Claim: Amid the nationwide lockdown, several pictures and videos surfaced on the internet in which animals have been seen making their way into the cities leaving their natural habitat. One such picture is doing the rounds on social media in which several bird-like peacocks, sparrows and parrots can be seen on a road claiming that they came out during the lockdown which is imposed due to COVID-19.
Fact-check: Old picture of birds in the middle of road shared as recent; here's the fact check
Verdict: newsmobile cannot independently verify the origin of the picture, however, it was found that the picture is old and it was shot much before the lockdown.
Organisation: NewsMobile
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2020-04-24T10:18:23