Eliminating bird streamers as a cause of faulting on transmission lines

Avian Electrocutions in Western Rajasthan, India

“…Avian electrocutions are widely documented in North America (e.g., Platt 2005, Dwyer and Mannan 2007, as are avian electric-shock injuries (Morrow andMorrow 2003, Dwyer 2006). Avian electrocutions are also widely reported from Europe (Tintó et al 2010, Guil et al 2011, López-López et al 2011 and Africa (Kruger and Van Rooyen 2000, Van Rooyen et al 2003, Boshoff et al 2011, where persistent electrocution mortality has been implicated in Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus) declines (Angelov et al 2012). Electrocutions are also suspected to affect some avian populations in Asia (Harness et al 2008, Karyakin et al 2009, Goroshko 2011, but detailed, quantitative, regional information is not widely available, particularly in Englishlanguage journals.…”