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Five million quelea quelea birds killed in Tanzania

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Unfortunately, five million Quelea Quelea birds (red-billed weavers), have been killed in a special operation in Tanzania.

The birds had invaded paddy farms in the north-eastern district of Moshi and proved to be destructive to the harvest at a time when the rice farmers were happy to get a bumper harvest.

The authorities had acted fast to avert loss of yield as the birds had proved destructive.

TOA Correspondent

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