Update on Staffy and Magpie Besties Who Were Separated in Australia Is Full of Hope
Some happy news for those of us invested in the saga of a Magpie named Molly, who was removed from his family's care after people online made complaints online. For fans of Molly and his Staffordshire Bull Terrier BFF Peggy, there is finally some hope.
Molly's owners Juliette Wells and Reece Mortensen of Brisbane, Australia were heartbroken when the bird was taken, but now there's something to look forward to.
Speaking with A Current Affair, the animal owners said they'd recently been told there's a chance they might get the Magpie back.
"To get that phone call I nearly fell of the chair," Juliette told the news network.
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"The Environment Department stands ready to train Molly's parents to be wildlife carers to get that that certification so Molly can be reunited with his family," Premier Stephen Miles said in the clip.
Juliette said she's been told that Molly is doing well while in the care of the Department of Science and Innovation.
"We would like to see a photo or some sort of video evidence of how he actually is because we know him quite well," she told A Current Affair.
Things quickly changed for Juliette and Reece after they started documenting Molly and their Staffordshire Bull Terrier online. The cute friendship gained many fans, but there was a small group who disagreed with Molly being in Juliette an Reece's care. They complained to the Department of Science and Innovation and Molly had to be surrendered to the Southern wildlife Operations Department of Environment.
After the heartbreaking decision was made, the couple took to Instagram to plead their case to their over 800,000 fans.
"We are asking why a wild Magpie can’t decide for himself where he wants to live and who he wants to spend his time with?" the wrote in the post from March 26.
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People on TikTok were pulling for the couple. "Look at the government trying to save face by trying to say if they get trained, exactly how do you plan to train an already free bird exactly?" wrote one person. "It's already ridiculous that they took the bird to begin with, and to add insult to injury, they're going to train them how to take care of a free bird," someone else chimed in. "This is taking far too long that bird would be stressed its ridiculous," a third person added.
Overall it seems like the public is hoping Molly will come home soon.
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