The bench of Justice Satish Chander Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula of the Delhi High Court, September 1, 2023 directed Union of India to furnish the reasons as to why the drug ‘Nimesulide’ has not been banned, and deliberations undertaken in this regard. The matter has been listed for September …
Surat: Of the 145 endangered bird species in India, Gujarat is home to at least 35 of them. Thus it is important that researchers and ornithologists and people from all walks of life join hands in bird conservation, speakers said at a recently held seminar in Navsari on ‘Birds of …
The results of the vulture census in the Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) will definitely provide wildlife enthusiasts with a reason to cheer. The count in the third annual estimation exercise that concluded on Monday has registered an increase of 39 per cent over the last year's figures. While the maximum …
During a three-day long census conducted at the Panna National Park recently, 1,700 vultures were counted within the periphery. The avian scavenger is protected under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Madhya Pradesh Minister of State for Farmers' Welfare and Development Brajendra Pratap Singh made this announcement on …
There is good news for vulture enthusiasts and bird watchers as the Panna Tiger Reserve will be initiating a three-day “vulture estimation” exercise in the reserve from January 21. The avian scavenger is protected under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife protection Act, 1972. Nine vulture species are found in the …
Madhya Pradesh forest department is planning to open the state’s first ‘vulture restaurant’ to conserve the winged scavengers while taking a cue from their counterparts in Pakistan and Nepal. The so-called restaurant will serve vulture delicacies: diclofenac-free cow and buffalo carcasses. Ranger J P Rawat said, “We are discussing our …
Conservation measures in the Nilgiris are satisfactory, observed the Conservator of Forests, Coimbatore Circle, V.T. Kandasamy here on Wednesday. He was inaugurating a workshop on “Conservation Strategies for Vultures in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve”, organised by the Forest Department, the Nilgiris North Division and the Nilgiri Wildlife and Environment Association …
The Forest Department of Kerala has just completed the first-ever ornithological survey for the Malabar region recording 341 species of birds. The survey is one of a kind notable for its sheer depth and span, more comprehensive than all such surveys undertaken so far in India. Hopefully, the five-member team …
Dhubri, Oct. 10: An NGO working for the preservation and protection of forests and environment has demanded vulture habitat centre status for Rajapara reserve forest. According to Aranya Suraksha Samiti, the NGO, Rajapara is the largest natural habitat of the birds after the vulture captive breeding centre at Rani reserve …
Environmental contamination by pharmaceuticals is reaching alarming levels and is set to rise. New partnerships between drug companies, the public-health sector and those who deliver environmental sustainability are urgently needed to tackle the issue. (Correspondence)
Diclofenac, the drug that drove the vulture population in India to near extinction a few years back, is still being illegally sold to dairy farmers and livestock owners across the country, a study has found. The drug was widely used as a pain reliever in cattle. It was banned by …
Over a third of the Indian pharmacies continue to sell to livestock farmers the banned killer drug, diclofenac, responsible for the dramatic fall in vulture population in the country. A study published in the Oryx , a leading international scientific journal of conservation, and reported by BirdLife International, has found …
There is a need to make efforts to protect white back vultures, which have decreased to 50 to 70 in number according to a recent survey of the World Wide Fund for Nature. September 3 is the International Vulture Awareness Day and its aim is to highlight vulture conservation and …
The Indian government may have banned dicolfenac, a livestock painkiller, but the drug still continues to be sold in Punjab. It is also still killing vultures - one of the primary reasons for which it was banned. The drug was banned for veterinary use last year, but is easily available …
Use of the veterinary drug diclofenac is responsible for bringing three species of Gyps vultures endemic to South Asia to the brink of extinction, and the Government of India banned veterinary use of the drug in May 2006. To evaluate the effectiveness of the ban we undertook surveys of . …
Bombay Natural History Society has conducted the survey in wildlife sanctuaries in and around the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve A field survey on the vulture population in the wildlife sanctuaries in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and adjacent sanctuaries, conducted by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), has found that the number …
BAN ON the drug diclofenac, administered on domestic animals, has had a positive impact on the vulture population. It had not been quantified till recently. The rate of decline has slowed down—from 40 per cent to 18 per cent. The number of oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis) had dropped drastically …
In a worrying development, nearly 30 bird species from Maharashtra find a place on the endangered list prepared by the International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN). According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or RedData List), a totalof 144bird speciesfrom India …
MUMBAI: A study carried out in India has shown that the ban on veterinary drug diclofenac, blamed for the diminishing vulture populationin south Asia , seems to be effective, with the proportion of cattle carcasses contaminated with diclofenac declining by over 40% between 2006 and 2008. Here's some good new …
Environment minister Jairam Ramesh is not averse to controversy. His decision to give a go-ahead for the controversial ropeway project in the Girnar wildlife sanctuary has been strongly criticised by members of the National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) who insist this will result in the extinction of the long-billed vultures. …
LUCKNOW, Even though use of painkiller diclofenac on animals has been banned in India, it continues to take a toll on the vulture population in the country. Heavy content of diclofenac, which is poisonous for vultures, has been detected on samples of dead animals during tests carried out by the …
