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TUMAKURU: Ever since Rustum slipped through the door and took flight, tasting freedom, Rio has
is silent and refuses to eat. Rustum’s animal and wildlife loving family have had sleepless nights for the past four days after they failed to find the African gray parrot. Arjun, his wife Ranjana and son Vihan, who live in Jayanagara in Tumakuru district, did everything to find the bird.
They distributed leaflets calling for help and announced a cash reward of Rs 50,000 for anyone who could give information on the whereabouts of the parrot.
Three-year-old Rustum was allowed to fly freely inside the house. When Arjun was trying to move a closet through the door, Rustum flew up and perched on a honge tree near the road. Anxious family members rushed to grab him, but couldn’t climb the tree. A helpful auto driver rode up to the tree but the parrot gave him a slip and has since disappeared. He also did not return to see his companion Rio.
Three years ago, when the family was in Shivamogga, they brought Rustumhome to fulfill his son Vihan’s wish for a pet parrot. Later, they asked Rio to keep her company and also celebrated the parrots’ birthdays. They moved to Tumakuru three months ago. “Rio stopped talking and eating,” said Pallavi, Ranjana’s sister. Vihan, a class II student, has stopped going to school and the family is visibly depressed.
Their concern is that domestic parrots find it difficult to find food on their own, as they are conditioned as pets and cannot survive for long on their own. The family now regrets bringing Rustum home.
“We made a mistake, and if we get Rustum back, we plan to move the pair to the Geodesic Aviary Dome at Kevadia in Gujarat, so these birds can settle there,” Arjun told the New Indian Express.
TUMAKURU: Ever since Rustum slipped through the door and took flight, tasting freedom, Rio has been silent and refuses to eat. Rustum’s animal and wildlife loving family have had sleepless nights for the past four days after they failed to find the African gray parrot. Arjun, his wife Ranjana and son Vihan, who live in Jayanagara in Tumakuru district, did everything to find the bird. They distributed leaflets calling for help and announced a cash reward of Rs 50,000 for anyone who could give information on the whereabouts of the parrot. Three-year-old Rustum was allowed to fly freely inside the house. When Arjun was trying to move a closet through the door, Rustum flew up and perched on a honge tree near the road. Anxious family members rushed to grab him, but couldn’t climb the tree. A helpful auto driver rode up to the tree but the parrot gave him a slip and has since disappeared. He also did not return to see his companion Rio. Three years ago, when the family was in Shivamogga, they brought Rustumhome to fulfill his son Vihan’s wish for a pet parrot. Later, they asked Rio to keep her company and also celebrated the parrots’ birthdays. They moved to Tumakuru three months ago. “Rio stopped talking and eating,” said Pallavi, Ranjana’s sister. Vihan, a class II student, has stopped going to school and the family is visibly depressed. Their concern is that domestic parrots find it difficult to find food on their own, as they are conditioned as pets and cannot survive for long on their own. The family now regrets bringing Rustum home. “We made a mistake, and if we get Rustum back, we plan to move the pair to the Geodesic Aviary Dome at Kevadia in Gujarat, so these birds can settle there,” Arjun told the New Indian Express.
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