Migratory birds killed by poisoning

The Assam Tribune , Sunday, February 17, 2008
Correspondent : Staff Reporter
NAZIRA,Feb 16 – Despite protests against poaching and killing of wildlife and stress on implementation of the Wildlife Act, some unscrupulous people have been rampantly killing endangered species of birds at Dimow Pathar in Sivasagar district.

According to a member of Natures Bacon, more than 100 migratory birds like Dhritaraj and Sorali ducks were killed by poisoning by unscrupulous people at Dimow Pathar near Bogidole and Joysagar under Joysagar Police Station.

According to information received from some people of the locality, the miscreant have been killing the migratory ducks for last few days by spreading Furadon like insecticides in the paddy fields and the ducks who come in search of food after consuming it and then they are killed and are eaten by the miscreants.

It may be mentioned that in such like poisoning, it spreads out a chain system killing of various type of lives as if the being were fly away from the spot and died in other places, while than, them are eaten by another animals to cause death.

In the last week, Sorali ducks were found near the giant Mechagar tank and the conscious persons of the locality feels that many such birds might have fallen in other places. Condemning the inhuman actions of the bird killing nature lovers and conscious public have urged the authority to take stern actionand demand a probe.

 
SOURCE : The Assam Tribune, Sunday, 17 February 2008
 


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