September 16

A Tribute To Preston The Parrot

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September 16, 2013

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” – Anatole France

It is with great sadness that we say farewell today to our dear office pet and friend, David’s beloved African Grey, Preston, who passed away over the weekend.

You might remember the feathered fella from our Meet The Team video. He even had a posting on our Meet The Team page alongside his owner.

Preston & David

Polly want a ball?

Preston will be remembered for his vivacious character (read: loud and messy). He was our Resident Evil, keeping us on our toes by swooping down on members of the team during work hours and onto other unsuspecting guests, like the milk man. It was just his way of welcoming you to our offices, his way of cheering us up during sense of humour failures.

If that didn’t work, he’d dance for us. It was in his genes. He would shake his sexy red tail feathers to the hiphop tunes on the radio and do the funky-chicken if we egged him on by dancing in front of him.

His cage was always open – it was his way of saying “mi casa es su casa”.

 Watch Preston’s Film Debut:

Preston spent all of his time with David when not in the office and no one but David was allowed to touch him.

That’s loyalty.

Preston and the CEO

Lala Kakuhle, Preston



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Tamlin Wightman

Tamlin has been exploring, writing about and photographing Africa ever since her first job as a photojournalist for Getaway Magazine. She's lived on an island, eaten with lions, sailed catamarans in the Indian Ocean, tracked wild dogs with Kinglsey Holgate, and white water rafted down the Zambezi and has kept just about every airplane ticket that has crossed her hands.

  • Once when David was away for a time, Preston hitched a lift to the office every day & his cage sat next to my desk. So we spent days repeating & teaching him to say: “You’re fired!” Imagine David’s surprise when he arrived home & Preston proudly repeated his new words. Enjoy the big perch in the sky buddy, we’ll miss you.

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