Instagram Star Sarus Crane Not Eating "Proper" Food At UP Zoo. Here's Why
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The forest department said they only want to send the sarus crane back to its natural habitat
A sarus crane, whose close friendship with a man in Uttar Pradesh made international headlines, is not eating food properly after being shifted by forest department officials to a zoo in Kanpur. Zoo officials said they are hopeful things will improve soon.
The forest department has also filed a case against Mohammed Arif, 35, who rescued the crane in UP's Amethi district and cared for it for a year.
Visuals shared by Kanpur zoo showed the sarus crane in an enclosure. Zoo officials said the crane is in a 15-day quarantine and the eventual aim is to release it in the wild.
The forest department said it "rescued" the crane from Mr Arif, an Amethi resident who said he found the injured bird in his field last February and cared for it through the past 12 months.
