Gujarat: Over 100 buffaloes die of food poisoning
Mehsana, Dec 31: As many as 109 buffaloes and calves died after consuming a fodder of maize plants at a cattle shed on the outskirts of Gujarat's Mehsana city on Tuesday, police said.
Following the incident, Mehsana 'B' division police station made a 'janva jog' (for information only) entry and referred the matter to the concerned authorities, an official said.
The deaths occurred at a cattle shed located on Radhanpur road, where animals started collapsing while eating the fodder, the official said.
Of the 109 buffaloes that died, 85 were calves, he added.
"We have around 950 cattle, including cows, in this shelter. Among these, over 100 buffaloes and calves have died after consuming maize plants given to them as fodder," shelter manager Vimal Shah said.
Veterinarians from the government hospital saved around 350 other cattle, who also fell ill due to food poisoning, he added.
"Green maize plants can prove fatal, as they carry some toxic substances. However, cattle can also die if the fodder is stale or laced with pesticide," government veterinary officer G J Oza said.
The exact cause of the deaths can be ascertained after a post-mortem, he added.
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At least 4 people killed in one of largest Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia
Kyiv, May (AP): At least four people, including three near Moscow, died in one of the largest Ukrainian overnight attacks against Russia since the start of the war, according to Russian local authorities.
A woman was killed after a drone hit her home in Khimki, a city just northwest of Moscow, and two men died in the village of Pogorelki 10 km north of the capital, according to local Gov. Andrei Vorobyev.
In social media updates, Vorobyev said Ukrainian drones had also damaged unspecified “infrastructure” and several high-rises.
In Moscow itself, at least 12 people were wounded in the nighttime strike, mostly near the entrance to the city's oil refinery, mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported. Sobyanin reported the “technology” of the refinery has not been damaged.
Russian defences shot down 81 drones headed for Moscow overnight, state agency Tass reported, citing Sobyanin, marking one of the largest attacks on the Russian capital since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
One man was also killed as a drone struck a lorry in the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, according to local authorities.
Russian air defences destroyed 556 drones over Russia overnight, the country's defence ministry said Sunday morning. Shortly after midday local time, it reported that over 1,000 had been shot down or jammed in the previous 24 hours.
Russia's largest airport — Moscow's Sheremetyevo — said drone debris had fallen on its premises without causing damage.
Russia attacked Ukraine with 287 drones overnight on Sunday, 279 of which were shot down or jammed, the Ukrainian air force reported.
According to Ukraine's estate emergency service, the strikes injured 8 people in Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region: three in the regional capital of Dnipro, four in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown of Kryvyi Rih, and one in the district of Synelkove.
Residential buildings were damaged in all three locations, the service said.
