Via The Statesman: Culling in Chopra. Excerpt:
North Dinajpur district administration has decided to kill around 14,000 birds in several villages under Daspara and Ghinnigaon gram panchayats near the Chopra police station of North Dinajpur district in the next four days.
The decision followed the official announcement declaring the block as Bird Flu affected.
It was reported that hundreds of birds died in the region over the past week, alarming the district administration. The North Dinajpur animal husbandry department officials promptly visited the 'affected' villages and collected samples from the dead birds, which were later sent to a Pune-based national laboratory.
The laboratory report confirmed Bird Flu in the area. The culling exercise are scheduled to commence tomorrow.
