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SECURITY MARKING – POST CODING VIA UV PENS – ANOTHER PSUK INITIATIVE


John Hayward, National Theft Register, Tel: 01869 325699 Email: jh@ntr.supanet.com


et again we have no parrot thefts to report since the beginning of the year and in fact the last known incident happened in December 2015 when a Macaw was stolen in Derbyshire. This is the quietist period we can remember especially during the darker months of the year. We can only hope that with our never ending advice for care and vigilance combined with beefed-up security, that the thieves are being deterred and are targeting other property to turn into ready cash. We do know however that the main problem concerning bird theft in general has been the on-going series of burglaries where smaller species such as Canaries have been taken. The most recent which fits into this on-going pattern is a recent break-in at aviaries in Ilkeston, Derbyshire when a whole collection of top exhibition birds were stolen. In any event with this downturn in parrot thefts, we know


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the thieves are still out there so we must remain on our guard. In the meantime, it is worth considering our general security, especially in ensuring that all of our bird-keeping equipment is positively identifiable. We regularly recommend that all animals, parrots in particular should be ringed or chipped but it goes further than that. On many occasions when the thieves break in, they transport the birds away in cages or other containers found at the scene and it is these items which need to be identifiable to assist in criminal investigations.


This situation was experienced some few years ago when a Police Officer called us to report that they had just executed a search warrant at the home of a suspected receiver of stolen property in East Anglia where they found various items of equipment, computers, motor cycles and an Amazon parrot in a cage. The bird still had its PSUK closed ring and we were


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