Over 600 exotic birds seized from Harrisburg home and released to dog rescue

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) — On Friday, the PA Game Commission and the Harrisburg Police Department raided a house in the 1000 block of Lone Street where the homeowner was allegedly keeping around 650 exotic birds.

Hours after the animals were seized, they were handed over to a dog rescue for care, which received backlash from bird sanctuaries and online commentators wondering why the birds weren’t released to bird designated shelters.

“It certainly was a situation where we, we would have loved to have had more people there because it was completely overwhelming,” Amy Creel, the president of Knine Rescue said…

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