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Update: Exotic Bird Will Be Returned to Its Owner

Media coverage helped reunite the man with his missing pet.

The owner of the African Crowed Crane over the weekend has come forward to claim his bird.

The Encinitas man saw local media coverage about his missing pet and contacted County Animal Services Monday afternoon.

The owner, whose home is not far from where the bird was found, said the pet bird got out of his yard on Saturday, and later that day a neighbor

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The African Crowned Crane is not a migratory bird and it’s normally found in the savannas of Africa, so its presence in Encinitas had many locals scratching their head. 


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