Exotic birds new pet trend in India

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AP Television Mumbai - 5 January 2013 1. Close of Major Mischelle cockatoo 2. Zoom in to blue and gold Macaw 3. Close of a Mullikan cockatoo screeching 4. Wide of birds perched on a branch 5. Close of Sun Conure baby birds 6. Pan over stall with the birds and people 7. Wide of event organiser and member of Sanjivan Trust, Muffadel Tambawala, playing with a bird 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Muffadel Tambawala, Event organiser and member of Sanjivan Trust : "The life we are living in Mumbai is so taxful (stressful) that we just cannot have any time to relieve our stress. So pets play a big part in giving us the relief in the stress from the whole day's work." 9. Mid of people caressing a Mulligan cockatoo 10. Various of queue of people waiting to enter show 11. Wide of a class being conducted to educate bird lovers 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Mugdha Karnik, Director, Centre for Extra Mural Studies, University of Mumbai : "We also have a short course in exotic pet keeping, because a child may insist on having an exotic pet...exotic bird but then if the child does not know how to look after the pet, then the pet is going to suffer and ultimately the child is also going to suffer." 13. Close of a girl with the bird perched on her hand 14.SOUNDBITE (English) Sahil Ismail, Owner of Creekwood Birds : "The weathers are so nice and very well supportive for them, specially because we have got snow, we have got desert, we have got summer, which is, everything very nice, specially for this exotic this Amazon bird. " 15. Mid of Eclectus and Amazon parrot 16. People looking at birds 17. Close of Sun Conure baby birds 18. Child watching birds 19. Wide of bird expert Anil Garg caressing bird 20. SOUNDBITE (English) Anil Garg, Bird expert : "This industry needs a industry status first. If not agricultural status. Because there are lot of farmers, a lot of people who are actually dependent on this business. So we need the government to recognise people like us, recognise our importance, not just with pet trade point of view but also for conservation breeding point of view." 21. Close of Lorry baby birds 22. Close of a hand-tamed Macaw flapping its wings 23. Close of a bird in a cage 8 January, 2013 24. SOUNDBITE (English) Poorva Joshipura, Chief Executive Officer, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in India : "No animal wants to be kept in a cage. Animals are intelligent, they are social. We know a lot more about animals today then we did yesterday and that makes keeping them confined in cages even more unacceptable. They need a whole lot more than just a little bit of food and little bit of water." 5 January, 2013 25. Close of colourful bird 26. SOUNDBITE (English) Muffadel Tambawala, Event organiser and member of Sanjivan Trust : "When you say cruelty, cruelty is basically you don't have food, you don't have water, you're living in a small cage - that's cruelty. When a bird is sitting, cleaning, perching, chirping and talking, it's happy. It's saying that 'I am enjoying my life'. So it's not cruelty." 27. Various of birds LEAD IN Exotic birds are the latest pet craze in India. Pet traders are breeding wide varieties of birds to meet the demand, angering animal rights activists. STORYLINE These bright and unusual birds are star guests at a pet show Mumbai. Thousands have gathered, and yet more are queuing to come in to see the colourful array of avian life. The show was arranged by the voluntary group, the Sanjivan Trust, in collaboration with the Centre for Extra Mural Studies at Mumbai University A good pedigree pair of birds can cost anything between $200 - 1000 US dollars. They make for the friendliest and most relaxing companions. Not only do they breed exotic birds, but also train them. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/bd156c2ba34044499a83726592be00c7 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork