The sudden death of several birds at Gudavi Bird Sanctuary in Sorab taluk has left the officers of the Forest Department in worry. In a span of seven days, more than 30 birds, including spoonbills, herons, and black-headed ibis, were found dead.
The reason for the sudden deaths of the winged visitors to the sanctuary is not clear. The veterinarians of the Forest Department and the Regional Research Centre of the Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Department have conducted the post-mortem, and the analysis of samples collected from the dead birds is going on.
Prasanna Krishna Patagar, DCF (Wildlife), told The Hindu that the reason for the sudden deaths was not yet clear. “The preliminary reports of the post-mortem did not suggest any disease. However, the lab reports of the analysis of body samples are yet to arrive,” he said.
