Thousands of saker falcons die of electrocution
Experts highlight that environmentally friendly power line solution in order to ensure the safety of the birds.
Thousands of saker falcons die of electrocution. Experts highlight that environmentally friendly power line solution in order to ensure the safety of the birds. Insulators should be installed to all utility poles, they say. Environment and energy industries began to focus on that issue several years ago. Insulators were installed to 250 utility poles of power lines in southwestern Bayankhongor province. As a result, number of electrocuted birds was decreased to 39 from 52. However 32 of them were found under the utility poles without insulators. Due to inefficient solutions in power lines, over 4000 saker falcons die annually in Mongolia, said Dr. B.Nyambayar and pointed to the need of urgent updating of the relevant regulations and standards in order to save the saker falcons by making 4,000 km of 15 kV power lines safe.
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