broken other eggs, the park said.
Staff said their latest addition was "very
endearing".
The adult birds had so far not managed to raise any chicks
because of previous egg-breaking, the park said.
Smuggling vest
Curator David Woolcock decided to prevent this by taking an
egg before it was broken and hatching it in an incubator.
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