Karnataka man receives Rs 85k cash reward for tracing missing African pet parrot
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Bengaluru: A man in Karnataka has received a whopping Rs 85,000 as a cash reward after tracing an African pet parrot that went missing on July 16.
As per reports, the parrot, Rustam had flown three kilometers away from its house in Karnataka's Tumakuru. A man found the parrot the next day and took it to his house. Srinivas said the parrot was very weak when he found it.
When Srinivas got to know that the parrot's owners were looking for it, he took it to them last night.
After it went missing, the owners of the parrot had announced a ₹50,000 reward for whoever finds it. Arjun, the owner, elated after reuniting with the parrot, increased the prize money to ₹ 85,000.
"Srinivas had found the bird in a very bad condition. It was starving and scared. He rescued it and fed it well," Arjun told NDTV.
The family had made missing posters, circulating them across the city to trace Rustam.
The parrot has been with the family for the last two and a half years.
According to the owner of the bird, their family nursed two African grey parrots at their home in Jayanagar locality of Tumakuru district.
The family celebrated the birthday of the two parrots every year grandly. The bonding of the family with the parrot and their endeavor to discover and get back the lost parrot had moved people and animal lovers in the state.