Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Steven Swinford
The Sunday Times
October 30, 2005

CUSTOMS officers claim that the businessman at the centre of Britain's first avian flu case made up to £4m from an alleged bird-smuggling operation.

Officers working under cover found that Brett Hammond secretly imported thousands of exotic birds using fake documents more than a decade ago, according to court records.

From the ABA Newsletter June 2004

Good planning.
Birdkeepers generally are their own worst enemies. Some don't think. Others don't care about what their neighbours think. Most if not all religions preach neighbourly love or at least respect for the neighbour's views. Most problems occur when this regard for your neighbour's views is lacking.