Sultanpur National Park (On Gurgaon Farrukh nagar road)shut down after migratory birds found dead:Forest and wild life department on 11 January 2015 shut down the Sultanpur National Park for one week. The park was shut down after 47 migratory birds were found dead in the park on 10 January 2015. The dead birds included Eurasian coots (36) and common moorhen (9) and one each of spot-billed duck and jungle babbler. Deaths of these birds had triggered fears of bird flu outbreak in the park but real cause of their death is not clear. The real cause is not known because the common feature of flu was not spotted in any of these birds. In case of bird flu, the legs of birds develop red spots. To know the real cause, samples of the dead birds have been sent to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal to verify the real cause of deaths.
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 06:54:30 +0000
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