Times News Network Kanpur:Three more peacocks were found dead in Majra Takia area under the limits of Erwa Katra police station in Auraiya district on Wednesday.
Earlier, on June 6, nine peacocks were found dead in the same area and prior to that, on May 14 six peacocks were found dead in an orchard in Barampur village of the district.
Panic gripped the area after the birds were found dead on Wednesday morning.
The villagers immediately informed the forest department and local police station.
A team from the forest department arrived and took away the carcasses of the peacocks.
According to the forest department officials, the postmortem will ascertain the cause of the death of the birds.
“All the three peacocks were male and the carcasses have been sent for postmortem to ascertain the actual cause of death,” said district veterinary officer Narendra Kumar Gaur.