- Species: Parakeet, Budgie (See species list for details)
- Location: Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
- Date Lost: December 23, 2011
- Phone Number: Humberside Police
- Original URL: http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/Budgie-burglars-target-owner-s-beloved-brood/story-14267820-detail/story.html
Budgie-burglars strike: 38 birds stolen in dead of night .Thursday, December 29, 2011 Hull Daily Mail
Follow. HE HAS spent three years lovingly building up his colourful collection.
Now, bird-lover Mark Allison is bereft after all 38 of his budgerigars were stolen in the dead of night.
Mark Allison’s budgerigars were taken in a raid on his aviary.
.Mark, 26, has been breeding the tiny birds since he was 23.
He hand-built an 8ft by 14ft aviary at his parent’s home in 8th Avenue, north Hull.
But all 38 of the birds, each worth between £10 and £20, went missing during a raid last week.
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Contact: “If anyone knows anything about the theft, they are urged to contact Humberside Police on 101, quoting log 504 of Wednesday, December 21.”