A spokesperson for the National Animal Protection Inspectorate, which has taken the birds into custody, would not say where in Purmerend they found the birds. It is known that it concerns one male owner. The Purmerender who kept the birds traded them illegally, says a spokesperson for the National Animal Protection Inspectorate.
Hygiene
The Purmerend owner treated the birds badly and had little or no eye for hygiene in and around the enclosure, which, according to a spokesperson for the inspection, was strewn with bird droppings and old food: here and there dying and dead birds. Some of the live flutters turned out to have worm and mite infections among them.” The birds’ twittering caused a lot of noise in the area, which probably led to the tip.
The 250 birds, which in addition to parakeets also included exotic bird species such as the red-fronted kakariki and pale-headed rosella, have been housed in a temporary shelter location.
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National Animal Protection Inspectorate
The owner has had to give up the birds and will pay for the costs of transport, shelter and any medical costs. An exact amount is not yet known, but the costs could amount to thousands of euros, according to the spokesperson for the Inspectorate. If the owner is caught illegally trading birds again in the future, he risks a fine of up to 1500 euros.
Inspection
The National Animal Protection Inspectorate, not to be confused with the Animal Protection Association, is an independent foundation that, on behalf of the national government, relies on reports of animal abuse or neglect that come in at the police hotline 144 that was set up for that purpose. That is where the tip came in about the birds in Purmerend. . The Inspectorate says it has based on reports of animal abuse or neglect in the Zaanstreek-Waterland region about forty to fifty times this year.