Turkey has joined the list of countries in which there were cases of unexplained mass deaths of birds. In the Karajab district of Bursa province, residents found dozens of dead starlings. This was immediately reported to the local authorities, who decided to open an investigation.
At the moment, experts are carrying out all the necessary analyzes, but so far the reasons why the starlings died have not been established. According to the available version, several heavy vehicles following one after another crashed into the flock of birds.
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The world media began to report the inexplicable mass death of birds on New Year's Eve, when about 4 thousand blackbirds fell dead in the vicinity of the small town of Beebe in the state of Arkansas. Later, similar cases occurred in the states of Louisiana and Kentucky. Also incidents of mass death of birds were recorded in Canada, Sweden and Italy.
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Expert: Firecrackers cannot cause mass death of birds
Scientists are not yet ready to name with certainty the reasons why birds die in flocks, but a variety of assumptions are already appearing in the press. For example, that birds are dying due to explosions of firecrackers.
Nadezhda Yegorova, deputy chairman of the Russian Bird Conservation Union, calls these assumptions absurd:
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- Absurd absolutely statement that the birds were frightened there by explosions and firecrackers. Birds are not afraid of this. They could not die from this. This is absolutely certain.
- Some chemical weapon? Well, it is also hard to believe in it, especially sarin, it acts not on birds, but on all living things. In this case, if they died, then not only the birds would die, but everyone would die. As you remember, quite certain populations and quite certain species also perished there.
- Maybe it's poisoning with some food that they ate. At least what they say in our press, what I heard, to me, as a specialist, they seem absolutely absurd.
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