Maha: Five horses die of starvation amid COVID-19 lockdown
Apr 16, 2020, 16:22 IST
Palghar, Apr 16 () As many as five horses used incarriages died of starvation during the COVID-19 lockdown inMaharashtra's Palghar district, a report from the authoritiesstated on Thursday.
According to the report, the horses died of starvationdue to the unavailability of fodder during the ongoinglockdown.
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Assistant police inspector Jitendra Thakur of Satpatipolice station confirmed the deaths and said the cause for thecasualties was yet to be confirmed.
Owners of the horse carriages, however, complainedthat fodder suppliers from Vikhramgadh had stopped the supply,as a result of which the animals could not be fed during thelockdown, Thakur said.
Meanwhile, district veterinarian Dr Prashant Kamblesaid a team of doctors had rushed to Shirgaon-Satpatifollowing the deaths and the matter was under investigation. CORARU ARU(This story has not been edited by www.businessinsider.in and is auto–generated from a syndicated feed we subscribe to.)