Bird flu scares temples

GORKHA, Feb 9: The District Livestock Service Office, Gorkha has prohibited sacrificing pigeons, roosters, ducks and other birds at the Manakamana Temple in Manakamana VDC and at the Kalika Temple in Gorkha Municipality in the district.



A meeting of chiefs of different offices based in the Gorkha district took this decision as a measure of high alertness to prevent the spread of bird flu after cases of this disease were found in Pokhara recently.



Senior livestock service officer Chhetra Bahadur KC said the devotees will not be allowed to offer poultry sacrifice at the temples until further notice. However, the sacrifice of he-goats has not been banned at these shrines.

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