Avik Chakraborty Apr 23,
2018 00:00 IST
Dibrugarh: As many as 18
rare slender-billed vultures were found dead at Jamuguri Gaon in the Demow area
of Sivasagar district on Sunday. According to a forest official, they died
after eating a poison-laced carcass of a calf.
Three other vultures are in
critical condition and provided veterinary care by a vulture-conservation team.
Talking to this correspondent on
Sunday, Sivasagar divisional forest officer Bidya Bordoloi said the incident
took place at Nitaipukhuri Jamuguri village near Pani Dihing wildlife
sanctuary.
Bordoloi said the flock of
vultures had died after consuming the poisoned carcass of a calf that was
dumped in a paddy field on Saturday evening by goons. The official added that
post mortemof the vultures confirmed that they had died of poisoning.
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