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Taiwan/Yilan - Hundreds of dead sparrows on Industry Road - investigation initially ruled out bird flu death, poisoning suspected

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2013-10-5

Hundreds of suspected poisoning sparrows exposed body Industry Road

There are hundreds of sparrows live rough corpses, some passing vehicles has been squashed. ? (Reporter Zhu Zewei photo)

[Reporter Zhu Zewei / ao Township, Yilan report] beside the new horse cleaning brigade industrial road south bridge approaches, died suddenly yesterday found hundreds of sparrows on the road, ditches and so many, the body being the vehicle rolling, people worried that bird flu Fortunately, by the exclusion. Medical personnel judged sparrow death suspected food poisoning, the scene has a piles of rice, whether eating toxic rice, being for the deliberate killing? Also further investigation.

Hundreds of dead birds all over the road sparrows, the body no obvious trauma, some were from the vehicle rolling, organs scattered on the ground, passing people frequent shouts of "Amitabha!" Tailless Suao Harbor Cultural Association surveys of volunteer Birds Li Longcong said, had never seen such a situation, we must find out the cause of death.

The investigation initially ruled out bird flu death

Ao town mayor Lin Tenghuang been reported to come to view, please Yilan County Government Animal and Plant Health Inspection coroner corpse brought back sparrow, to find out whether being poisoned? If so, we should punish the murderer, he did instruct hall cleaning team clean up the site as soon as possible.

Sparrow place of death next to farmland and ditches, near the public fear of whether water is contaminated, or a new species of bird flu, talking about; Animal and Plant Health as Chief Zhi Huang said the preliminary cause of death Sparrow test, exclude the possibility of avian flu, because in addition to the new horse industry road found the body, and no relevant case elsewhere, the public need not panic.

He said the township has avian flu monitoring mechanisms, such as found bird droppings people, cleaned and disinfected with bleach Do not touch, find dead birds, handled promptly inform prevention, reporting telephone 03-9602350.

Zhi Huang also said that the cause of death judged sparrow food poisoning, the scene has a piles of rice, whether someone deliberately poisoned or other reasons, pending further examination, sparrows, though not protected species, but according to the Wildlife Protection Act, such as seizures are artificially deliberate killing, be liable to a fine ranging from 60,000 to 300,000 fines.

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