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 number of vultures has shot up from 30 in 2004 to over 900 in 2013: Survey There has been a dramatic increase in the number of vultures in the past one decade with huge flocks of even 175 scavengers becoming a common sight. Reason: These scavengers are feasting on …
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today said the man-animal conflict could be avoided if awareness was spread among the people about the behaviour pattern, movement and habits of leopards. “We have been living in proximity to wild cats since centuries and a few scary incidents of conflict between both was a …
BIKANER: A wild life conservator spotted a rare sight in Bikaner recently, a vulture chick. It belongs to the endangered long-billed vulture species. The birth of the chick, reported to have occurred in the desert in Khetolayi village of Kolayat tehsil, has come as a welcome surprise. Not only because …
Vultures are listed as specially protected animals in Zimbabwe under the sixth schedule of the Parks and Wildlife Act. INCREASED incidents of poisoning in the country's expansive national parks could wipe out the vulture population in Zimbabwe. Vultures are listed as specially protected animals in Zimbabwe under the sixth schedule …
NAVI MUMBAI: Around 200 km south of Mumbai in the picturesque coastal town of Shrivardhan in Raigad district, a meticulous Vulture Conservation Centre is slowly but surely taking shape atop tall coconut trees. Forest officials of Roha taluka informed that at present there are 30 nests of white backed and …
The Digboi College, Wildlife Trust of India and Aaranyak, together with Digboi Forest Division successfully released a Himalayan Griffon Vulture at Rajgarali Division of Bazaloni TE in Makum recently. The vulture was found paralyzed in a tea garden. Local forest staff immediately rushed on receiving the information by garden workers …
The Himalayan griffon vulture, a threatened species was recently spotted in the Aravalis along Gurgaon-Faridabad highway, near Mangar Bani sacred grove. While the Griffon may have been spotted in the 1990s in NCR by some birders, its sighting is nevertheless very exciting, they said. Vultures in Indian cities and towns …
Kangra district now has the highest population of Asian white-backed vulture in the country. The bird has been enlisted as a critically endangered species in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list. In 2004-05, the Wildlife Department of Himachal had recorded about 33 nests of white-backed vultures …
Gandhisagar Wildlife Sanctuary situated in Mandsaur and Neemach district of Madhya Pradesh has emerged as second best, Panna Tiger Reserve being the first, nesting site for critically endangered vultures mainly because of abundance of food and safe habitat. Vultures, which are on the verge of extinction, have been restricted to …
Alarmed by the critically endangered status of vultures in the country, the forthcoming tiger census will also include the count of raptors from the respective States along with big cats. The report of the tiger census is expected to be released by January 20. The initiative has raised hopes for …
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 …
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 …
Around 175 out of 230 large water bodies in Bangladesh, have dried up or have been illegally occupied creating serious water security issues. Read more in November 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Bangladesh
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 …
The government is looking at amending the Wildlife Protection Act to bring conservation breeding centres, like zoos and rescue centres, under it. CBCs identify and breed threatened species to put them back in the wild, if possible. While such breeding programmes are already being run in some Indian zoos, Central …
A flock of threatened vulture species — Himalayan Griffon (Gyps himalayensis) — has been spotted at Kalatop Khajjiar Wildlife Sanctuary in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh by a team of researchers. A team of Indian Bird Conservation Network (IBCN), a branch of the Bombay Natural History Society conducted a two-day …
Vultures, which had practically become extinct in and around Delhi over the past couple of decades, are making a comeback. This year, there have been three sightings of the primary or nominate species of the endangered Egyptian vulture, a migratory bird for which there are no prior records of sightings …
The campaign by the Forest Department and conservationists to protect vultures in The Nilgiris got a boost on Sunday, with the gram sabhas in the district resolving to back the cause. Taking part at a meeting at Kookalthorai, Collector P. Sankar urged farmers not to administer diclofenac to the cattle, …
Ketoprofen, a substitute for diclofenac which is also lethal for vultures, was found in 40% of the sampled drug stores A cattle drug that has played a deadly role in critically endangering the wild vulture population remains on the market four years after its production was banned by the government. …
After vanishing from Delhi, the endangered vultures are facing the threat of extinction in the Indian subcontinent also. The UNEP, in its report released on Wednesday on biodiversity, claimed that a veterinary drug, which had been responsible for deaths of vultures, continue to be available in the market despite a …
