A large
flock of native birds has died after a mysterious illness caused them to fall
from the sky, bleeding from their eyes and beaks. WARNING: Graphic
news.com.au JULY 15, 20198:18AM
WARNING:
Graphic
Dozens of
native corella birds have died overnight after they fell from the sky in an
Adelaide outer suburb.
Bleeding
from their eyes and beaks, more than 50 gravely ill birds began falling from
the sky at a soccer oval in One Tree Hill, a suburb on the outskirts of
Adelaide, about 2.30pm yesterday.
Volunteers
from Casper’s Bird Rescue, founded by Sarah King, desperately tried to help the
long-billed corellas, running to the oval and calling out for extra help on
Facebook.
Ms King
originally received a tip the birds had been shot, but vets working on the
birds suspect they may have been poisoned.
Children
at a nearby school who were attending vacation care saw a number of the sick
and dying birds bleeding from their eyes and beaks, according to Yahoo.
According
to Ms King, 11 volunteers arrived on the site yesterday at 2.30pm and stayed
until 11pm collecting the 58 injured birds that were suffering and in great
pain.
The
volunteers took the birds to two different vets. Of the birds collected, 57
have now died, with “one possible survivor”, Ms Hill told news.com.au.
A
conclusive necropsy has not yet been performed to detect poisons, news.com.au
understands.
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