TopicSarus crane

Topic: Sarus crane

Arif reunites with Sarus crane for ‘5 emotional mins’ at Kanpur zoo: ‘Flapped its wings, jumped around excitedly’

Antara Baruah - April 12, 2023

UP farmer Muhammad Arif met the bird Tuesday, 3 weeks after state forest officials took it away. Videos of the meeting show the crane in quarantine inside a cage within an enclosure.

Arif turned away from meeting sarus in Kanpur zoo. Next mission is SP politics, Instagram tick

+TFP Antara Baruah - March 30, 2023

Arif visited Kanpur’s Allen Forest Zoo for his reunion with the bird and was accompanied by his latest well-wisher, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav.

Where does sarus crane that bonded with UP farmer belong? It’s a grey area, experts say

Sandhya Ramesh - March 29, 2023

The story of Amethi man Arif, booked for keeping a sarus crane, has sparked debate. Sarus experts say situation is ‘unprecedented’, but how it is handled from now is critical.

Why was a sarus bonding with UP farmer? Media glorified friendship that shouldn’t have existed

Neha Panchamiya - March 28, 2023

Arif was definitely well-intentioned in helping an injured bird, but it is obvious that a farmer cannot be equated with an experienced rehabilitator.

Is star of UP’s viral man-bird friendship in the wind? Govt denies sarus crane ‘snatched from friend’ missing

Shikha Salaria - March 23, 2023

The sarus crane was taken from Muhammad Arif after their videos went viral last month. Arif says he found the bird injured last year & nursed it to health.

Birds of a feather: An Amethi man rescued a sarus crane a year back; the two are now wingmen

Antara Baruah - February 24, 2023

About a year ago, the bird was badly injured in the fields in which Arif was working. With no prior knowledge, he took care of it and now it follows him everywhere.