Parakeet gets fresh lease of life after rare procedure

Rescued from illegal captivity in Ahmednagar district around the middle of April 2025 by the forest department, an injured and severely malnourished rose-ringed parakeet was admitted to the Transit Treatment Centre (TTC) in Bavdhan, Pune, where the bird got a fresh lease of life following a rare procedure to fit a prosthetic upper beak to it.

- Gayatri Vajpeyee

PUNE:

The parakeet, listed under the schedule 4 category of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972, is currently undergoing a recovery programme at the centre and based on its overall recovery, plans are afoot to release it into its natural habitat after discussions with the forest department, a senior representative of the RESQ Charitable Trust informed.

RESQ Charitable Trust, an NGO partner of the state forest department, not only provides emergency aid to animals in distress but also provides necessary healthcare to animals rescued from across Maharashtra and admitted to the centre.

Ashok Gudekar, forest officer, Ahmednagar forest department, said, "Following a tipoff regarding illegal captivity of parakeets in a residential area of the district, forest officials raided the area.