Animal Die-off — India
Panic gripped Gorakhpur’s Belghat area on Monday [25 May 2020] after over 300 bats were found dead in a mango orchard.
Even as the authorities rushed to the site to collect carcasses and send it for medical examination to ascertain the reason behind mysterious deaths, rumours on social media linked it with coronavirus outbreak, albeit without any scientific basis.
Many thought it could be because of heat and absence of water body around prompting locals to arrange water pots for
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