What do I do?

[snooky17]

Hey y'all,

Okay, so here is the deal. I am a student in Austin Texas who owns a blue headed pionus. Recently, I ran across a baby Timneh African Grey at Gallery of Pets (Austin) and after checking it out with Cooper (my bird) I put a down payment on it. With all of that said, on January 6, 2008 my boyfriend went to check on my baby and it wasn't there.
A lady in her mid 50s to 60s was playing with my bird and amidst the hustle and bustle of this pet shop, managed to walk out with it in her jacket. The lady who was in charge of the birds said that this lady had come in all the time, she had never purchased anything, and played with the birds. (Normally they don't allow people to touch sold birds, supposedly.)
Here is what I know: The bird was stolen in the early morning, and the pet shop didnt even contact me until my boyfriend told them that he wasnt calling that they would have to. A police report was filed, so I called the detective and the secretary was rather impolite and told me that they weren't going to do anything because of lack of evidence. Third: The video camera system was down, so there is no recorded pic of the woman, they did, however, discover that the camera in the part of the store where the timneh was..was disconnected.
Sorry for such a long post, but after calling every petshop/breeder/and avian vet in Austin, in addition to contacting KXAN news and persuading them to write a story about it (they finally interviewed me and put me on the news! It's titled "the trend of bird-napping") I have run out of options. I am really upset because my baby (who was two months old and being hand fed in the pet shop when it was stolen) is about five and a half months old now, which is about the time when he could have come home with me. What can I do? I am just mortified that no one can help me! Any thoughts?

Thanks for taking the time to read this!
-Courtney

[snooky17]

Oh goodness, I forgot to mention that the woman who stole my timneh, was a frequent visitor...as such she told one of the employees that she had two macaws (blue and gold) that she had hand-fed, raised....and loved. That at least gave me some hope that the bird is still alive, as the lady hopefully knows what she is doing when it comes to hand feeding.

[huntress]

Did the pet store give you your money back?

[snooky17]

Yes, they did give me my money back...including the money I had paid to have the bird sexed.