The owner claimed he put the birds in an enclosure to protect them from dogs

Found guilty of illegally keeping a peacock and two peahens on display to make money, the owner of an agro-tourism resort has claimed that he did not capture the birds, but they came to his property on their own. Peacock, India's national bird, is protected under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and it's illegal to keep it in confinement.