RA> A sad story at best. Unfortunately if they rely on most people to
 RA> return their  birds
 RA> based on their honesty, they may have a long wait. As far as bands
 RA> they  probably won't be on very long. One only hopes that they don
 RA> break up the  breeding pairs.
RH>I, too, have seen this on a couple of different Net Lists about those
RH>stolen birds.  You are right, this is so very sad.
RH>I have almost been in the same situation before, where someone came to
RH>look at my stock, only to find out later that he had been in jail for
RH>theft of birds before.  Thank-God that my fellow bird friends knew this
RH>guy and warned me about him, for I guess he had been casing out a few
RH>others in our town also.  Just goes to show you, that you cannot trust
RH>anyone like you would like in this hobby.  Now, this guy has an add in
RH>the paper all the time saying that he wants birds.  We have all stayed
RH>clear of him, but it sure does put a damper on advertising yourself.
RH>I couldn't agree with you more on the long wait and the bands being
RH>taken off.  Those poor birds and the stress that they must be under, no
RH>too mention the owners!  My heart and prayers go out to them all.
RH>... how young can you be and still die of old age???
RH>___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12
RH>--- GEcho 1.00
Well, I went to my pet store and told him about the theft and he said
he had been faxxed a list of band numbers. At least the word is spreading
about the breeding pairs.
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