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 …
Seven locations identified where dumping of animal and poultry wastes goes unchecked DIAL delegation meets MCD panel chief Number of bird-chasers to be increased NEW DELHI: Municipal Corporation of Delhi Standing Committee chairman Vijender Gupta on Tuesday said the civic body would initiate necessary steps to curb bird menace around …
Alleging that the Red Indian Horned Owl, locally known as hoodoo, is being sold to NASA for facilitating research works, People for Animals, a non-government organisation working against cruelty against animals, has decided to move Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi urging the latter to initiate measures for protection of the endangered …
M. Ahiraj Majestic bird on the verge of extinction rediscovered in a region in Karnataka EXCITING DISCOVERY: Great Indian Bustard in Sirguppa taluk on Wednesday. BELLARY: The Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps), a majestic bird on the verge of extinction, has been rediscovered in Sirguppa in Karnataka
Aizawl, July 22: Out of more than 500 species of birds in Mizoram, four have been declared critically endangered, one endangered, five vulnerable, seven near threatened and nine restricted, noted ornithologist Dr Anuwaruddin Choudhury said. Dr Choudhury has recorded 479 species of birds in his book A pocket guide to …
Mumbai, July 22 Maharashtra Nature Park Dy Director says newly developing habitat should be made safe, secure for the birds For nearly a month, a vast stretch of the much-abused Mithi river
Ludhiana, Illegal bird trade is going on in the city in the garb of exotic bird trade. The business not only violates the Wildlife Protection Act but also poses a threat of bird flu as birds which are often transported from West Bengal, may carry the virus from there and …
Ranchi : The Birsa Munda Airport (BMA) authorities would have to part with some land for a four-lane approach road to the terminal from Hinoo Chowk. Officials said they are planning to expand the approach road to 25m. The Rs 3-crore project is being planned in view of the National …
Washington, July 8: In a first, a new study has corroborated statistically what many ornithologists have long suspected, that most birds fly in flocks even at night. Researchers have spent decades trying to track how birds migrate at night, a problem compounded by their tiny size flying and the great …
From Kumuda H, Mysore: Naguvanahalli, perhaps the only breeding site for the Blue-tailed Green Bee Eater in Karnataka, would soon be declared as a conservation zone for these birds. Naguvanahalli, near Ranganathittu, where backwaters of Cauvery and Pashchimavahini meet, is a favourite habitat of these tiny winged-wonders. This place for …
The chicks at the Iskcon temple. File picture Krishnagar, July 1: Six out of the 14 peacocks seized by the forest department from the Iskcon temple in Mayapur last month have died, apparently unable to cope with weather fluctuations. Although seized, the birds were left behind in the temple's cages …
They confessed that they hunted the birds to extract some oil Thoothukudi Forest Department officials on Sunday arrested three poachers on charges of hunting peacocks and recovered eight slain birds at Vilathikulam in Thoothukudi district. Acting on a tip-off that peacocks were hunted in areas of Inasurai, Koothalurai, Kammapatti, Chennamarettypatti …
Mumbai, June 26 After years, the Mithi is showing signs of revival. And the indicator, says experts, is the presence of a flock of flamingoes here for the first time
When the clouds gather over Idupulapaya, local people can now get to see peacocks dancing. After gifting a botanical garden, a deer park and an IIIT for Idupulapaya in his native district Kadapa, the Chief Minister, Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, has ordered the release of 67 peacocks and peahens …
Scientists are increasingly concerned about the number of birds killed by running into power lines and wind turbines, said Al Manville, a senior wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but there are reports of success in preventing such incidents
By PEGGY HARRIS For the last three years, researchers in camouflage and waders have slogged through the east Arkansas woods hoping to spot a rare bird that so far seems unwilling to be seen. Some scientists still believe the ivory-billed woodpecker exists in the Big Woods, but they haven't been …
The existence of wildlife in the Lawachera reserve forest in Moulvibazar is threatened due to acute crisis of animal feed, according to forest officials. In the last two months, a good many animals came out of the forest and entered the human habitation in search of feed, the forest officials …
THE latest news from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) points out that all the warnings and pleading of conservationists have gone unheeded, and the world has lost nearly one-third of its bird species. India, rich in birdlife, has been particularly badly hit. In the IUCN Red List …
Twenty-five-year population trends of 42 bird species rare as breeders in the UK were examined in relation to changes in climatic suitability simulated using climatic envelope models. The effects of a series of potential
The Indian murgi (jungle fowl) not only tastes good but also tells the genetic history of other Indian birds, particularly the chicken. A study conducted by the city-based Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics reveals that domestication of chicken has occurred independently in different locations of Asia, including India. But …
