An alert shop employee helped rescue a parrot from an astrologer at Tulsipada in Bhandup West on Sunday. The employee called the Amma Care Foundation (ACF) and the Plant & Animal Welfare Society whose volunteer arrived to rescue it. The NGO volunteer said the astrologer has clipped the parrot's wings so it cannot fly.

Shatrughan Gupta works at a garments shop at Tulsipada. Speaking to mid-day, Sunish Subramanian, who runs the Amma Care Foundation (ACF) and Plant & Animals Welfare Society – Mumbai (PAWS-Mumbai) said, "Our volunteer Nisha Kunju rushed to the spot. The astrologer threw the cage at her and fled. Parrots are a protected species under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972."