<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
A free vaccination and treatment camp was organized by the Early Birds, a wildlife and animal care organization yesterday at Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary on the occasion of World Veterinary Day at Raja Mayang and Murabori village. This was stated in a press release. Altogether 173 cattle were vaccinated and free medicines were distributed. But the plight of Pobitora is very much at stake due to grazing of large number of cattle inside the park which often causes shortage of fodder to the wild counterpart.
Japan has detected a strain of bird flu in four wild swans after stepping up checks following major outbreaks of the disease in neighbouring South Korea, local and government officials said on Monday. The birds, three of which had died, were found on the shores of Lake Towada in Akita prefecture in the north on April 21, the prefectural government said in a news release. Inspectors detected the H5 strain of bird flu in the swans, the prefectural government said, but they were still checking whether it was the highly virulent H5N1 strain.
Culling began today in bird-flu hit Nadilag and its surrounding areas of West Tripura district as the state government said neighbouring Bangladesh could be the possible source of infection. As the H5N1 virus was confirmed in blood samples of dead birds from Nadilag village by the High Security Animal Diseases Laboratory in Bhopal, the authorities started the operation, setting a target of culling 20,000 chicken in eight gram panchayat areas surrounding Nadilag in four days.
Identi-fying the factors that have greatly undermined Pakistan's potential as a major milk-producing country, a research suggests a thorough review of the laws empowering government to regulate milk prices. It argues that milk prices in the country are determined without taking into account rates of the essential inputs for dairy production.
Provincial Minister for Livestock Haji Hidayatullah has said that special attention would be given to the livestock and diary development in the province. Speaking at a gathering of party workers here on Sunday, the minister said that the livestock sector had been neglected by the successive governments. Every possible step would be taken to make this sector profit-earning for the farmers, he added. Earlier, Mr Hidayatullah was accorded a warm welcome by the ANP workers on his first visit to his home district.
AGARTALA: The Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) have launched full-scale culling at Ladilak and its adjacent villages in Bishalgarh subdivision in Tripura today. As of now, over 1,000 chicks and ducks were culled at 11 designated places across the subdivision, said Ashudev Das, SDM (Bishalgarh) here on Sunday. He said that officials of administration and ARDD are monitoring the culling operation.
Australian veterinary experts were keen to conduct research into animal diseases in Pakistan under an agreement recently signed between Pakistan and Australia for the development of dairy technology and exchange of experts, said Dr David N.C. Gill on Thursday. Dr David, who is a member of the Australian team, which is on a study tour of Tandojam Central Veterinary Laboratory, said that they had detected many diseases in the livestock of the province and found it necessary to conduct research into the diseases.
The state animal resources department is struggling to arrange the required manpower to carry out fresh culling and mop-up operations in three Bird Flu-affected districts.
Bird flu was reported in a new area in the virus-hit West Tripura district as culling operations began today to kill 60,000 birds in eight Gram Panchayat areas. Bird flu virus was detected in blood samples of dead birds from Nadilag village of Bishalgarh subdivision at the High Security Animal Diseases Laboratory in Bhopal yesterday, official sources said. Culling would begin at Nadilag after it was notified by the Central Government, the sources said.
