Naperville Police are taking over the investigation because no crime was committed in Wheaton. Wheaton Police say the people apprehended at the Petland store in their town were detained by store employees. 'I can't think about it, it tears my heart apart, because I don't know what they're doing with them,' said Hauck. 'We like to keep them out so that all our customers can come in and handle them, it makes them better pets when they go home,' said Stachowiak.

'We get them when they're 3 weeks old and hand feed them four times a day,' Hauck said, 'and we play with them and watch them grow up - we worry about them very much so - now they're gone, they're like our kids.'īack at the Naperville Petland, the store owner says birds have to be out in the open. It is a $1,300 bird whose unmistakable cry to be fed is something that Hauck fears won't be heard by those that stole him. Species: Cockatoo - Rose Breasted, Galah (See species list for details) Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States 60645 Date Found: Febru Banded. The next thing she knew, one of her prized white-bellied caiques was missing. 'They were touching and picking up the birds, and I told them not to do that,' said Hauck. Extremely intelligent and enormously fond of humans, this pretty pink bird can readily learn to say many words and do complicated tricks with regular training. On Monday, a group matching the description of the Naperville suspects walked in and distracted her. The rose-breasted cockatoo, best known by its native aboriginal Australian name 'galah,' is the perfect parrot species for a pet owner who likes to interact frequently with a pet bird. Hauck has been running Bird is the Word since 1992 and treats the store's pets as her children. It's a similar story to that told by Batavia's Sally Hauck. They went over to the bird tree, and they took our rose-breasted cockatoo, and they took it off to the back corner, and after they left we noticed it was missing,' said Adam Stachowiak, Petland Naperville. Age : Choose an option 4 Months 5 Months 6 Months 7 Months 8 Months 9 Months 10 Months 11 Months 12 Months and Above Clear. The owner of the Naperville Petland says he alerted his colleagues at the Wheaton store to be on the lookout for a group of 20-30-year-olds who Naperville Police say may be responsible for stealing a $3,300 red-breasted cockatoo out of the Naperville Petland Tuesday night at 8:08 p.m. Investigators believe the same four people may be responsible for all of the thefts.įour people matching the descriptions given by store owners burglarized over the past two days were apprehended by police in Wheaton Wednesday afternoon outside a Petland store. Rare and expensive birds have recently been stolen from pet stores in Batavia, Naperville and Bolingbrook. Rose - breasted cockatoo USE Galah Rose breeders ( May Subd Geog ) BT Plant breeders Rose Building ( Little Rock, Ark.

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