From the end of April to the 7th of this month, 14 crows were found dead one after another in parks in Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture.
According to Saitama Prefecture, a drug used as an insecticide was detected in the collected crows.
According to Saitama Prefecture, on the 26th and 28th of last month, and on the 7th of this month, the city was notified one after another that "a dead crow was found" at a park in Sayama City and a nearby factory. It means that 14 crows were found dead.
According to the prefecture, "Cyanophos", which is also used as an insecticide for vegetables and fruits, was detected in the stomach contents of 12 of the 14 feathers that the prefecture collected.
All the simple tests for bird flu were negative.
According to the prefecture, 12 birds such as crows were found dead around the same park as this time in late January, and "Cyanophos" was also detected in 7 of them that could be recovered.
The site is "Mitsugi Park" and "Nakabaru Park" within a radius of 400 meters around "Shin-Sayama" station on the Seibu Shinjuku line and their surroundings, and the prefecture is strengthening patrols around it.