Vishwanath Hegga keeps all the birds at home and takes care of them like a family. He also claims that he is training the birds at his residence

Kalaburagi: A veterinary doctor based in Kalaburagi Vishwanath Hegga has a collection of 29 different species of birds from various parts of the world. Reportedly, Hegga keeps all the birds at home and takes care of them like a family. He also claims that he is training the birds at his residence.

Speaking to ANI, the veterinary doctor said, "I am a veterinary surgeon working with the state government. Now I am breeding parrots from 29 countries. I started with lovebirds which I got from New Zealand."

Karnataka: Vishwanath Hegga, veterinary doctor in Kalaburagi has collected birds of 29 different species from different countries; says "I'm a veterinary surgeon working with state govt. Now I'm breeding 29 country's parrots. I started with lovebirds which I got from New Zealand" pic.twitter.com/yHYCkmDLja

— ANI (@ANI) December 5, 2018

Vishwanath Hegga, veterinary doctor in Kalaburagi: I am also training birds at my house. We feed them with cerelac, imported from Brazil, four times a day. We have named the birds and they respond when we call them. My entire family loves them. pic.twitter.com/tO2NarGNCD

— ANI (@ANI) December 5, 2018

Elaborating upon how he takes care of the birds and the way his family reacted to his passion of breeding these creatures, Hegga said: "We feed them with cerelac, imported from Brazil, four times a day. We have named the birds and they respond when we call them by their names. My entire family loves them."

Edited by mid-day online desk with inputs from ANI

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