Choose between bird or bride — judge tells man

She said she considered the way her husband left her on the first night as shocking and humiliating. The bridegroom said he was in a dilemma of choosing between his bride and birds. He was so infatuated with his pets that he used to spend long hours with them day and night, the court heard.
There were birds even in his bedroom. However, the judge told the husband that his first duty was to his wife and that he should not neglect his family life. Al-Riyadh daily reported that the bride was aware of his unusual attachment to birds before she married him. However, she had hoped that the marriage would change him.