navi mumbai two flamingos were rescued by villagers in dongri near uran wetlands on monday normally flamingos are seen in flocks but these were on the ground by themselves on closer examination we found that the wings of both the birds were hurt by something sharp like a wire said sanjay gharat a local villager both birds were handed over to the authorities for further treatment activists in uran believe that the birds may have either accidentally hit a hightension cable or were harmed by a poacher this incident officials said is similar to the one in february last year when feathers and beaks were found in vashi in february 2014 several broken flamingo beaks and feathers were found we think that poachers may have killed them we however have no conclusive proof that these two found in uran may also have been targeted by poachers said activist m thali there have been no wildlife poaching arrests in navi mumbai since 2007 when two men were arrested for hunting flamingosrampant urbanization is hurting the wildlife at a fast clip said environmentalist d stalin