<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of In Re: Unchecked cattle sheds on the opposite side of police outpost in Bidhannagar, dispute regarding its demolition
Jammu and Kash mir is a confluence of diverse cultures, religious and ethnic groups; a place where rich and rare tapestry of civilisations have been woven over centuries. One of its distinct communities is of semi-nomadic Gujjars and Bakarwals who always clung to their tradition that distinguishes them from rest of the population giving them the title - simple children of nature. The Gujjars and the Bakarwals move from lowland to upland pastures with their herds of cattle, sheep and goats with the changing season.
The Tripura Government has asked the External Affairs Ministry to take up the issue of unchecked poultry movement from Bangladesh to bordering villages of Tripura, where incidents of bird flu were increasing. State Animal Resource Development Minister Aghor Debbarma here today said there were reports of poultry movement from across the border and since most of the area in Bangladesh had already been affected by the H5N1 virus, it increased the risk of flu spread.
The Darjeeling district administration has decided to start culling in the Bijanbari-Pulbazar area, where the outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed, from Sunday. District magistrate Rajesh Pandey today held a meeting with other officials to work out the logistics of the operations.
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A veterinary Special Economic Zone will be set up at the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy's native Pulivendula Assembly constituency in Kadapa district. This is the first of its kind in the country. The SEZ, which will be developed under the public-private partnership mode, will also have Icrisat and South Africa-based International Livestock Research Institute as promoters along with the state government.
To ensure revival of poultry sector and to meet the requirements of poultry meat and eggs, the Pakistan Poultry Association has urged the government to immediately undertake policy reforms in poultry sector. The PPA has warned that failure would cause a huge loss to the sector. Chairperson of PPA, Abdul Basit, while giving recommendations for budget 2008, said that the poultry industry bore huge loss of Rs 30.000 billion to Rs 35.000 billion during the 2006-07 due to bird flu rumours.
Indonesia's health minister said today she would start sharing all genetic information about her country's bird flu virus with a new global database to monitor whether the disease is mutating into a dangerous pandemic strain. China, Russia and other nations, that have long withheld influenza virus samples and DNA sequencing data from international databases, are also taking part in the initiative.
The "Friends of Zoo" scheme launched by the Kamala Nehru Zoological Park is going beyond its usual list of donors. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) authorities have sent letters to leading cricket stars, superstars like Amitabh Bachchan and socialites in the city like Geet Sethi and even those outside the state to adopt animals in the zoo. AMC has also resolved to increase the adoption limit from the present one year to 10 years. This period can even go up to the lifetime period of the adopted animal.
Remarks Come In The Wake Of US Prez Blaming India For Global Food Crisis One way to beat the worldwide grain shortage is for meateaters to turn vegetarian, and the movement should start with US president George Bush, the Indian affiliate of animal rights organization Peta has said. Jumping headlong into the controversy that began with Bush's misconstrued remarks about India's role in the rise of food prices worldwide, Peta India has written a letter to the US president, urging him to become a vegetarian and asking other compassionate Americans to follow his example.
If you thought that finding Mr Right or Ms Right was complicated enough in the world of humans, just think about the plight of the hundreds of wild animals housed in zoos across India. In what seems like a move to facilitate the matchmaking process, the Central Zoo Authority of India has signed up as a member of the US-based International Species Information System (ISIS), a global network, which enables the 700 members affiliated under it to exchange information about the animals living in zoos in these countries.
