In the wake of reported bird-flu incidents in several parts of the country that has already alerted the entire medical and health department, the strange and suspicious deaths of chickens and crows in a village of Vikarabad District create a flutter among the villagers.
These incidents are being reported from Dornal Village of Dharor Mandal in the district wherein hundreds of country chickens, crows and few baby goats were found dead thereby spreads panic among the rural folk.
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Soon after receiving complaints from the local people, the officials of the Animal Husbandry Department accompanied by local police rushed to the village and took stock of the situation created out of the suspicious deaths of the birds. The officials talked to the locals and tried to ascertain the actual reason behind their death and suspicious things they come across ahead of the sudden fall-out of the birds.
Worried rural folks informed the officials that the birds go merry-go-round before collapsing on the ground. These incidents have been witnessed for the last few days. They even affirmed the incidents wherein the crows also received a similar fate in the village.
At least 6 to 8 chickens beside a few baby goats in separate houses found dead in the village. Going by the incidents reported from the village it could hypothetically assume that a cumulative number of around 400 to 500 birds were found dead in the area.
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“Pesticides may be the reason behind the death of the country’s chickens and crows that used to feed themselves by pecking from the ground especially from the agricultural fields. However, only the officials of animal husbandry could reveal the actual reason behind these incidents,” informed a senior retired veterinary official, who was associated with Nehru Zoological Park for a long time.
On the other hand, the officials of the Animal Husbandry Department in the district are playing down the incident and the number of cattle deaths saying that there is no case of bird flu found anywhere in the district so far and only a few sporadic cases of country chicken’s death were reported which is not at all having any link to contagion like bird flu. We are ascertaining the reason behind these incidents but could not be able to reveal anything at the moment.
When contacted, the Senior Official of the District Medical and Health Department refused to respond despite multiple calls and even messages for comment.
