Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Forest department is considering to preserve the specimens of the migratory birds at the Regional Museum of Natural History in the capital city here.  The Regional Museum already houses several varieties of skeletons and remains of animals including elephant, dolphin, rhinoceros, African zebra, cheetah, insects and reptiles. Now, the department is planning to conserve dead bodies of migratory birds which throng Chilika Lake every year.

Not only the avian species, the Museum is contemplating to preserve carcass of animals, birds and other species that naturally die in the zoos, parks and sanctuaries across the State. The State Principal Chief Conservator of Forests has also urged the concerned zoos and parks to inform the museum authorities regarding the death of any bird or animal.

“The Regional Museum of Natural History authorities have proposed that if they are informed about the death of any bird or animal within 24 hours, they will collect and conserve it in the museum. All the zoos and parks across the State will be instructed to do the same so as to preserve the zoological remains. It will help the students a lot in their researches,” PCCF Hari Shankar Upadhyay told reporters.

The RMNH authorities said that there are enough data on the local birds but the State does not possess much information about the migratory winged guests that flock to Odisha every year from foreign lands. So a holistic conservation initiative of animal specimens will go a long way in establishing a fine research base in the State.

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