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 …
Washington and Northern Californian shores have been seeing a very alarming (and rather smelly) sight over the last few months. The carcasses of thousands of small birds have been washing ashore, and scientists along the Pacific Coast are scrambling to understand why. The annual Audubon Bird Count: it happens every …
In a rare sighting, a king vulture, also known as red headed vulture, was sighted in Bor Tiger Reserve, 60km from here in Wardha district on Saturday. At a time when vulture numbers have dwindled to almost a point of no return in the last 15 years, the sighting of …
A population-estimation exercise for migratory and residents birds in wetlands in and around the city will commence on January 11. The bird count will be a part of a state-wide project to estimate bird numbers and is being carried out by the State Forest Department and the Bombay Natural History …
India banned imports on account of avian influenza, which WTO called 'unscientific' India plans to challenge a World Trade Organisation order that told New Delhi to remove curbs on poultry imports from the US, saying it's important to protect the industry that supports livelihood of millions of people in the …
The administration and the Animal Husbandry Department today breathed a sigh of relief as all 17 samples of dead and alive broilers sent to a Jalandhar-based laboratory tested negative for bird flu. The samples were sent for testing after about 352 broilers supplied from Haryana, which arrived at a Shimla …
GURGAON: The discovery of bird flu's highly infectious H5N1 virus strain in one of the samples taken from dead geese at Chandigarh's Sukhna lake has affected footfall at the Sultanpur National Park, with several bird watching and photography groups cancelling their trips because of the scare. An official at the …
Bird watchers in Jaipur have an unusual guest in town. The Pompadour Green Pigeon ( Treron pompadora ), which is a native of the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka, was spotted on a tree near Barkheda village water body, about 25 km south of the city, earlier this month. The …
Panic gripped the local meat market as about 300 broilers, supplied from Haryana, were found dead as the supply arrived at Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC)-run slaughter house early today. As a precaution in view of the bird flu scare in adjoining states of Haryana and Punjab, the remaining lot of …
Bird watchers and environmentalists are concerned at the dumping of debris in the last surviving wetlands of Uran, once a haven for migratory birds. "During a recent bird-watching trip to Uran taluka, we were absolutely devastated to see scores of dumpers lined up next to the wetlands at Jasai and …
LUCKNOW: The tiger census report to be released this month will not only give the final count of tigers in the country but also the number of endangered scavengers - vultures and the state of biodiversity in national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has received the …
Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis) is classified as Vulnerable under the IUCN Red List Categories and legally protected in Bhutan. Bhutan is an important and the largest winter non-breeding habitat outside of the Chinese boundary. Blacknecked Cranes winter in Bhutan for about five months, and they come to central (Phobjilka, Khotokha …
In order to understand and monitor the status and distribution of the Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis) in India, we carried out systematic long term yearly surveys between 2000 and 2014 at all previously known locations as well as attempted to explore new areas. In this paper, we have summarized the …
Intensive checking was conducted on Thursday in Theni and Kanyakumari districts, the entry points for vehicles coming to Tamil Nadu from Kerala, in view of the outbreak of bird flu in the neighbouring state. Theni district collector Dr K S Palanichamy inspected the checkpost at Lower Camp. He urged people …
Around 2 lakh ducks to be killed in the Kuttanad area Following the detection of bird flu virus in broiler chicken at a farm in Kumarakom, near Kottayam, a red alert has been sounded in Kerala’s Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta and Kottayam districts to restrict the movement of poultry and allied products. …
With the death of ducks being reported from the district, a team of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) visited Kuttanad on Tuesday to take stock of the situation. Led by IMA research cell convener Mohammed Shafi and Ratheesh of the Department of Community Medicine at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College, the …
A new bird species has been discovered in Indonesia, proving that there are still a few new things under the sun. The observation is even more surprising given the “new” species was first spotted in the forests of Sulawesi 15 years ago. The Sulawesi streaked flycatcher, Muscicapa sodhil, lives in …
Wanted – Dead or Alive, Exposing Online Wildlife Trade reveals that, in early 2014, an intense six-week investigation found a total of 33,006 endangered wildlife and wildlife parts and products for sale via 280 online market places across 16 countries.
The government will establish vulture safe zones in greater Sylhet and greater Khulna to revive the population of the critically endangered species, environment and forest ministry Secretary Md Nojibur Rahman said Saturday. The vulture safe zone in greater Sylhet would cover an area of 19,663 square km while in greater …
Basai Wetland of Gurgaon in Haryana, one of the important bird areas of country, is facing threat of being lost forever. Located close to national capital Delhi, migratory bird count of this wetland has shown a decline, mainly because of habitat loss due to human encroachment. A study conducted by …
Environmentalists attending the 36th Indian National Geography Congress in Jaipur have sought the intervention of the Union government to build pressure on Pakistan for putting a ban on the hunting of endangered species Houbara Bustard. On November 16, Pakistan had issued special permission to royal families of Gulf region to …
