GUWAHATI, June 20 - The priests of Navagraha Temple here rescued a chick of the rare hornbill bird on Friday and handed it over to the Assam State Zoo authorities.
The chick had fallen from a tree hole in the temple frontyard while trying to fly. The priests, noticing the bird being attacked by the temple monkeys, immediately rescued it and handed it over to the State Zoo authorities.
Around this time last year, a male hornbill was electrocuted near the temple.
GUWAHATI, June 20 - The priests of Navagraha Temple here rescued a chick of the rare hornbill bird on Friday and handed it over to the Assam State Zoo authorities.
The chick had fallen from a tree hole in the temple frontyard while trying to fly. The priests, noticing the bird being attacked by the temple monkeys, immediately rescued it and handed it over to the State Zoo authorities.
Around this time last year, a male hornbill was electrocuted near the temple.
