Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of M K Ranjitsinh & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 21/03/2024. The matter related to protection of Great Indian Bustard (GIB) and Lesser Florican. The SC order of April 19, 2021 imposed restrictions on the setting up of overhead …
Ahmedabad: The recent population count of the Great Indian Bustard taken up after six years has raised serious questions on conservation efforts. Alarmingly, the count taken late last week has revealed that there are only six Great Indian Bustards left in Naliya-Kutch, as against 48 recorded in 2010 - a …
The Sahyadri Tiger Reserve is also home to the Long Billed Vulture (Vinit Arora) The 18-month avifauna study will be conducted in the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve providing the forest dept with details of endemic and rare birds For better wildlife management and conservation and to arrive at an estimate of …
The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List classifies species according to their risk of extinction, informing global to local conservation decisions. Unfortunately, important geospatial data do not explicitly or efficiently enter this process. Rapid growth in the availability of remotely sensed observations provides fine-scale data on elevation …
Authorities in Gurgaon closed the Sultanpur National Park “until further notice”, as a “precautionary measure” a day after samples from five dead ducks found in Hisar tested positive for bird flu. The ducks were found at Blue Bird Tourist Complex in Hisar on November 1 and had been sent for …
With the festival of lights becoming more about sound and smoke, people are fretting over the severely deteriorated air quality. Pollution level skyrocketed in the Diwali week and anti-pollution masks are in demand. While air purifiers and masks might help the humans and pets and strays are often helped by …
Special teams will monitor poultry farms in Namakkal to prevent the spread of the avian influenza that has been reported in Alappuzha region in Kerala, and checkposts have been put up on Coimbatore-Kerala border to prevent the entry of flu-infected poultry birds. The district administration in Namakkal has formed 50 …
With avian influenza outbreak reported in some parts of the country, the Health Department has sounded all chief district medical officers (CDMOs) to prepare a contingency plan for surveillance. Process to deploy rapid response teams, screening, case management facility and measures for protection of officials during culling need to be …
Humans will not contract virus, culling to begin tomorrow With all the 12 samples sent to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal, diagnosed as positive, the authorities have kick-started anti-bird flu offensive in the district. According to J. Hariharan of the Animal Husbandry Department, the birds are …
"The Centre-appointed Committee to look into the bird flu situation at the zoo has also been apprised of the death," a zoo official said. Another water bird succumbed to suspected H5N1 Avian Influenza at the National Zoological Park here today. “A rosy pelican died at the zoo today. We have …
Vaccination is one process through which the birds can be protected but it is not followed in India. Hyderabad: The Centre has issued a health advisory to poultry owners to minimise human-bird interface due to avian influenza being reported in Delhi and Madhya Pradesh. Poultry owners in TS have been …
CHENNAI: Outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Upper Kuttanadu region in Kerala has sent the poultry farmers in Tamil Nadu in a quandary as it may hit their trade and the top authorities of the government have initiated precautionary measures. A large number of ducks have been …
BHUBANESWAR: With avian influenza being reported from different parts of the country, the Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Department of Odisha has asked the districts to keep a watch on unusual mortality among birds and report them without delay. The major birding sites of the State, including the 1100 sq …
The number of wild animals living on Earth is set to fall by two-thirds by 2020, according to a new report, part of a mass extinction that is destroying the natural world upon which humanity depends. The analysis, the most comprehensive to date, indicates that animal populations plummeted by 58% …
GWALIOR: Six more painted storks died between last night and this morning at the municipal zoo here taking the number of birds which died due to a suspected new sub-type of bird flu at the zoo to 24. With this, the entire population of painted storks numbering 24 at the …
JAIPUR: Following the avian flu alert issued last week, health minister Rajendra Rathore and animal husbandry department minister Prabhu Lal Saini met on Monday to review the situation in the state. However, Saini said that no case of bird flu has been reported from the state so far. In the …
Gopal Rai said however, also said the anti-virus operation in the Deer Park in south Delhi was bearing results as only two bird deaths were reported there on Monday. At least six more birds died in the capital on Monday due to bird flu, taking the total deaths of migratory …
Ten more birds died on Sunday due to bird flu in the now shut Deer Park here, prompting Delhi Animal Husbandry minister Gopal Rai to order an anti-virus drive. After a visit to the park in Hauz Khas, Rai set up a 10-member team to spray anti-virus Mycrodacyn in the …
Nearly 15 birds in Gwalior zoo have died in the past three days, prompting the authorities concerned to send their samples for testing for bird flu virus. “For the past three days nearly 15 birds (painted stork) died in the zoo following which their viscera was sent to Jabalpur- and …
The Delhi government has also urged the municipal corporations to keep 10 reserve teams on stand-by. The Hauz Khas lake inside the Deer Park was shut down Thursday after five ducks were found dead, amid a bird flu scare. A notice on the park’s main gate stated that the lake …
