10 peacocks found dead

RAJKOT: A total of 10 peacocks including five chicks, three peahens and two peacocks were found dead at Juna Ghatila village of Maliya-Miyana taluka in Morbi district on Sunday morning.
Juna Ghatila village sarpanch Chandu Patel informed the forest department. Forest guard B C Barolia rushed to the site and collected bodies of the dead birds.

"We have sent bodies of the dead birds to Morbi Wildlife Conservation Centre where their postmortem has been conducted. Seeds of wheat were extracted from the birds' stomachs. It is suspected that the seeds were poisonous and that the birds had died of food poisoning. However, the exact picture will be clearer after we get the FSL report," said Barolia.