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 …
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 …
COIMBATORE: What started as a passion and love for nature has landed him an international honour. City-based Subbaiah Bharathidasan received an award from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for his work on saving vultures that were on the brink of extinction in the Western Ghats and Sri …
For several years now, the vulture in the State has had a human shadowing it, watching over the bird of prey in the Mudumalai—Sathyamangalam area. Along with the Forest Department, he has been counting its numbers, trying to stop use of diclofenac in animals so that vultures will not eat …
BENGALURU: Once widespread, the Vulture species have declined to the brink of extinction in just a decade. However, due to a slew of government measures and efforts by wildlife NGOs in many states, including Karnataka, the raptor population has stabilised today. But they are yet to show serious signs of …
Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Uma Bharati has threatened to go on a hunger strike if concerns for tigers and vultures come in the way of linking two rivers that will benefit millions of people in central India. The ministry also favours concurrent audits by the Comptroller …
AHMEDABAD: Loss of Ahmedabad had turned to be beneficial for Surendranagar district. Surendranagar which had recorded only four vultures in 2012 recorded 88 vultures in 2016, while Ahmedabad district and city which the number of vultures has come down to 45 in 2016 from the 126 that was there in …
Ahmedabad: The number of vultures recorded in Ahmedabad district ( city and rural) has come down to 45 in 2016 from the 126 that was there in 2012. Experts say initial count indicates the presence of only 10 Gyps vultures and an equal number of Egyptian vultures left in Ahmedabad …
Chennai: The last thing N Raveendran, a Madurai-based naturalist, expected to see when he participated in the vulture census in the forests of the Nilgiris was a Himalayan griffon vulture. He sent a photograph he took of the juvenile specimen to experts, who confirmed that the bird was indeed a …
INDORE: Vulture census by state forest department for a second time this year shows quantum leap in its population. At least 7,000 vultures were counted last Saturday, particularly in Panna, Neemuch and Mandsaur districts, which is 100 more than the last count held in January, 2016. However, the census registered …
Ahmedabad: The biennial vulture census will take place in the state on May 28-29. Bird and wildlife enthusiasts are extremely interested in the census as it is taking place after four years from 2012, as the government had skipped the census expected in 2014. The vulture census 2016 will be …
As many as 36 animal and plant species in Gujarat have been categorized as endangered by the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar said on Monday. In reply to a question by Rajya Sabha member Parimal Nathwani, the minister …
NAVI MUMBAI: Amid the picturesque environs of Raigad district, vultures are flapping their wings as their numbers are slowing spiralling since 2001. Natural efforts to conserve vultures near Mahad in Raigad district over the last 15 years have led to a rise in the bird's population, much to the delight …
Cape Town - The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) and Eskom are probing the electrocution of approximately 49 endangered Cape vultures along power lines in the Eastern Cape town of Elliot at the weekend. EWT energy programme manager, Constant Hoogstad, said they were addressing "the devastating situation " after conservationist Walter …
Selebi Phikwe — Wildlife Botswana director, Dr Kabelo Senyatso, says vultures are on the verge of extinction. He said in an interview that vulture species and population across Africa and especially in Botswana had seen a significant decline in recent decades. He said across the continent, the decline in the …
It has dwindled despite restriction on the use of diclofenac Even after a curb on the use of Diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug acknowledged to have caused the decimation of vultures in the Indian subcontinent, the nests of vultures are dwindling in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS), a safe habitat for …
They are natural scavengers once abundantly found across Tamil Nadu but in the past three decades the introduction of an anti-inflammatory drug for cattle proved fatal for them. Now with the ban on the drug, the population of vultures is steadily on the rise. Southern India is home to four …
Increasing vulture population is a good sign that the natural scavengers are returning to restore the long disturbed ecological balance. Due to increasing population, vultures who had contributed in protecting and maintaining ecological balance are on the verge of extinction, but happy news is that in the last few days …
In a bid to eradicate illegal rubbish dumping around Lima, Peruvian authorities are outfitting vultures with GPS tracking devices and GoPro cameras to monitor the city from above. Under the "Vultures Detect" program, 10 trained birds wearing specially-designed vests have already started the job. "Generally the majority of people have …
A total of 18 vultures were found dead during the last two days in Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve. Chief Conservation Officer Bed Kumar Dhakal stated that 18 vultures, the natural environmental cleanser, were found dead on Thursday and Friday after the Piparaiya area was opened to locals living around the reserve …
AHMEDABAD: Wildlife conservationists have recorded an extremely rare sighting -that of five species of the critically endangered vultures scavenging together at one single location -near Mahuva in Bhavnagar district. The group witnessed 38 vultures that were feeding on carcass dumping site on the outskirts of Chhapariyali village near Jesar village, …
