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<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Michelle Yesney</b> <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:msyesney@gmail.com">msyesney@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br>Date: Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:12 PM<br>

Subject: [Mickaboo Discuss] Rescue Mission<br>To: discuss &lt;<a href="mailto:discuss@mickaboo.org">discuss@mickaboo.org</a>&gt;<br><br><br>We received an email with the following information.  Is there anyone who would be willing to work with this volunteer - preferably someone with some proficiency in Spanish - to talk to the family?  Roof rats are very common in ivy in San Jose, so the concern is a real one.  <br>

<br>This would need a tactful approach, of course.<br><br>I need some advice about some birds that do not appear to be in a great situation.  I noticed them earlier this year.  They are located in two cages in the side yard of a house on Lincoln Avenue in San Jose attached to a fence covered in ivy.  It turns out that there are two cages, one with a dove and one with three cockatiels.  They have minimal shelter from the<br>

elements (and no protection from anything in the ivy), and so I contacted animal control.  They took the information and told me they would send someone out &quot;eventually&quot; since as they explained to me, the animals weren&#39;t in immediate danger or creating a dangerous situation.<br>

<br>Several months went by and one day the birds and their cages were removed from the fence.  I had hoped this was good news, but several weeks later, the cages (and presumably the birds), were repositioned down the fence, almost out of view from the street.<br>

<br>I don&#39;t know what to do.  The home appears to be occupied by an Hispanic family.  I would offer to adopt the cockatiels (I realistically would need help with the dove), but I have no idea if the family even thinks this is a bad situation or wants to give the birds up.  I do not speak Spanish and am not sure if there could be a language/cultural barrier if I were to approach them directly, and if it didn&#39;t go well, then what?!<br>

<br>Do you have any suggestions on how to try and help these birds?  I would greatly appreciate it as I worry about them constantly!  Thank you.<br><br><br><br><br>------- HOW TO --------------------<br>CHANGE PERSONAL SETTINGS: <a href="https://mickaboo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/discuss/" target="_blank">https://mickaboo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/discuss/</a><br>

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