Author: Ibin Kandavanam

The world’s largest birds are returning to God’s Own Country, where they were once popular winged visitors. Ostrich and Emu, the world’s largest and second largest birds respectively, are now getting rockstar attention in pet markets in Kerala, which are springing up across the state, as aspiring entrepreneurs step in to take advantage the commercial potential of these attractive marketplaces. Such is the demand for these birds that they have become an indispensable breed in the private pet zones that are flourishing in the state, with Malappuram in the northern Malabar region accounting for most of these farms. Many such…