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India: Hundreds of Crow Deaths Create Panic Among Local Residents in Bishnugarh

12/15/2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

“HAZARIBAG: After Jamshedpur, Bokaro and Ranchi, reports of deaths of 250 crows at a single spot in Bishnugarh and about 50 crows in Katkumsandi block of Hazaribag district in the past 48 years have created panic among the local people.

District animal husbandry officer Yamuna Prasad said after getting reports of such a largescale deaths of crows in some parts of the district, the department had deputed employees to create awareness among the villagers at every 5km with necessary instruction.

State coordinator of the Indian Bird Conservation Network (IBCN) Satya Prakash said the Union government had sent experts team to Jamshedpur and Bokaro to take blood samples of the dead crows and had mentioned that the crows died of H5N-1.

‘The birds died there because of some virus which may be the same that resulted in a large number of deaths in Jamshedpur, Bokaro and Ranchi,’ said Prakash who visited Katkumsandi to review the situation.” Read more.

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  1. Cleo Izaacs's avatar
    Cleo Izaacs
    01/28/2012 at 1:03 AM
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    Vultures were dying in large numbers a while ago in Bengal. Now mass deaths of crows are being reported from Orissa and Bengal. Nature is screaming out a warning to us. I think this is a matter of Highest Priority. It warrants urgent attention and stopped in its tracks. Further, it is vital for India and other countries affected by mass animal deaths or inexplicable mass animal suicides to band together to trace and eradicate the root cause of these strange and extremely disturbing phenomena and thereafter, reverse the trend by captive breeding programmes.

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