{"id":4130,"date":"2022-06-29T08:35:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T08:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottishspca.org\/news-appeal-for-information-after-two-budgies-abandoned-in-glasgow\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T14:29:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T14:29:23","slug":"appeal-for-information-after-two-budgies-abandoned-in-glasgow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottishspca.org\/news\/appeal-for-information-after-two-budgies-abandoned-in-glasgow\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal for information after two budgies abandoned in Glasgow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"paragraph-3990\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--content-with-summary paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-content-with-summary field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<h2 class=\"h4\">We are appealing for information after two budgies were dumped in Glasgow on 25 June.<\/h2>\n<p>The birds were abandoned on the doorstep of a property on Mossvale Path in the Craigend area of the city. They were subsequently discovered by the member of the public who lives at the property.<\/p>\n<p>Scottish SPCA inspector Lara Vickery said, \u201cThe two male, blue and white budgies were left in a cage on a member of the public\u2019s doorstep.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cage is a dark-coloured wire bird cage containing wooden dowel perches with a white plastic base. The bottom of the cage was very dirty, suggesting it hadn\u2019t been cleaned out in some time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the member of the public\u2019s best efforts to find out who the birds belong to and why they\u2019d been left at their property, they were unable to glean any information about the incident.<\/p>\n<article class=\"align-center media media--type-image media--view-mode-full\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__label visually-hidden\">Image<\/div>\n<div class=\"field__item\">  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/full_content\/public\/2022-06\/budgie%203.jpg?itok=YvSt56a-\" width=\"847\" height=\"635\" alt=\"two blue budgies sitting next to each other in a cage\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" class=\"img-fluid\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>\u201cThe member of the public then contacted our animal helpline and we have now taken the budgies to one of our animal rescue and rehoming centres where they\u2019ll receive the care they need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will have been very frightening for these birds and could have left them vulnerable to predators and the elements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate that people\u2019s circumstances can change, but this is not the correct procedure to follow if you can no longer care for an animal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who is struggling to care for a pet and needs advice and support, or anyone with information on this incident, should call our confidential animal helpline on 03000 999 999. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are appealing for information after two budgies were dumped in Glasgow on 25 June. 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Scottish SPCA inspector Lara Vickery [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investigations"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Appeal for information after two budgies abandoned in Glasgow - Scottish SPCA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishspca.org\/news\/appeal-for-information-after-two-budgies-abandoned-in-glasgow\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Appeal for information after two budgies abandoned in Glasgow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We are appealing for information after two budgies were dumped in Glasgow on 25 June. 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