Thane stray dog with plastic jar stuck to its mouth rescued after 3 hours

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A Thane stray dog was rescued on Wednesday nearly three hours after a plastic jar got stuck to its mouth in Maharashtra's Thane district, an NGO said, reported news agency PTI.

The Thane stray dog landed in distress in the Dombivli MIDC area prompting locals to seek a former corporator's help, reported PTI.

The ex-corporator got in touch with NGO Pet Animal Welfare Society, whose volunteers arrived at the scene, cut open the jar and rescued the dog after about three hours, reported PTI.

PAWS trustee Anuradha Ramaswamy urged citizens not to throw plastic on the streets, while Nilesh Bhanage of the NGO said housing societies should keep clay or cement pots filled with water for animals and birds, reported PTI.

Meanwhile, more than 30 flamingos were killed after allegedly being hit by an aircraft in Mumbai, police said on Tuesday, as environmental activists demanded a probe into it by the DGCA and claimed urban planners had ignored warnings about such disasters, reported PTI.

The birds were hit by the aircraft before it landed here on Monday night, a police official said.

Various calls were received from people about the dead birds spotted at some places in Ghatkopar, said Pawan Sharma, founder of the Resqink Association for Wildlife Welfare (RAWW) and honorary wildlife warden with the forest department.

The carcasses were sent for an autopsy and would later be disposed of as per the protocols, he said, reported PTI.

The Wildlife Conflict Mitigation and Management Plan needs to to reviewed and revised by the airport authorities based on proper evaluation of the situation in coordination with the forest department and wildlife experts so that such incidents can be avoided in future, RAWW secretary and zoologist Chinmay Joshi said, reported PTI.

NatConnect Foundation director B N Kumar in a release said he has sent an email to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), and sought a high-level probe to ascertain how the Emirates aircraft hit the birds and whether the pilot could not notice the flock on his radar.

The flamingos were apparently on their return from Mumbai to Gujarat and their death is a warning to human beings of the impending disasters, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) researcher Mrugank Prabhu said, reported PTI.

Nearly a lakh flamingos keep flying to the Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary, which is a Ramsar site, NatConnect said.

(With inputs from PTI)