She calls her African Grey Parrot her savior and says he got her through some really tough times. Maria and Richard loved traveling to Puerto Rico, but this was her first solo trip back to the island.

A New York woman got stuck in Puerto Rico thanks to her pet parrot, Plucky. Fortunately — after nearly a week — she and the African grey have returned home. People reports that 76-year-old ...

PUERTO RICO -- An 81-year-old woman went through a travel nightmare after she went to visit her family in Puerto Rico. Maria Fraterrigo took her pet parrot in a cage to Puerto Rico with her.

A New York woman says she is stuck in Puerto Rico after an airline refused to let her board with her emotional support parrot. Maria Fraterrigo, whose age has been reported as both 76 and 81, took ...

But now, the 81-year-old grandmother from the Bronx and the parrot are stranded in Puerto Rico because of what an airline did, but they refuse to fix it. "I got no more tears my mind is blank ...