As many as 11 more peacocks died in Tharparkar desert during the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 187 this year.
The wildlife department officials said that six peacocks died in Mithi and five in Diplo that were suffering from undetacted diseases. The Sindh wildlife department had dispatched a team of doctors for treatment of ailing peacocks in the area, he said. The doctors will take blood samples of peacocks for proper treatment, he further commented. The wild peacocks had been facing starvation and lack of safe drinking water due to delayed monsoon rains.
Currently, around 30,000 wild peacocks exist in Thar Desert but their number is dwindling because of poaching and mysterious deaths.