As many as 43 peacocks were found dead in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai. The incident took place at Maruthakulam near Madurai on Sunday. Among 43 peacocks, 34 were female and 9 were male. S Arumugam, the Range Officer at Madurai Wildlife Range, said “Peacocks may have consumed paddy grains laced with poison on Friday night. Peacocks have been sent for post-mortem. Investigation is underway.”