, Jan 11 (IANS) The carcass of leopard has been found near railway tracks in Uttar Pradesh s Baghpat district.Officials suspect that the leopard was hit by a train. This is the third leopard death in the region in a month s time.Kalyan Singh, .
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In Maharashtra, bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of death of around 900 hens in the last few days at a poultry farm in Parbhani district
The district administration has now decided to cull nearly 8,000 birds in Murumba village where these hens died
The outbreak of bird flu has already been confirmed in Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi: Bird flu has now been confirmed in Delhi, as eight samples sent to a Bhopal-based laboratory for testing confirmed bird flu in the national capital. All eight samples four from a park in Mayur Vihar Phase 3, three from Sanjay Lake, and one from Dwarka have been found positive for avian influenza, Dr Rakesh Singh from the animal husbandry unit of the Development Department told PTI.
Avian Influenza scare in Uttarakhand as nearly 200 birds found dead in Dehradun, Rishikesh
Twenty-eight crows and one pigeon were found dead in AIIMS, Rishikesh premises, one death was reported from Bees Bigha locality and two from Raiwala station.
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RISHIKESH: Amid an avian influenza scare in several states, nearly 200 birds, mostly crows, have been found dead in Uttarakhand s Dehradun and Rishikesh, officials said on Monday.
A total of 165 birds were found dead in different parts of Dehradun on Sunday, including 121 crows in the Bhandari Bagh area only.
There were 162 crows, two pigeons and an eagle among the dead birds found in Dehradun, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Rajiv Dhiman said.
Himachal Pradesh: Alarm sounded after 1,200 migratory birds die mysteriously at Pong dam
The reason for the deaths is still a mystery as their carcasses have been sent to different laboratories to determine their cause of death.
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Updated: Jan 3, 2021, 01:36 PM IST
Biologists on Saturday sounded the alarm with 1,200 migratory birds, largely the endangered bar-headed goose, a highest-altitude migrant, were found dead over the past one week or so in Pong wetlands one of the largest in northern India in Himachal Pradesh.
Chief Conservator Wildlife (Pong wetlands) Upasna Patyal said the reason for the deaths is still a mystery as their carcasses have been sent to different laboratories to determine their cause of death, but it could take days or at least a week to get results.
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Around 1,200 migratory birds have lost their lives under mysterious circumstances at Himachal Pradesh s Pong Dam.
The dead birds include endangered bar-headed goose.
Four bar-headed geese were found dead on December 28.
Around 1,200 migratory birds have lost their lives under mysterious circumstances at Himachal Pradesh s Pong Dam in the last one week. The dead birds include endangered bar-headed goose, black-headed gull, river tern, common teal, and shoveler.
It is learnt that the carcasses of some birds. including the bar-headed goose have been sent to the Indian Veterinary Research Institute in Bareilly and Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory in Jalandhar to find out the reason behind their deaths.