Ontario woman ticketed for driving with a parrot on her shoulder, police say

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Officers say crowding the driver’s seat is not a charge they lay often.

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But they say that this is a reminder that driving with any unrestrained animals in a car can be a distraction that may lead to dangerous driving.

“We see these things happen with small dogs, sometimes cats, that are on people’s laps as they’re driving,” said Const. Laura Lee Brown, a spokeswoman for the OPP Perth County division.

“It’s not unheard of for us to be called about someone travelling with a pet on their lap… (but) this is one of the first instances of someone reporting a large breed bird flying around in a vehicle.”

The Canadian Press

Note to readers: CORRECTS para 1 to say the driver was in southeastern Ontario; REMOVES Perth, Ont. reference in para 2; CORRECTS OPP division in para 7