March 2014: The UK’s National Wildlife Crime Unit have issued a warning to bird breeders that thieves are targeting budgerigars, canaries and finches
The National Theft Register reports that during the last two years there has been an ever developing series of small bird thefts. In recent months the pattern continues with over 40 separate burglaries comprising of hundreds of birds valued at many thousands of pounds.
The perpetrators are mainly targeting areas in the Midlands and the South and research potential premises thoroughly and come equipped to transport the birds away.
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