BSF personnel find dead eagle on Indo-Pak border; second recovery in four days

The soldiers of the 173rd Battalion of BSF Jaisalmer noticed a suspicious entity in the fencing area as they were on patrol. The dead eagle was discovered by the soldiers as they raced to the scene. After recovering it, the BSF forces notified the higher authorities.

Rajasthan: In the second incident in a row, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel recovered another dead eagle from the Indo-Pak border on Monday. This time, the falcon was recovered from the fencing area in the Shahgarh area of ​​the Jaisalmer district. During patrolling, the soldiers of the 173rd Battalion of BSF Jaisalmer observed a suspicious being in the said area. The soldiers rushed to the spot, recovered the deceased eagle and informed the higher authorities about the incident.

Taking a closer look, they found that a GPS antenna was attached to the bird. Also, rings were found in the scavenger's claws. According to the information received from BSF sources, it seemed that this eagle was trained and had flown from across the border. The BSF is now investigating the GPS and ring fitted on the dead eagle. It is noteworthy that a few days ago as well, the soldiers of the South Sector battalion of the BSF had caught a live eagle, although it did not have any kind of GPS attached to it. The eagle captured earlier, too, died shortly after BSF handed it over to the forest department.

The princes of the Arab royal family come to Pakistan for hunting annually and hunt several birds near the India-Pakistan border. The Sheikhs of Arabia bring with them dozens of trained hunter-hawks. Sometimes, they lose their way and land on the border areas of Rajasthan. It is noteworthy that after the incidents of drones entering India from across the border in Ganganagar and other areas of Rajasthan and incidents of heroin smuggling in the Barmer area being reported, the first line of defence in the country, the BSF is on red alert. Not only this, each movement from across the border is being strictly monitored.