Dead bats India

Another article suggested the heat,  I included a few articles from March when Bird flu was in the area. Maybe nothing

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/over-200-bats-found-dead-in-a-bihar-village-doctors-collect-their-swabs-for-testing/story-IaDy0j7ud81OBj7cpFmUyJ.html

Updated: May 26, 2020 21:30 IST

A team of doctors from Bihar government’s animal husbandry department on Tuesday confirmed reports of mass death of bats near Ara in Bhojpur district. The swab samples of the dead birds are being sent to Patna for testing and doctors said any reason for their death could only be attributed after the test reports are obtained.

The team of doctors visited Tarari, 55 km south from Bhojpur district headquarter of Ara after getting information about the death of hundreds of bats there.

As per locals, a large number of bats were found dead in Tarari on Monday, following which the animal husbandry department was informed. The district animal husbandry officer Dr Sidh Nath Rai said that the team of six doctors who visited the incident site on Tuesday reported about the death of around 200 bats there.

He said that the swab samples of dead bats have been taken and it will be sent to the Institute of Animal Health and Production situated in Patna for testing.

The bizarre incident has generated even more curiosity as it comes amidst the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic which has been linked to bats.

The district animal husbandry officer said he could only speak about the reason of the deaths after getting the medical report from Patna. However, he said that the incident does not seem to be connected with bird flu. Bats are mammals and bird flu is not known to spread in high temperatures like at the present.

The dead bats have been buried five to six feet deep in the ground following all the medical procedures. The incident site and all the nearby places were also sanitised.

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/dead-bats-trigger-panic-uttar-pradesh-gorakhpur-belghat-area-carcasses-heatwave-coronavirus-1682217-2020-05-26

Press Trust of India

Gorakhpur

May 26, 2020UPDATED: May 27, 2020 

The villagers were apprehensive as bats have been linked to the raging novel coronavirus pandemic, but forest officials said that prima facie it appears the animals died due to excessive heat.

"I noticed many bats lying dead near a mango tree in my orchard this morning. Adjacent to my garden there is one Dhruv Narayan Shahi's orchard. We noticed that a large number of bats were lying lifeless and many more were dying," Pankaj Shahi of Belghat said.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kerala/kerala-animal-husbandry-officials-collect-samples-after-mass-death-of-bats-6308161/

Updated: March 11, 2020 11:35:12 am

The mass death of the bats in Karassery comes in the wake of two strains of bird flu being detected next door in two poultry farms in Kozhikode district.

The officials said H5 and H7 strains of the flu under Type-A Influenza were confirmed at the farms through tests after mass death of chickens in poultry farms.

https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/bats-crows-found-dead-in-kozhikodes-bird-fluhit-areas/1757542

10 MARCH 2020  Last Updated at 11:46 PM | SOURCE: IANS

Bats, crows found dead in Kozhikode''s bird flu-hit areas

Could be.  Pestilence is off on his horse again....

WitchMisspelled wrote: Could China moving 5,000 troops to its border with India be something being misinterpreted as war-like behavior?

Given the history of China and India over the disputed area, this is clearly war-like behaviour.  Several times in the past it has gone as far as shooting, but in the past both sides have pulled back from all out war.  I hope that they hold back this time, but with the world's attention on covid19 one or other might be tempted to go further.

Don’t eat them. They’re probably not ripe yet...