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Mass bird deaths in northern Italian town, bad sunflower seed diet suspected
Mass bird deaths in northern Italian town, bad sunflower seed diet suspected
01-08-2011 09:14 AM MST
ROME (Associated Press) --
Hundreds of dead turtle doves have been found in a town in northern Italy.
An Italian association for bird protection said Saturday that over 700 dead birds have been picked up since Jan. 1 from the streets of Faenza, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southeast of Bologna.
Scientists were carrying out tests to figure out why the birds died but Nadia Caselli of the bird association said they appear to have overeaten sunflower seeds, which damage their livers and kidneys. The seeds are mostly waste from a nearby oil factory.
Unlike stronger birds like pigeons, turtle doves are also debilitated by cold weather.
The mass deaths follow similar cases recently in the United States and Sweden.
Mass bird deaths in northern Italian town, bad sunflower seed diet suspected
01-08-2011 09:14 AM MST
ROME (Associated Press) --
Hundreds of dead turtle doves have been found in a town in northern Italy.
An Italian association for bird protection said Saturday that over 700 dead birds have been picked up since Jan. 1 from the streets of Faenza, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southeast of Bologna.
Scientists were carrying out tests to figure out why the birds died but Nadia Caselli of the bird association said they appear to have overeaten sunflower seeds, which damage their livers and kidneys. The seeds are mostly waste from a nearby oil factory.
Unlike stronger birds like pigeons, turtle doves are also debilitated by cold weather.
The mass deaths follow similar cases recently in the United States and Sweden.
