Man finds missing pet parrot, gets Rs 85,000 reward from owners in Karnataka

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A man in Karnataka who found a missing pet parrot, has been given a reward of Rs 85,000 by the grateful owners.</p>
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The owners, Arjun and his wife Ranjana, had announced a Rs 50,000 reward for whoever found their African parrot named Rustam which went missing on July 16.</p>
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However, they were so overjoyed on getting their pet back that they increased the reward money by another Rs 35,000 and also distributed sweets in the locality.</p>
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The parrot flew away from its house in Karnataka's Tumakuru and eventually landed on the terrace of a house 3 km away.</p>
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Since the owners had launched a poster campaign in the city about the missing pet, Srinivas, the man who found the parrot came to know about them and returned the pet the next day.</p>
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Srinivas said the parrot was very weak when he found it and he had nursed it back to good health.</p>