Anti-animal abuse operation in Reunion Island, dozens of birds and reptiles seized

Macaws, parakeets and turtles were found by the police in the home of a resident of Sainte-Rose (Reunion) on Tuesday, November 26, indicates Réunion La Première. A report concerning their living conditions had been made.

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An investigation was opened and entrusted to the environmental police after a discovery made in Sainte-Rose (Reunion) at the home of an individual on the morning of Tuesday, November 26, 2024. On site, dozens of parakeets, three turtles and six macaws were found and placed under the responsibility of an association, reports Meeting The First Tuesday December 3, 2024.

The intervention organized to combat animal abuse mobilized seven investigators from the French Office of Biodiversity (OFB), three firefighters specializing in animals and three officials from the judicial police of the autonomous territorial brigade of Sainte-Rose, detailed the gendarmes of La Réunion on Facebook.

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The police had been alerted by a report of the situation of the animals, which were living in aviaries that the owner had set up without having authorization. The investigations will have to show how the Reunionese obtained the animals and whether he participated in trafficking.

To find out more: Read the Réunion La Première article