“The former owner of a bird-of-prey centre has been given a suspended prison sentence for stealing rare owls.
Keith Beaven, 68, of Staunton near Gloucester, was convicted last month of stealing six owls and also illegally selling three protected black kites.
He tricked zoos into thinking he ran the National Birds of Prey Centre near Newent despite having sold it in 2008.
Beaven was given a 40-week sentence, suspended for 18 months, at Gloucester Crown Court.
He was also ordered to pay over £16,000 in costs.
The trial previously heard that Beaven, who bought the centre in 2004, had deceived Paignton Zoo in Devon and zoos in Germany and the Czech Republic.”
Source : BBC News
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