25 peacocks die in a week in Tharparkar due to Ranikhet
February 26, 2017
THARPARKAR: At least 25 peacocks have died in a week due to Ranikhet disease in different villages of Tharparkar district.
According to officials of the wildlife department, eight peacocks have died in Bakho while 17 have died in Bagal. Besides, dozens of others are ill due to the disease. In January, nine peacocks died in two days due to the disease.
In January, nine peacocks died in two days due to the disease. Officials of the wildlife department had said they could not vaccinate all the peacocks so they added a medicine in water that is kept in earthenware utensils near the wells. The medicine cures the disease, they had claimed. However, all the peacocks in the district do not drink from those clay utensils.
Officials of the wildlife department had said they could not vaccinate all the peacocks so they added a medicine in water that is kept in earthenware utensils near the wells.The medicine cures the disease, they had claimed. However, all the peacocks in the district do not drink from those clay utensils.
The medicine cures the disease, they had claimed. However, all the peacocks in the district do not drink from those clay utensils.
On the other hand, people of the villages have said the officials concerned have not taken any step to rid the district of the disease.
The disease that has been plaguing the district time and again since quite a few years has caused the number of peacocks in Tharparkar to decline.
Ranikhet is a disease of domestic and other birds that affects the respiratory and nervous system of the birds, according to an online biology forum. It states the disease causes breathing difficulties and twitching of the head in the birds.
