Indian parrots turn opiate addicts

Parrots from the region of Neemach, India have begun pillaging opium fields to feed their addictions.

In a recently surfaced video of parrots, depicts the birds silently flying unto the drug-laden fields to slyly feed their addictions. The video shows the parrots actually gorging on the plants which are grown under the supervision of the state.

Local farmers there, now claim that they are getting caveats from the Government’s narcotics departments, which regulates the farming of opium over reduced yields.

This incident first came to limelight in 2015, but it reached new ‘highs’ this year as it has progressed over to other regions.

Sobharam Rathod, an opium farmer from Neemach, India, approximates parrots are pinching around ten per cent of his crop and he has been given a warning.

He said: “Usually, the parrots would make sound when in a group. But these birds have become so smart that they don’t make any noise when they swoop on the fields. The birds start chirping when they fly away with opium pods. We have tried every trick possible to keep the birds at bay but these addicts keep coming back even at the risk of their life. Like we keep an eye on them, but they also keep an eye on us.”

“The moment you lower your guard the army of parrots silently swoop onto your field and take away the bulbs,” he further adds.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2017