Update - Alex - Cause of death
The Alex Foundation has just announced that “according to the vet who conducted the necropsy, there was no obvious cause of death.”
Alex had a complete physical just two weeks ago and was found to be in good health.
The Alex Foundation will continue its work using other African Grey parrots in its program.
Dead, Not Forgotten’s obituary of Alex follows this post or can be found here.
Read the entire press release
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September 10th, 2007 at 9:44 am
Update - Alex - Cause of death
September 16th, 2007 at 9:34 am
Several people in my Bird Club emailed me as soon as Alex’s death became public. Crazy though it sounds, I was so devestated I cried for hours. It was my understanding that Alex had retired and was happily living at home with Dr. Irene Pepperberg, his favorite person. The story went on to say he’d even stopped plucking. That was hard to believe. But it’s much harder to accept his death. Poor Alex. Why is it the death of this parrot seems singularly tragic?