From imposing stricter rules on dog owners to a bird-napper coming clean, here are the top five stories Global News covered in Montreal this week.

Paco the parakeet has been found, and now the alleged bird-napper is speaking out to defend himself.

A bird zoo in Saint-Placide is demanding the thief of a prized parakeet return the bird, after security camera footage appears to catch him in the act of taking it from its cage. This marks the second time the bird's been stolen.