In broad daylight, three cute parrots become a cash cow for buying and selling at will!
A fruit stall at Fu Choi Street, Yuen Long, was accused of illegally selling parrots. A bird cage was placed opposite the shop. There were two parrots on the cage and one in the cage. A styrofoam board was placed on the top of the cage. ) A sentence of 1400$".
On the opposite side of the fruit stall is a bird cage with three cockatiels and a styrofoam to indicate the price.
Some netizens suspected that someone was buying and selling animals illegally. Last night (23), they uploaded the photo to the Facebook group "Hong Kong Emergency Reporting Area", and it became a hot topic. Some people questioned the origin of the parrots, and it is not ruled out that someone caught missing birds. , Or the adopted birds, "I think they ordered the lost birds to sell", "It's like Chengri appeared in the Facebook Bird Valley and asked someone to adopt and live with the passerby and sell it!"
Some netizens were dissatisfied, saying that they had reported it through the government's "1823" mobile phone program.
According to photos uploaded by netizens, one of the photos captured a South Asian man who was accused of being the stall owner.
The reporter of "01" went to Fucai Street this afternoon to find out that the fruit stall continued to operate, but the male stall owner was not seen, nor any parrots for sale. Two women in the fruit stall started work. Both of them said they didn’t know.
Parrot expert Ms. Wang said that after reading online pictures, the parrots were of "cocktail" species, called "Xuanfeng" or "Sunbird" in Taiwan, and the price was below 1,000 Hong Kong dollars. She suspected that some parrots had their feathers cut, so Put it on the bird cage, but place it along the street. If you encounter wild cats, it will be a threat to the parrot.
She said that due to immigration or other reasons, there are many posts about abandoning parrots on the Internet, hoping to find someone to adopt, and it is not ruled out that some people adopt parrots to resell them for profit.
According to the "Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Animal Vendors) Regulations" Chapter 139B of the Laws of Hong Kong: Anyone who trades in animals must obtain an animal vendor license issued by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. Can be fined 100,000 yuan.
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