Peacocks in Bandel under threat
The felling of trees has destroyed the widespread natural habitat for them. With water bodies drying up, and the Kunti river being a little too far, the peacocks lack access to a good watering hole.
The felling of trees has destroyed the widespread natural habitat for them. With water bodies drying up, and the Kunti river being a little too far, the peacocks lack access to a good watering hole.
Peacocks falls under Schedule 1 status of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 (which covers endangered species that need rigorous protection), and an FIR has been registered against unidentified persons.
According to the divisional forest officer (DFO) Varun Kumar Singh, the post-mortem of the first peacock that was found dead on Wednesday, has been done. The cause of death in his report was pneumonia.
S Arumugam, Range Officer, Madurai Wildlife Range, said the birds were suspected to have been poisoned as they were eating paddy of farmers.
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