COVID-19 scare causes egret chicks’ deaths in Assam’s Tangla
The Hindu
Many chicks killed as authorities destroy nests following complaint that bird poop could be carriers of novel coronavirus
A complaint based on a “theory” that bird droppings spread COVID-19 has resulted in the death of scores of egret chicks in northern Assam’s Udalguri district. The executive officer of the municipal board in Tangla town, on June 8, served a notice each to five persons of Ward Number 1. The notice to Mahendra Deka, Amiyo Narzary, Rajat Bhattacharjee, Lokjit Sutar and Geetika Das read: “Your neighbours have complained that the egrets nesting on your bamboo groves are destroying the environment with their urine and droppings. This can spread corona infection too. You are thereby asked to cut down the bamboo groves for a cleaner, healthier surrounding.”
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