<i>Rescued birds, hares released in Bhawal Garden</i>

31 August 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

Left, the jungle mynas (bon shalik) and right, the spotted doves (tila ghughu) rescued earlier from a Tongi market were released yesterday in Bhawal National Garden. Photo: Courtesy

The forest department rescued 25 spotted doves, four jungle mynas, and three purple moorhens from a Tongi market on Monday. The department officials also saw different rare waterfowls in the market during their drive to rescue birds. The waterfowls include pygmy cotton goose (bali haas), lesser whistling teal (sorali), white-breasted water hen (dahuk), water cock (kora), pond heron (kanibok), and cattle egret (gobok). In another drive, officials of the social forest division of Rajshahi rescued three rare black-naped hares from Poba upazila on Saturday and sent them to Dhaka. Forest Conservator Dr Tapan Kumar Dey yesterday released the hares and birds in Bhawal National Garden in Gazipur.

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