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Rarotonga residents last month raised alarm after witnessing chickens dropping dead with one reporting 25 dead chickens that fell from a tree next to their house. <\/p>\n
Ministry of Agriculture which carried out preliminary investigation and preserved a dead chicken as a sample is hoping to solve the mystery behind these deaths when a team from New Zealands Ministry of Primary Industries arrive here on the island for further investigation. <\/p>\n
Tupapa resident Rod Browne, who earlier witnessed chickens falling from the tree, wobbling around and dying later, yesterday said another two chickens suffered the same fate this week. <\/p>\n
Browne earlier said staff from the Ministry of Agriculture took a dead chicken as a sample and advised them to destroy the rest with fire. <\/p>\n
The Ministry of Agriculture had earlier stated that they reached out to New Secretary of Agriculture Temarama Anguna-Kamana earlier said: We have not received a formal complaint but we have reached out to our colleagues at NZ Ministry of Primary Industries Animal Health for support in identifying the cause. <\/p>\n
Anguna-Kamana said they would need the dead birds to be taken to the Ministry to be stored so when the team from New Zealand arrives, they can examine the birds. <\/p>\n
We are unable to speculate the cause of death until investigated. <\/p>\n
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