Not because of Radiation. Why Doves and White Storks Really Disappeared From the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

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Will these species return to the exclusion zone? The disappearance of humans from the exclusion zone after the Chernobyl accident led to the collapse of the ecosystem for species that had depended on our proximity for centuries. Specifically, pigeons, white storks, and rats. Denis Vishnevsky, head of the scientific department of the Chernobyl Radiation-Ecological Biosphere Reserve, spoke about this in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. Read also: Wh…