The birth of Krishna or Janmashtami is an annual Hindu festival. This year, Janmashtami was celebrated on August 11. In the backdrop of this, a set of photographs showing injured peacocks are being circulated.
The text accompanying the post asks whether the peacock feathers are more important than their lives during Janmashtami. Further, the post asks why only the sacrifice of goats is hyped during Eid and not this.
कहाँ जाता है हमारा राष्ट्रीय पछी मोर है!
— Amitesh kushwaha (@Amiteshkushwa15) August 12, 2020
और श्री कृष्ण जन्माष्टमी पे पता नही कितनो मोरो शोषण
किया गया! इसको क्या कहाँ जाये देशद्रोही या अन्धभक्ती
ये है हमारा सामाज 😔😔😔 pic.twitter.com/T7HcrKBdqY
जन्माष्टमी मै मोर पंख इतना ज्यादा महत्त्वपूर्ण है की हजारो मोर की हत्या कर दी जाती है जबकि मोर राष्ट्रीय पक्षी है
— Aashif_Ansari (@Aashif_001) August 11, 2020
बकरीद की कुर्बानि का ही हंगामा क्यु मुस्लिम ही हर जगह चर्चा मे क्यु
कुछ चर्चा का हक़ इनको भी दो#मोर_पक्षी_की_हत्या_बन्द_करो #पक्षी_की_हत्या_जरूरी_या_जन्माष्टमी pic.twitter.com/6GsDwYc42H
The Logical Indian received a request to verify the claims.
Claim:
Peacocks were killed in light of Janmashtami.
Fact Check:
The claim is false.
A simple google reverse search led to a report by The Quint which carried the viral photos.
According to the report which was published on August 4, 2018, the residents of a neighbourhood in Marudhankulam, Madurai had found carcasses of peacocks strewn all over the ground.
Reportedly, a woman found 34 peacocks and 9 peahens dead.
Forest officials had suspected that rice grains mixed with poisonous substances led to the incident. However, residents had informed that there were no agricultural fields nearby.
The report added that rice grains were seen strewn all over the ground.
"Around 70 peacocks used to come every morning. They would not leave until we give them food. Some seven years ago only a few came. Over the course of years, 70 to 80 peacocks started visiting," The Times of India quoted one of the residents, P O Raja, as saying.
Therefore, the photos are from an earlier incident which is unrelated to Janmashtami.
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