Lakhimpur Kheri, April 13 -- The UP principal conservator of forests (PCCF), wildlife, has sent a two-member team on Monday to investigate the circumstances leading to 25 vultures dying in Semariya village under Bhira forest range of Dudhwa Buffer Zone on April 7.

The two-member team comprises Sanjay Kumar Pathak, additional managing director, UP Forest Corporation and former Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) field director, and Sundaresh, divisional forest officer (DFO), Bahraich (who is known by a single name).

The team was accompanied by Dudhwa buffer zone deputy director Kirti Chaudhary, Dr Mudit Gupta from WWF-India and sub divisional officer (SDO), buffer zone Manoj Tiwari and others.

The two member team talked to Dudhwa Buffer Zone dep...