The National Theft Register reports that during the last two years there has been an ever developing series of small bird thefts where thieves are targeting the breeders of quality exhibition Budgerigars, Canaries and Finches. 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. They are getting clean away as there is generally a lack of security or they are by-passing any alarms they come across. They are researching the premises and come equipped to transport the birds away. They are most selective and know the best stock to steal. The most recent thefts have been in Milton Keynes, Southampton, Woking, Margate and Tunbridge Wells.
