Three peacocks die of heat stroke

Rajkot: Heat stroke claimed the lives of three peacocks in Chandrasar village of Dhrangadhra taluka in Surendranagar district on Thursday.

The forest department officers said that there were four peacocks, of which three had died, while one survived. “The deceased birds were lying on the bank of the village pond.

While the postmortem on them was being conducted, another peacock fell from a tree and was rendered unconscious. The postmortem report revealed that the peacocks had died of heat stroke. The peacock that had fallen unconscious had also fallen prey to the heat stroke,” said J A Multani, Dhrangadhra range forest officer. “We have kept the unconscious peacock under treatment at the veterinary hospital in Dhrangadhra,” added Multani. tnn