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Birds prey on Pong Dam pearls, small fish [1]

Pong Dam : Officials of the Departments of Himachal Wildlife and Fisheries are in a conflict over eating of natural fresh water pearls in the Pong Dam reservoir by migratory birds. Fisheries Department officials say migratory birds have been eating natural gems worth crores from the reservoir every year, but Wildlife officials termed it a natural food cycle.

Publication Date: 
09/09/2009
Tribune (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Ecology [3], Pong [4], Dams [5], Fisheries [6], Birds [7], Biodiversity [8], Himachal Pradesh [9]
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