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Lee Jefferson had failed to get veterinary treatment for two injured birds

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A Scarborough man who took a bubble bath with an injured bird, gave it marijuana and painted another bird’s nails with glitter nail polish has been banned from keeping wild animals.

Lee Jefferson, 30, failed to seek veterinary treatment for a wood pigeon and a jackdaw that he had collected and kept in a “puppy pen” at his home in Malton, North Yorkshire.