Flock of 100 Birds Found Dead After Ingesting Poison Bait Set to Control Mouse Plague
On 6/4/21 at 2:55 PM EDT
Alarming images of poisoned birds show the devastating effects of Australia s ongoing mouse plague, the fight against which is now proving to be a threat to the country s native species.
According to News.com.au, Kelly Lacey, who works as a bird coordinator for the New South Wales Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service (WIRES), has been looking after populations of birds she suspected were poisoned from eating mouse bait.
On Monday, she reportedly went to check on a flock of approximately 100 galahs in a Parkes, New South Wales cemetery but what she discovered was a horrifying scene, in which all but two birds were found dead.