Josue Santiago, 41, head of the We Care Wildlife Sanctuary, remained in his own cage at the Miami-Dade county jail on Wednesday, charged with the false reporting of a crime. “All animals are safe and being attended to,” detective Argemis Colome told the Guardian in a statement. But according to Colome, police quickly established that the Florida fish and wildlife commission were already investigating. Robert said most of the missing animals were on medication or special diets and would die if not cared for properly. She revealed one of the missing birds, a white umbrella cockatoo with food rejection issues, was returned anonymously in a cage to the sanctuary on Tuesday.

Source: The Guardian March 07, 2018 15:56 UTC