About Menagerie
A menagerie is a collection of captive animals, frequently exotic, kept for display; or the place where such a collection is kept, a precursor to the modern zoological garden. The term was first used in 17th-century France in reference to the management of household or domestic stock.
Sir Lindsay Hoyle: Speaker's wild menagerie including Boris the parrot
The new Commons Speaker shows off his wild Menagerie - complete with Boris The Parrot and Maggie the Tortoise .
, 62, of Chorley, Lancashire showed off his six pets with their unusual names inspired by politicians.
His Tortoise is called Maggie as "she's got a hard shell and isn't for turning", said Sir Lindsay.
He also has Betty named After Baroness Boothroyd, The First woman speaker; a cat called Dennis - inspired by Labour veteran MP Dennis Skinner ; Gordon The Rottweiler - After former Labour PM Gordon Brown .
Sir Lindsay has revealed that Boris The Parrot can already squawk: "Order, order".
Source of news: bbc.com
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