Insecticide blamed for the deaths of 200 native birds, including wedge-tailed eagles
by Australian Associated Press from Environment | The Guardian on (#4RZDS)
Environment officials are unsure whether the poisoning of the birds in northeast Victoria was an accident
An insecticide is likely to be behind the deaths of almost 200 native birds in northeast Victoria, environment officials believe.
After dead wedge-tailed eagles were found near Violet Town in August the state's environment department found more - along with hawks and falcons - on a nearby property.
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