After many heart-warming stories this holiday season, of course there’s one that raises eyebrows… or maybe turns some stomachs. It comes from Southeast Michigan and involves almost 500 parakeets:
A Detroit-area animal shelter has been inundated with
parakeets. The Detroit News reports that The Detroit Animal Welfare Group in Romeo said in a Facebook post that someone dropped off 400 of the small, colorful birds Thursday night. The shelter said in the post that it “could not turn them away as they were all crammed in seven cages and smothering each other and needed immediate help.” Shelter officials said they reached out to bird rescue organizations for help. Temporary housing for the parakeets was found and food was donated for the birds. The birds have to quarantine for 30 days. The newspaper reports that adoptions were expected to begin Jan. 23.
From The Associated Press
