Following a warning report and investigative work regarding the presence of wildlife in captivity, 29 birds were rescued in Río Tercero, Córdoba. The specimens were held captive in private homes.
Personnel from Environmental Police and the Provincial Police carried out several simultaneous operations. The agents entered six residences: in five of them, they found 29 animals in cages.
Wildlife in captivity: the operation in Río Tercero
“We are conducting one or two procedures of this nature per week in different places. Unfortunately, they almost always result in a positive finding of illegal possession of wildlife,” stated Adrián Rinaudo from the Environmental Police.
Rescued birds in Río Tercero.
The environmental regulations (national and provincial) that protect wildlife state that the possession, commercialization, and transportation of wildlife are completely prohibited. Therefore, after detecting the birds in the residences, the agents issued the corresponding citations for violating the rules.
All specimens were transferred to the Tatú Carreta reserve in the town of Casa Grande. There, they will undergo the required quarantine and their potential reintroduction into nature will be evaluated.
“Not only is it illegal to have wildlife as pets, but it is also dangerous because they can transmit diseases,” stated the official. “But what concerns us even more is that we frequently find specimens of species whose populations are threatened or endangered in Córdoba”.
The rescued birds in Río Tercero
Many of the birds are endangered species.
At the first residence, inspectors recovered a collared finchbill and a red-crested cardinal. In the second house, the number of specimens increased: they had 13 wild birds in captivity.
Another team inspected one of the remaining homes, where they found 11 birds. Among the specimens were a king of the forest, a species with compromised conservation, as well as the talking parrot rescued from another house.
They also found specimens of a yellow cardinal, reed bunting, goldfinch, black-chinned siskin, firewood, black-capped warbler, collar warbler, and cinnamon warbler
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