One-by-one they’re leaving Emu birds in open!
August 27, 2013
Ahmedabad, 27 August 2013
It seems, the much hyped Emu farming has turned out to be a failure in rural Gujarat. One-by-one, number of Emu farm owners have in last couple of months left their Emu birds in open, mostly in forests. Four such incidents have come to light in last couple of months, including the latest one in this week.
The first incident surfaced in Vansda reserved forest in south Gujarat. An unknown Emu farm owners had left more than dozen Emu birds in reserved forest area here.
The other incident was noticed in Gandhinagar district, in which an Emu farm owner left his Emu birds in open during the night.
The third incident has come to light this week in Narukot forest area near Jambughoda in which 25 Emu birds are found. Out of 10 Emu birds found near Chhaj Diwali village here, 2 were dead. Informed by local villagers, the forest department team captured 25 Emu birds and shifted them to Kada dam based facility on Sunday.
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