Hyderabad police reject bird ‘missing’ plaint
Dr M.A. Hakeem, Nehru Zoological Park veterinarian, said that the bird’s chances of surviving were slim.
Hyderabad: A Class VIII student from a private school got his first taste of life’s hard realities when police refused to lodge a complaint about his missing pet bird, an Australian Cockatiel.
“We are looking into it, but no case will be booked,” inspector S. Murali Krishan of the Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar police told DC. The boy lives in Yellareddyguda.
According to his father, Rama Lingeswara Rao, an employee with APGenco, the bird fled on Thursday.
“The bird flew out of our home through the main entrance at around 9.30 am,” he said. “We allowed it to road freely inside the house, after making sure all windows and doors were closed. But this time the door was somehow left open when the bird was not in its cage.”
The bird was people-friendly and usually hung around the house. It was bought 10 months ago from a shop at Nagarjuna Circle, for about Rs 3,000.
“We were searching for it since Thursday and reached out to the cops on Saturday,” Mr Rao said.
Dr M.A. Hakeem, Nehru Zoological Park veterinarian, said that the bird’s chances of surviving were slim. “It is a caged bird and will not be able to live by itself in the wild. They bec-ome a meal to birds of prey like hawks,” he said.