Dead birds fell on the Australian city with rain

In the west of Australia, rain from dead birds “spilled” - more than 200 ibis, ravens, ducks, seagulls and pelicans were discovered within a radius of one kilometer in the vicinity of the city of Perth. Most of the birds were dead, some fought in dying convulsions, writes The Times on Monday.

The cause of the mass death of birds, apparently, was the fention - a pesticide extremely poisonous for insects and birds. The Ministry of Environmental Protection conducts an investigation to find out if this was deliberate poisoning of birds.

It is possible that they were poisoned, eating on a large garbage dump nearby, or drank water from a source with pesticides. Shortly before the "rain," local residents said that they saw birds with strange foam at the beak, as well as staggering during walking. All of them were just in the landfill area.

The population, just in case, warned not to touch the dead and dying birds, although the Fention is not dangerous for humans and mammals.

In the west of the continent, such cases have previously occurred. In July last year, just a few kilometers from Perth died 200 gulls; Dead birds fell from the sky for several days. The study carried out then did not establish the cause of their mass death, but the poisoning with Fention was then excluded.

And in December 2007, 5,000 birds died in the area of ​​the city of Esperans from Pig Karbonate Poisoning (used, in particular, in the manufacture of paint, lead white). During the investigation, it turned out that not only birds, but also people were in danger: a dangerous level of lead was found in the blood of children and adults.

The local company Magellan Metals, transporting lead in the city to the port, from where it goes to export, escaped responsibility. But, as the newspaper writes, fears in connection with a possible threat to human health are preserved.