Wildlife NGOs in city are being inundated with rescue calls, as little swift birds that eat and drink mid-air, while taking flight are suspiciously falling unconscious to the ground.

Honorary Wildlife Warden of Thane and President of NGO RAWW Pawan Sharma said, “In the last 12 hours, RAWW has received over 70+ distress calls seeking help for the little swift birds in Mumbai and Thane. On Wednesday and Thursday we got over 50 calls.”