The Department of Conservation in Missouri said they found no evidence of injuries on the birds and would conduct further tests.
Crow hunting is legal in Missouri. Hunters were permitted to shoot the birds from November 1 to March 3, 2021, in the 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset.spread in bird species that can, in rare cases, be passed to humans, were raised after the dead crows were found. Cases of avian flu have recently been reported in Kentucky, Virginia and Indiana. In Indiana, one farm decided to kill 29,000 turkeys after a reported outbreak of the highly pathogenic disease.
Crows are found throughout Missouri and scavenge widely for their food, eating seeds, corn, insects and carrion among a varied diet. They often congregate in agricultural areas and in large roosts in cities, where they can conflict with humans. The Missouri Department of Conservation said that the animals are particularly impacted by the West Nile Virus, a mosquito-borne disease which typically kills crows within a week. Some researchers previously estimated that crow numbers in America have halved since 1999.. Footage showed hundreds of birds dropping to the earth in mid-flight in Cuauhtémoc city.
Stock image of a black crow. The highly intelligent animals are found state wide in Missouri where it is legal to hunt them between November 1 and March 3 during the day.
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