Seagulls nesting on the islands of Adır, Akdamar, Kuzu, and Çarpanak in Lake Van started to expertise meals shortage because the fish migration, which began on April fifteenth, ended on July fifteenth.
During the migration, some seagulls could not discover meals because the fish they caught in rivers through the migration returned to the lake. A portion of those seagulls died on account of meals shortage, excessive temperatures, and drought.
Experts famous a rise in seagull deaths this 12 months in comparison with the earlier 12 months, emphasizing that it’s a pure course of and there’s no outbreak threat.
Prof. Dr. Lokman Aslan, Director of the Van Yüzüncü Yıl University (YYÜ) Wildlife Conservation and Rehabilitation Center, said that the Lake Van basin is wealthy in wildlife. He talked about that with the cooling of the climate, the deaths will cease.
Explaining that seagulls choose the islands in Lake Van for breeding throughout spring, Aslan mentioned, “Seagulls come to the islands through the incubation interval as a result of they’re secure. The most essential of those is Adır Island. Similar conditions exist on different islands. Millions of seagulls breed right here. In spring, when the pearl mullet migrates to the streams, it offers good feeding alternatives for seagulls.
This 12 months, on account of extreme drought, early drying of streams, and the early completion of pearl mullet migration, many younger seagulls began to die on account of stress and misery. We had decided that there was no epidemic illness in routine deaths that happen yearly. This 12 months, the affect of utmost warmth and drought can also be current. This has led to extra deaths. Municipalities want to scrub these areas.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr
