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Kathy Hershey: Parker, the Playground’s Vulture

10,000 Birds

After school and on weekends he’d attend soccer games and hang around playgrounds, preferring to spectate from the playground equipment. One Monday we got a call from one of the officers: “Hey, we’ve got to up our game! Local animal control, the police, and our rehabilitation center were all called, but he proved uncatchable.