Three pet budgies passed away last week after a series of loud fireworks caused them to have seizures.
Distraught owner Abbie Sisson, 28, from Derbyshire, is now calling for a ban on fireworks following the incident, which also caused her pet Chihuahua to have a seizure, too.
The pooch, however, was fine after receiving medical care.
The three budgies were among 34 owned by mental health nurse Abbie, at her home rescue centre, One Flew Over the Budgie's Nest.
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She explained that as soon as the fireworks began last Friday evening, at around 6.30pm, the birds - named Jareth, Sarah and Shirley - started going into panic.
They tragically died within minutes.
It was later in the evening, as the fireworks continued that Shirley - who was inside Abbie's home at the time - also had a seizure, sadly passing away a few hours later.
"Jareth started having a seizure and died in 10 minutes. Then Sarah did the same," explained Abbie.
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"Their wings came out and they couldn't fly or walk. The heartbreak at seeing your pets in complete and utter distress because they don't understand what or why these noises are happening is terrible.
"The deaths of these little birds were purely due to the setting off of fireworks in a garden for entertainment. This entertainment resulted in a night of devastation and heartbreak for us.
"I had to witness Shirley taking her last breath after only a few weeks of her finally being saved and given a safe, permanent and happy home."
Abbie is now calling for a ban on fireworks, explaining if the noise hadn't been so severe, her budgies may still be alive.
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"The fireworks were the loudest fireworks I have every heard in a residential area. I have attended public-licensed displays previously, and in my opinion the noise level was the same.
"I have been extremely distressed and concerned for the welfare of animals. I am absolutely distraught. Even I was shaken and shocked by such an extremely loud and terrifying bang.
"I find it astonishing that there are warning signs at food drive-thrus in residential areas, advising customers not to beep your car horn due to the local residents however, for around six weeks a year, fireworks with such excessive noise levels are allowed.
"I would love a complete ban. Currently their are no laws or legislation around noise pollution which allows people in residential areas to set of fireworks with no noise level regulations. If these fireworks were quieter and did not have extremely loud bangs, I believe my budgies would not have suffered heart attacks."
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Dr Yvette Rowntree, of Scarsdale Vets in Derby, explained how fireworks can be particularly distressing for birds.
"Birds see much more vividly in colour than mammals, so what look to be pretty fireworks to us can be incredibly threatening to birds," she said.
"Birds in aviaries are more at risk, due to them not having a solid structure between them and the fireworks, so if possible it is advisable to bring aviary birds inside during this time but this in itself is not without risk if birds are used to being outside."
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