A beloved Halifax mascot has finally made a friend and his health seems to be improving, according to the Ontario zoo where he is rehabilitating.

including the blue and gold macaws, and also scarlet macaws that are native to the Amazon. These birds mingle with the one native species of macaw, a small apple-green one known as the maracaná ...

Taryn Hipkiss, the general manager at Safari Niagara, said Merlin's feathers have regrown and he now shares a staff-only enclosure with Kiki, a female blue and gold macaw. "We feel that Merlin is ...