Around 1,000 dead ducks have been pulled from a river in southwest China, local officials say.

 

Residents found the dead ducks in Nanhe river in Pengshan county, Sichuan province, and alerted the environmental department.

 

Local residents and livestock were not at risk as the river was not used for drinking water, officials added.

 

The news comes as the toll of dead pigs pulled from Shanghai's Huangpu river passed 16,000.

 

Speaking in an interview with China National Radio on Sunday, Liang Weidong, a deputy director in Pengshan's publicity department, said that the authorities were first made aware of the ducks on Tuesday.

 

Officials discovered over 50 woven bags which contained the carcasses of around 1,000 ducks in the river.

 

They were unable to determine the cause of death as some of the ducks were already decomposed, Mr Liang said, adding that the bodies had been disinfected and buried.
 

An initial investigation suggested that the duck corpses had originated from upstream and were not dumped by local Pengshan farmers, he said. 

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