200 egrets die in Assam as civic body destroys nesting site, claims they spread Covid-19

The local body ordered chopping down bamboo groves where the birds nested believing that they were a source of Covid-19. Over 200 egrets died due to the order.

Over 200 egrets, including newborn chicks, died after a bizarre order issued by a municipal board in Assam's Udalguri district claiming that the bamboo groves in private lands where the birds nested should be razed because they spread Covid-19. Egrets are white colour birds that hunt and live in both saltwater and freshwater marshes. So painful to see them.These baby egret birds were falsely claimed to be a carrier of covid19 by Tangla Municipal board and their nests were destroyed.Can't help but imagine these voiceless babies are crying for their mothers on the the brink of their death.Let's raise voice. pic.twitter.com/IPajHfx24c According to the media reports, the Tangla Municipal Board in Udalguri district under the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) believed that the bamboo groves where the egrets nested were a source of Covid-19 due to the birds' droppings.