Insurance

I don't know about the other states but over here in the West we've had a spate of bird thefts where someone has jumped the back fence and hoofed off with a number of very valuable budgies.

It's absolutely heartbreaking but in most cases there's little the police can do and unless you catch the ******* in the act and make a citizens arrest .... well you're left to drown your sorrows.

However, while little you can do to get the birds back (most times the rings are cut off which makes identification very hard) you can insure.

To date every Home & Contents insurer I've contacted won't do it but there's a company in Victoria that will, I think they're called Remmingtons, Tel No: 03 5331-7341.

Every bird is unique but if you do suffer the misfortune of having it taken and it is insured at least you can return to it's providence and try and get another.