For Immediate Release:
05 July 2024
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Meet Ashar; AsharM@petaindia.org
Hiraj Laljani; HirajL@petaindia.org
Namakkal – Following a concerned citizen’s report about two Alexandrine parakeets being kept at a residence, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India collaborated with Namakkal forest officials to rescue the birds. Upon visiting the location, the team found the two parakeets, who were immediately seized. The accused has been apprehended, and a Wild Life Offence Report has been registered against them. The offence has been compounded, and a fine of Rs 5000 has been imposed on the individual.
Following their rescue, the birds were sent for a health check, treatment, and temporary rehabilitation. They have now been released into a safe environment away from human establishments. Alexandrine parakeets are protected under Schedule II of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. Buying, selling, or possessing this species is an offence punishable by a fine of up to Rs 1 lakh or a jail term of up to three years – or both.
“PETA India is grateful to the Namakkal division of the Tamil Nadu Forest Department, particularly District Forest Officer Thiru S Kalanithi, IFS, for promptly rescuing the parakeets and taking punitive action against the illegal custodian,” says PETA India Cruelty Response Coordinator Sunayana Basu. “Caged birds have nothing to sing about. Birds belong in the sky – never in cages – and we urge anyone who is keeping a bird in such conditions to turn them over to their local forest department or an animal protection group for rehabilitation.”
In the illegal bird trade, countless birds are taken from their families and denied everything that’s natural and important to them so that they can be sold as pets or used as bogus fortune-tellers. Fledglings are often snatched from their nests, and others panic as they’re caught in traps or nets that can seriously injure or kill them as they struggle to break free. Captured birds are packed into small boxes, and an estimated 60% of them die in transit from broken wings and legs, thirst, or sheer panic. Those who survive face a bleak life in captivity, suffering from malnutrition, loneliness, depression, and stress.
PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.
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