Chandigarh, Jan. 8 -- The carcasses of 381 more migratory birds were found on Thursday at Pong wetland in Himachal's Kangra district pushing the death toll of birds to 3409 due to avian influenza- H5N1.
With the outbreak of bird flu at Pong wetland, a team of experts from Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun visited the area to assess the situation while a control room has been set up at Nagrota Surain to oversee the entire operations to control the outbreak.
"Till Thursday afternoon, carcasses of 381 migratory birds were found and the counting of carcasses was still on at the Pong wetland. A total of 3409 migratory birds have died till now due to bird flu," said a senior official of the Wildlife wing of Forest Department, Himachal...