Opium-Addicted Parrots Raid Poppy Crops in India

Opium-Addicted Parrots Raid Poppy Crops in India
FILE—A farmer standing in his poppy field that ahead of harvest in Faizabad, Badakshan, Afghanistan, on May 25, 2011. Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Licensed poppy farmers in the middle of the harvest in India are struggling with the menace of drug-addicted parrots ravaging their crops.

Farmers in the state of Madhya Pradesh, who are licensed by the Indian government to cultivate opium for medicinal purposes, complain about the scourge of parakeets addicted to the crystallized sap in the ripening poppies, the ANI news agency reports.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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