Early 2006, birds were forbidden at the marché aux oiseaux, leaving only the other animals usually offered there: rabbits, guinea pigs, gerbils…
  

A gerbil admirer at the Flower Market, île de la Cité. Traditionally, the marché aux fleurs becomes the Bird Market on Sundays, offering hundreds of canaries, parrots and other songbirds.

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