The Forest officials here have set free 220 parrots in the Pamban reserve forest area, said District Forest Officer Hemalatha here on November 18.
According to the DFO, as per the Wildlife Act of 1972, it was an offence to possess parrots, grey partridge, emerald doves and others in domestic dwellings. The State government had recently announced in May to voluntarily surrender such birds to the forest department.
As the wings were cut, many of the seized birds were nurtured by the forest department and freed in the reserve forest.
