he liked nothing better than to nibble on a shortbread biscuit with a cup of earl grey and a dash of honey you could often hear him singing martha and the vandellas hits or bopping along to some reggae and if trouble ever loomed for his owner cara cosson, he could always be relied on to bark like a dog scroll down for video  joejoe the african grey parrot, pictured left and right with owner cara cosson, 45, was snatched from his home in bedford during a burglary   but nothing else was taken  but something dastardly happened to joejoe the parrot the day someone broke into her house while she was out a heartless intruder kidnapped the 16 year old african grey – and left a threatening letter made from newspaper headline clippings inside his cage the note is understood to have warned: ‘if you want to see the bird again text [phone number] if you go to the police i will kill him’ quite what fate has befallen this remarkable performing bird is a mystery that has so far involved the police, a psychic, parrot society experts and an international appeal on the internet the thief even left a threatening note in joejoe's cage, made out of newspaper headline clippings, which read: ‘if you want to see the bird again text [phone number] if you go to the police i will kill him’ alas, there has been no word from him since not even on twitter the abductor struck two weeks ago while miss cosson, a 45 year old contracts officer, was out at work she returned to her home in bedford after her mother phoned her to say that there had been a break in but when she walked in, to her absolute despair she realised that joejoe was missing ‘he is not a pet, he is family,’ said miss cosson, who has no children ‘i am devastated people will think it’s just a bird but it’s not it feels to me that my child has been kidnapped i’m trying not to think the worst but i suspect the worst may already have happened’ nothing else was taken in the robbery and miss cosson, a divorcee who split up with her partner earlier this year, believes she knows who is responsible ‘the person who stole him has taken him because that is the only thing that would be able to hurt me,’ she said the kidnap style letter did not ask for money but said the bird would be killed if she called police but she did call them – and an immediate investigation was started by what ribald locals nicknamed the flying squad bedfordshire police did arrest and bail a 40 year old man on suspicion of burglary but are still searching for the bird miss cosson, who launched a facebook appeal and pledged she would ‘never give up’, even consulted a clairvoyant in a desperate attempt to be reunited with the parrot that has been her companion since it was 14 weeks old the psychic used tarot cards to conclude that joejoe was still alive, and would be returned soon but she reportedly warned: ‘he won’t be in a good way’ looking on the brighter side, it should not be too difficult to identify joejoe should a stranger happen to come across him play some motown music and he will instantly dance to the beat on his perch wave a shortbread biscuit at him (waitrose all butter selection are his favourites) and he’ll happily sing for his supper he loves to whistle the nina simone version of summertime and enjoys the whispers’ hit needle in a haystack ‘he’s a real character and everyone who met him loves him,’ miss cosson said ‘a lot of birds that are stolen actually die from shock, so i’m really worried i just want him back’ sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article
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16 year old african grey was taken while owner cara cosson was at work  thief left menacing note inside cage made of newspaper headline clippings  note told owner to text a number, adding: ‘if you go to police i will kill him’ bereft miss cosson, 45, has consulted a clairvoyant  to try and find parrot  police arrested man, 40, suspicion of burglary but are still looking for bird 