Nearly 100 endangered vultures were found dead and several others critical near Chhaygaon area in Assam's Kamrup district.
The authorities of the state forest department had recovered the carcasses of about 100 vultures at Milanpur area under Assam's Chhaygaon police station on Thursday evening.
The vultures had reportedly had eaten a goat carcass and the forest officials have suspected that the vultures died after eating poisonous food.
Dimpi Bora, District Forest Officer (DFO) of Kamrup West Forest Division, said that for the first time, she saw that nearly 100 vultures died at a time.
"We have found some bones of goat nearby the carcasses of the vultures. We have suspected that the vultures died after eating the poisonous goat carcass. But the cause of death will come out in the post-mortem report. It is a big offence against the person who mixed poison in the goat carcass and we will arrest that person," Ms Bora said.
"A similar incident also happened earlier in this area, but this time a large number of vultures died. So we will try to aware the locals so that such incidents will not happen again," she added.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Assam Orders Probe Into Death Of Scores Of Birds In Barpeta Kangaroo, Macaw Parrot, Being Smuggled At Assam-Mizoram Border, Recovered Villagers In Assam Kill Leopard, Gouge Its Eyes Out, Chop Off Paws Trainee IAS Officer Puja Khedkar Recalled To Academy, Training Put On Hold Karnataka's 100% Quota Bill For Kannadigas In Private Firms For These Posts Under-Fire Trainee IAS Officer Accuses Pune Collector Of Harassment India Is A "Strategic Partner", Says Pentagon Biden Calls For Ban On Type Of Gun Used In Trump Attack Biden Pledges "I Am All In", Criticises Trump On Policy Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.