2047 Workers of the Chandigarh Forest department removing a bird found dead due to unknown reasons, at Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Ravi Kumar
Chandigarh, January 6
Amid a bird flu scare, four birds were found dead at Sukhna Lake and its surrounding areas here, officials said on Wednesday.
The Chandigarh Forest and Wildlife Department said it is checking whether there are any more casualties of the birds.
Of the four birds found dead included a common coot and a mormont, which are migratory birds, and a pigeon and an egret, an official of the department said.
He said the department was maintaining an extra vigil at Sukhna Lake and its surrounding areas in view of the bird flu scare.
The department was maintaining an extra vigil at Sukhna Lakethe, official said. (Representational)
Chandigarh:
Amid a bird flu scare, four birds were found dead at Sukhna Lake and its surrounding areas here, officials said on Wednesday.
The Chandigarh Forest and Wildlife Department said it is checking whether there are more casualties of the birds.
Of the four birds found dead included a common coot and a mormont, which are migratory birds, and a pigeon and an egret, an official of the department said.
He said the department was maintaining an extra vigil at Sukhna Lake and its surrounding areas in view of the bird flu scare.
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.
Updated Jan 02, 2021 | 14:49 IST
The bird carcasses were sent to the Indian Veterinary Research Institute in Bareilly, the Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory in Jalandhar and the Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun for necropsy. Bar-headed goose | Photo Credit: IANS
Pong Dam: Biologists on Saturday sounded the alarm with over 1,000 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 told
IANS 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.