Thousands of baby flamingos have died at Turkey's Lake Tuz in the past two weeks from a drought that environmentalists said was the result of climate change and agricultural irrigation methods reut.rs/3kmk4xj 1/5 
Drone footage of the large saline lake in Turkey's central province of Konya showed dead flaminglets lying partially buried in dried mud. Lake Tuz is home to a flamingo colony where up to 10,000 flaminglets are born every year 2/5
Turkey's minister of agriculture and forestry said around 1,000 birds were thought to have died but denied that agriculture was to blame.
'With less water and increased concentration ratio in the water, we observed deaths of flaminglets,' Bekir Pakdemirli said 3/5
'With less water and increased concentration ratio in the water, we observed deaths of flaminglets,' Bekir Pakdemirli said 3/5
In 2000, Lake Tuz was declared a specially protected area, a designation that aims to protect biological diversity, natural and cultural resources 4/5
Environmentalists blame farming practices along with climate change for the drought, which saw demand for water in the area outstrip supply by 30 percent last year, according to a report reut.rs/3hHvSbW 5/5
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