<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The RSCPA is investigating a reported mass bird poisoning after hundreds of corellas were found dead near a shopping centre in south-east </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="_blank" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The carcasses of around 200 dead corellas and some pigeons were found after the birds "fell from the sky" outside the Springvale South shopping centre on the weekend.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>South Oakleigh Wildlife Shelter volunteer Michele Phillips said the discovery was "traumatic" and that only eight of the birds had survived in a post shared to Facebook.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/ukraine-claims-russian-agents-who-assassinated-intelligence-officer-killed/59e123ee-1111-4276-bd15-f12657281ab2" target="_blank"><strong><span>Assassins who killed Ukraine intelligence officer 'eliminated'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Birds were dead or injured on people's houses, nearby parks, under cars," Phillips said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is one reason that people should not feed wild birds, there is plenty natural food around."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Phillips said the birds had been handed over at Healseville Sanctuary, a zoo outside Melbourne, with autopsies set to be conducted tomorrow.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/corellas-poisoned-springvale-melbourne-rspca-investigating/865788be-47fd-4323-85ee-3e2a33494ebb" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It was heartbreaking and very hard to write this as I can still see their faces," Phillips said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An RSCPA Victoria spokesperson confirmed it recieved a report about the birds and it is now investigating.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/anthony-albanese-china-trip-prime-minister-to-meet-with-xi-jinping/6fa824e0-8eaf-4487-8476-3772a8ad4eb6" target="_blank"><strong><span>PM hails first-of-its-kind China 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class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A similar mass bird death took place in Newcastle earlier this year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hundreds of corellas were found dead after seemingly falling from the sky in March, prompting an investigation from the NSW Environment Protection Authority.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It was later revealed the corella deaths were caused by a common pesticide called fenitrothion.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>9News has contacted DECCA for comment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS 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