21.   True, fighting birds may eventually die in the ring, but meanwhile, some of them may enjoy something approaching a life.

22.   Why the birds died is a mystery.

23.   Wildlife experts became aware at the end of August that a strange disease was infecting the bird population, because birds were dying in large numbers.

24.   Woodbridge also found hundreds of dead hawks, and a farmer told him the birds had died after a field next to their roost was sprayed.

25.   Although initial autopsies were inconclusive, state wildlife conservation official U.M. Sahai said the birds apparently died after eating seeds or plants sprayed with pesticides.

26.   As a result, birds are dying for lack of food and fish from asphyxiation.

27.   Experts are afraid many birds will die if they eat the contaminated fish.

28.   He said the birds later died from injuries.

29.   If the bird died, miners knew there was danger.

30.   The birds died Saturday in Jaipur, capital of Rajasthan state, prompting wildlife experts to decry the excessive use of pesticides on crops.