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  • UP: Arif’s Sarus is female, zoo officials look for mate

    UP: Arif’s Sarus is female, zoo officials look for mate

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    Kanpur: After almost two and a half months of controversy, the Kanpur Zoo has finally declared that the sarus crane found by Arif of Amethi in an injured state in February 2022 and nurtured back to health, is a female.

    The gender was revealed from the DNA report that arrived from a Secunderabad lab.

    Zoo officials said that they are now trying to find a suitable mate for the sarus.

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    Since it is a female, it is not likely that it will be released in the open.

    The crane that had been living with Arif for the past one year, was taken from him by the forest department in March.

    On April 16, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) ornithologist Dr Rajat Bhargava took out a small feather from the chest of the crane and had sent it to Secunderabad for DNA examination and its gender was determined.

    As per the zoo authorities, it will now be paired with a male sarus crane from the zoo.

    Samples of four other sarus cranes in the zoo have been sent to the Secunderabad lab for gender testing.

    “After the report arrives, the female sarus crane will initially be kept in an enclosure next to a male crane for socialisation and the behaviour of the female and its male counterparts will be monitored for 15 days. After that, it will be moved into the male crane’s enclosure for mating,” said Kanpur Zoo director K.K. Singh.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Uttar Pradesh man who rescued, cared for Sarus crane booked

    Uttar Pradesh man who rescued, cared for Sarus crane booked

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    Amethi: The Forest department has filed a case and issued a notice to an Uttar Pradesh man who rescued a Sarus crane and took care of it for a year, officials said.

    The crane, which lived with Arif Khan Gurjar in the Mandkha village of Amethi district, accompanied him to his fields and was accepted “like a family member”, was taken away by Forest department officials on March 21.

    The bird was shifted to the Samaspur sanctuary in Rae Bareli to allow it to live in its natural environment, an official had said.

    On Saturday, the department issued a notice to Gurjar and asked him to appear at the office of the Gauriganj divisional forest officer on April 4 to record his statement.

    According to the notice issued by Assistant Divisional Forest Officer (Gauriganj) Ranvir Singh, Gurjar has been booked under relevant sections of the Wildlife Protection Act.

    A day after the bird was taken away, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav held a press conference during which he condemned the Forest department action and asked indirectly if any official had the courage to take away the peacocks at the prime minister’s residence.

    Gurjar sat on the dais with the former chief minister but did not speak.

    Yadav had visited Gurjar after he gained fame due to his “friendship” with the bird. He had also shared pictures of himself with the bird and Gurjar on social media.

    Responding to Yadav’s allegations, Divisional Forest Officer DN Singh had said, “Whatever action has been taken is with Arif’s (Gurjar) consent.”

    The official said these birds always live in pairs. Since this one was living alone, there was some apprehension about its wellbeing.

    On Thursday, Yadav alleged that the crane had gone missing before being rescued by some local residents. Forest officials, however, had denied the claim.



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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Video: UP man’s sarus crane taken away by forest officials

    Video: UP man’s sarus crane taken away by forest officials

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    Lucknow: A unique friendship between a harvester operator in Uttar Pradesh and a sarus crane has finally ended after the wild bird was taken away by forest department officials.

    DFO, Amethi, Dev Nath Shah, said that the sarus is protected under the Wildlife Protection Act and hence cannot be kept in captivity.

    Mohammed Arif, 30, of Mandka village of Amethi’s Jamo development block had found the injured sarus in a field in February 2022 and brought it home.

    He nursed the bird back to health and after the sarus became perfectly healthy, it refused to go back.

    “Now, wherever I go, the sarus, whom everyone calls ‘Bachcha’, accompanies me. The bird takes a stroll when I am working and then we both have lunch together before returning home in the evening,” he had told reporters.

    “People stare at us and take our photographs. Some even make reels but now I enjoy the stares.”

    The bird, however, was not friendly with Arif’s family.

    Arif’s wife Mehrunissa said: “In the absence of my husband, whenever I have gone to feed him, I have been attacked. Neither I, nor my two kids, dare go near the sarus.”

    Wildlife experts had a different opinion of the incident and they advised caution.

    Sarus cranes are regarded as the least social crane species. They can be very protective when nesting and are aggressive towards intruders.

    Lucknow Divisional Forest Officer Ravi Singh said: “We have a system to protect and nurture it, but one should be cautious. You cannot touch its wings or hold it near you. No human touch is allowed.”

    The sarus must be allowed to live in the wild and cannot be domesticated and allowed contact with humans. A diet of insects, fish and pila must be given to the bird, he added.

    Arif is sad that his friend has been taken away but is also happy that the bird will now live in its natural habitat.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )