Re: Kolkata: Govt gets cracking on crow deaths
The earlier report referred to above;
What's ailing the crows? Birds drop dead, authorities don't care
Subhro Niyogi & Prithvijit Mitra, TNN Jan 28, 2012, 06.17AM IST
KOLKATA: Have you noticed a few crow carcasses in your locality of late? Probably you have, but not given it much thought. After all, it is just a crow. The fact is that these omnipresent birds have been dropping dead in large numbers all over the city since late October and early November. There is no estimate on the number of deaths, but it is large enough to have triggered a major scare had they been chickens or even pigeons.
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But scientists like Debjani Ghosh, who was with the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences and Jagdish Bose National Science Talent Search, and activists like Ajanta Dey of non-government organization Nature Environment & Wildlife Society are beginning to worry about the sheer number of carcasses that they are encountering during morning walks. "There are days when I see at least four-five dead crows at the Subhas Sarovar. Come to think of it, I have never witnessed such a phenomenon in the past," says Ghosh.
Dey first noticed the phenomenon around Elgin Road around late November.When more crows died, she asked the local garbage collector to report the number of carcasses daily. Between December 8 and 17, the KMC conservancy department staff reported 11 carcasses.
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http://articles.timesofindia.indiat...73473_1_crow-deaths-crow-carcasses-birds-drop
