MyBoyHarper
Well-Known Member
Poor little keets!
From:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070328/ap_on_fe_st/
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SEATTLE - After receiving complaints from neighbors, Seattle AnimalShelter staffers found 110 parakeets Tuesday in a cage in the livingroom of a one-bedroom apartment.
"You could hear the noise from the street," animal control officer Neil Deruyter said.
The birds were being kept in unsanitary conditions and were surrenderedby their owner, an unidentified man in his 50s who had been collectingthem for about five years.
The owner told the officers he previously tried to give the small birdsto another shelter, but said he had been told only five would be keptand the rest would be euthanized.
The birds will be offered to qualified adopters, the Seattle AnimalShelter said. Those wanting to adopt must complete an application andarrive with a bird cage at least 20 inches by 12 inches by 18 inches toadopt one bird, or roughly twice that size to take two.
Deruyter said he could hear the chirps when he parked outside theapartment. Still, from the sounds, he figured there were about 50parakeets.
"I was stunned to see there were 110," he said. "There was a lot offeces and debris in the cage and a good layer of dust on everything."
No animal cruelty charges were expected to be filed against the ownerbecause of his cooperation, Seattle Animal Shelter executive DirectorDon Jordan said.
From:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070328/ap_on_fe_st/
odd_many_parakeets;_ylt=AvtPg..mjM_jM8svB471P9uek3QF
SEATTLE - After receiving complaints from neighbors, Seattle AnimalShelter staffers found 110 parakeets Tuesday in a cage in the livingroom of a one-bedroom apartment.
"You could hear the noise from the street," animal control officer Neil Deruyter said.
The birds were being kept in unsanitary conditions and were surrenderedby their owner, an unidentified man in his 50s who had been collectingthem for about five years.
The owner told the officers he previously tried to give the small birdsto another shelter, but said he had been told only five would be keptand the rest would be euthanized.
The birds will be offered to qualified adopters, the Seattle AnimalShelter said. Those wanting to adopt must complete an application andarrive with a bird cage at least 20 inches by 12 inches by 18 inches toadopt one bird, or roughly twice that size to take two.
Deruyter said he could hear the chirps when he parked outside theapartment. Still, from the sounds, he figured there were about 50parakeets.
"I was stunned to see there were 110," he said. "There was a lot offeces and debris in the cage and a good layer of dust on everything."
No animal cruelty charges were expected to be filed against the ownerbecause of his cooperation, Seattle Animal Shelter executive DirectorDon Jordan said.
