My breath is fine, thanks

In relation to her letter to the editor (Help Liberate Charlie, Mail, 19 January 2015), Helen ‘Jessica’ Collins is not the only person who can speak and understand Cockatoo.
Helen’s extreme Bambi brigade views are as entertaining as they are wrong, in my humble opinion.
I speak to Charlie on a regular basis and he has never complained about my bad breath.
He has more class than that.
The other day one of his wild cousins visited him to say how much he is admired in the cockatoo world.
The wild cockies are in awe of his safe and secure lifestyle, away from the perils and shear hard work of survival in the wild.
Stanley R Burgess,
Healesville.