I concur that taking a families pet is really low. I'm not a bird person, those I've met who are into birds really like them. It takes a total scum bag to steal something that matters so much to another person.

I like the Singapore option of beating thieves with a rattan stick on the last day of their jail sentence, it makes leaving confinement such a bittersweet experience.

I don't. Violence isn't right. plus, not everyone who is in jail deserves to be there.