Two chicks of the nearly extinct kanakuya (coucal), rescued injured in Rajbari, have been released after two months of care.
The two birds were released beside the home of journalist Liton Chakraborty at around 10.30am on Tuesday, 15 August. Rajbari Sadar upazila livestock officer Dr Khayer Uddin Ahmed was present.
Among others present were district poultry development officer Mehedi Hasan, journalist Liton Chakraborty, Ashraful Alam Akkas, who rescued the birds, and Sonia Akter Smriti, known as "Roktokonya" (blood daughter).
How the chicks were saved
About two months ago, two seven-day-old kanakuya chicks were badly injured when their nest broke and they fell to the ground in the Belgachhi station area of Khanganj, Rajbari Sadar. Local Lalon devotee Akkas rescued them and called the livestock office and 999 for treatment and advice, without success. He then told journalist Liton Chakraborty, who took the chicks into his care and had them treated. He looked after them for about two months until they recovered, and as they were fully healthy, they were released today.
Rescuer Ashraful Alam Akkas said he has long worked to bring birds and neglected mentally ill people back to health. "About two months ago I found the two kanakuya chicks abandoned in the Belgachhi station area. I contacted various places but got no proper advice, so I contacted journalist Liton Chakraborty. He looked after the chicks for about two months, nursed them back to health and released them today," he said.
Journalist Liton Chakraborty said he has long been collecting and treating injured birds, helped in this work by arts and crafts artists Abu Abdullah Swapan and Ananta Sarkar. "I kept these two injured chicks with me and had them treated. Now they are fully healthy, so I released them on the advice of bird experts," he said.
Role in nature
Rajbari Sadar upazila livestock officer Dr Khayer Uddin Ahmed said the two chicks of the nearly extinct kanakuya had been rescued about two months ago and nursed back to health with care. They were released today to mark National Mourning Day. The bird was often seen in his childhood but is rarely seen now, he said.
He added that these birds eat various harmful insects and pests, helping to keep the balance of the environment, and also play an important role in protecting biodiversity.
Source: Jagonews24. First published in Bengali on The Agro News.
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