After Uttar Pradesh, now 9 peacocks found dead in Rajasthan
On the deaths of peacocks, Environmentalist Harshwardhan confirmed that the pesticides being sprayed in the fields were deadly for peacocks. If the use of the pesticides is not checked, more peacocks will die, he added.
Days after eight peacocks were found dead in a sugarcane field in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor, nine peacocks have been found dead in Rajasthan's Alwar district on Thursday. According to officials, five more were found unconscious and the birds were being treated at a local veterinary hospital. Investigations to find the cause of the death of the peacocks are currently underway.
Authorities are trying to investigate if the peacocks had eaten anything poisonous or if they died due to some unknown disease.
Meanwhile, environmentalists said that the peacocks died because of the pesticides which were sprayed on the fields.
Environmentalist Harshwardhan confirmed that the pesticides being sprayed in the fields were deadly for peacocks. If the use of the pesticides is not checked, more peacocks will die, he added.
The deaths have come at a time when thousands of migratory birds were recently found dead in and around Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan's Jaipur district.
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