Who took Dundee? The VERY Darwin cockatoo who enjoys a beer goes missing in mysterious circumstances - and his owner is devastated
- Trevor 'Pud' Bilston said his cockatoo Dundee flew off at a Darwin fishing shack
- Dundee is known to frequently drink out of beer cans and 'enjoy' a cigarette
- His owned said Dundee has helped him live with the effects of a severe stroke
- It is believed a man with dreadlocks picked up Dundee and drove him to Darwin
A beer-drinking and smoking cockatoo named Dundee has gone missing in mysterious circumstances - and his devastated owner is pleading for his safe return.
Dundee is the best mate of Trevor 'Pud' Bilston, 71, who has raised the cocky since he was a chick at his home at Dundee Beach, east of Darwin. He's a companion animal who's helped nurse Pud through some 'tough times' after he suffered a severe stroke.
But the last time Pud saw Dundee was after he downed a beer at a fishing shack in Bynoe Harbour, a beach-side area south-east of Darwin, - before flying off.
A beer-drinking and smoking cockatoo named Dundee has gone missing in Darwin after he flew off when he was staying at a fishing shack with his owner Trevor 'Pud' Bilston
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'Pud was trying to get some water for the bird and and he just took off,' Pud's carer, Terry Smith, said.
'He's is pretty devastated because it's his best mate and he's just gone.'
Pud believes the eight-year-old bird was 'searching for a girlfriend' when he became lost in unfamiliar terrain and couldn't find his way back.
Dundee was spotted a while later by locals who saw him attempting to drink another beer - but he flew off again.
Pub's carer Terry Smith (pictured) said the cockatoo had helped his owner through some 'tough times' after he had a severe stroke
Pud believes his beloved cocky was then picked up by a ute-driving mysterious man with dreadlocks, who took Dundee back to Darwin.
'Dundee is well-known in the area - some of the locals get a little but upset with him because he comes in and chews up all the cigarettes that are left on the table at the pub,' Mr Smith said.
Pud said Dundee is 'very special to him' and he just wants him to be returned.
'I first found him when I was doing some landscaping in the garden,' he said.
'I was using the bulldozer and I pushed down a tree down he was in and he came out squawking with no feathers so I just took him in, and he's been my friend ever since then.'
Pud urged anyone who has seen his bird to contact his friend, who has put up a plea for information on the Darwin Lost and Found Facebook page.
Pud believes Dundee was taken by a man with dreadlocks who drove his bird to Darwin. Pictured is Dundee with Pud's daughter seven-year-old daughter Marie
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