04:57After rescuing a sarus crane from almost certain death a year ago, Muhammad Arif and the bird are now inseparable, as footage filmed in a village in the Amithi district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday shows.
"It eats with me and when I bathe it stands outside there. When I travel by bike it flies and travels with me, so I do not show myself always and I exit from the next door when I want to travel. It always follows me if it sees me," said Muhammad.
Arif found the crane injured in the field a year ago. It had a broken leg, was unable to fly and the outlook for it in the wild was not good.
"I brought the bird home and treated its leg at home with our home treatment then after one and half months the bird's leg was cured and it was running very well as you can see," he explained.
Muhammad said that he was afraid when he saw the injured stork for the first time because it was in such a bad condition, but then he managed to bring the bird home.
"I was a little bit afraid that maybe it would hurt me, its condition was not well at that time. Earlier, I saw treatment with goats and hens in our home so I did the same treatment with stork birds," he added.
The sarus crane is a large nonmigratory bird, which lives in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
Birds of a feather: Muhammad Arif and his crane become inseparable after heart-warming rescue
After rescuing a sarus crane from almost certain death a year ago, Muhammad Arif and the bird are now inseparable, as footage filmed in a village in the Amithi district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday shows.
"It eats with me and when I bathe it stands outside there. When I travel by bike it flies and travels with me, so I do not show myself always and I exit from the next door when I want to travel. It always follows me if it sees me," said Muhammad.
Arif found the crane injured in the field a year ago. It had a broken leg, was unable to fly and the outlook for it in the wild was not good.
"I brought the bird home and treated its leg at home with our home treatment then after one and half months the bird's leg was cured and it was running very well as you can see," he explained.
Muhammad said that he was afraid when he saw the injured stork for the first time because it was in such a bad condition, but then he managed to bring the bird home.
"I was a little bit afraid that maybe it would hurt me, its condition was not well at that time. Earlier, I saw treatment with goats and hens in our home so I did the same treatment with stork birds," he added.
The sarus crane is a large nonmigratory bird, which lives in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
After rescuing a sarus crane from almost certain death a year ago, Muhammad Arif and the bird are now inseparable, as footage filmed in a village in the Amithi district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday shows.
"It eats with me and when I bathe it stands outside there. When I travel by bike it flies and travels with me, so I do not show myself always and I exit from the next door when I want to travel. It always follows me if it sees me," said Muhammad.
Arif found the crane injured in the field a year ago. It had a broken leg, was unable to fly and the outlook for it in the wild was not good.
"I brought the bird home and treated its leg at home with our home treatment then after one and half months the bird's leg was cured and it was running very well as you can see," he explained.
Muhammad said that he was afraid when he saw the injured stork for the first time because it was in such a bad condition, but then he managed to bring the bird home.
"I was a little bit afraid that maybe it would hurt me, its condition was not well at that time. Earlier, I saw treatment with goats and hens in our home so I did the same treatment with stork birds," he added.
The sarus crane is a large nonmigratory bird, which lives in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia.