His story on how it got there didn't add up, so police started a year-plus quest to find the instrument's rightful owner.
Sara Zhivkova
The pooch was headed to a new home when authorities said he needed to be sold.
The birds were seized from an Italian citizen trying to smuggle them using false documents.
Valentina Pitzalis survived a fire that her ex-husband, Manuel Piredda, started in order to kill them both.