The police discovered 17 birds of species protected by law in a house in Ilfov. The birds were released into the wild by law enforcement officers.
On Wednesday, the police were alerted to the fact that there are birds of species protected by law in a house in Ilfov.
Following the checks, the birds were released into the wild.
“Following the checks carried out as a result of a complaint, on April 24, the police officers of the Ilfov Animal Protection Bureau found that the owner of a building, in the town of Domnești, had at his home address, in an aviary, 17 birds, from several species prohibited for possession, namely 5 scatii, 7 stilts, 1 florint, 1 finch and 3 budgerigars”, IPJ Ilfov announced.
Those birds are protected by law “by GEO 57/2007 regarding the regime of protected natural areas, conservation of natural habitats of wild flora and fauna”, notes Mediafax.
The police officers of the Ilfov Animal Protection Office have opened a criminal investigation file, in which they are investigating, in terms of committing the crime of possessing, transporting, trading or exchanging for any purpose specimens taken from nature in any of the stages of their biological cycle.
