<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Around 50 spotted doves have been poisoned to death at an Aman paddy field at Charpuramukhi village under Haimchar upazila of Chandpur.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>On information, Haimchar upazila agriculture officer Debbrato Sarkar visited the spot Wednesday afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>Debbrato Sarkar told UNB that these ill-fated doves used to come to the Aman paddy seedbed in search of food. Some locals killed the doves by giving poison.</div><div><br></div><div>“It is inhumane. Killing birds is a crime and a threat to the environment. I have asked the locals not to kill birds like dove,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>An investigation is underway to find out the culprits and bring them to the book, added the agriculture officer.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on February 25, more than a hundred of doves were poisoned to death in the same upazila.</div><div><br></div><div>Farmer Swapan Dewan was fined Tk 2,000 for committing the crime, said Debbrato Sarkar.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The spotted dove is a small and somewhat long-tailed pigeon that is a common resident breeding bird across its native range on the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia including Bangladesh. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>