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 death of 21 highly endangered Himalayan Griffon vultures in a Haldwani village has come as "very shocking news" for the Uttarakhand wildlife department. The birds, sighted in the state after a gap of several years and cause of much cheer for bird lovers and the wildlife department, were reportedly …
Just two of 15 critically endangered bird species mentioned in the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) latest list were sighted by birders in Goa in recent years, but now no longer are these seen. IUCN has included 15 bird species in India as critically endangered (CR) in its …
Even as conservation efforts at various levels continue to show hope for the future, the latest International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN) Red List of Birds (2013) shows that fifteen bird species in India continue to be critically endangered (CR). Moreover, three other bird species now face greater …
The first vulture conservation breeding centre in western India is set to come up in Thane district, with Maharashtra’s forest department recently clearing a proposal by the Bombay Natural History Society for the same. “Besides protecting vultures in their natural environment, we also wanted to conserve them ex-situ as their …
The Centre is expanding its vulture conservation programme across eight centres to save the endangered species and arrest the steady decline of their population. The move to emulate successful vulture breeding and rescue centre in Pinjore comes ahead of the ambitious plan to release these birds, bred in captivity, into …
Agartala: Wildlife authority of Tripura will start captive breeding of vulture in Sepahijala wildlife sanctuary following steady decline of the bird species in the state over past few years. Chief Wildlife Warden and Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Atual Kumar Gupta said here today that Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) …
Presence of vultures in at least half a dozen areas has been recorded for the first time by naturalists in the Nilgiris North Forest Division and Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) during a two-day habitat identification and population estimation that concluded on Sunday. A total of 26 groups were formed – …
A census, exclusively on vultures, will soon be conducted in the forest areas in the district, forest officials said today. Some two decades ago the population of the endangered species of vultures was 15,000. But now it has drastically declined to one thousand and odd vultures, usually found in Bhavanisagar, …
During a research on migratory birds conducted by Chhattisgarh forest research and training institute, a rare and endangered species of white vulture was spotted at Sahaspur forest range of Kawardha district. Institute's two junior research fellow Avnish Hemrom and Anurag Vishwakarna sighted the rare white vulture (Neuphron Percnopterus) who are …
A team of surveyors from the state forest department and Wetlands International South Asia (WISA) has spotted several species of birds-including seven classified as endangered in National Chambal Ghariyal Sanctuary this year.Spread in an area of 5,000 sq km, the sanctuary that falls in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, …
Pune: A decade after it was found that veterinary diclofenac had triggered a catastrophic decline in the vultures of South Asia, their numbers in the region appear to be stabilizing. However, experts are not celebrating as yet. “Before the ban on veterinary diclofenac was implemented, surveys had revealed the presence …
Fifteen species of birds seen in India have been declared critically endangered by the International Union for Conversation of Nature (IUCN) for 2013. The endangered birds, including the Great Indian Bustard, Siberian Crane, White backed Vulture and Red-headed Vulture, are on the decline, said a report of IUCN updated till …
This phenomenon will pose a serious threat to the environment, he says S.S. Sreedhar, Chief Conservator of Forests, Wildlife Management, Eluru, on Thursday expressed anguish over the disappearance of vultures. Speaking at a seminar on ‘Green chemistry -- its impact on environmental protection’ held here under the aegis of Sir …
The number of birds affected by deadly manja this Uttarayan hit approximately 1,150 on Thursday. The 'Save the bird campaign' that is being run between January 11 and 17 by the forest department in association with NGOs in the city rescued and operated on 1,142 birds while 54 such injured …
At a time when national and international agencies are trying to save vultures, which are on the verge of extinction, sighting of around 216 vultures and 21 nests, including white-backed vulture (gyps africanus), cinerous vulture (aegypius monachus), long-billed vulture (gyps indicus) in Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary in Bahraich district comes as …
JAIPUR: Vultures, the birds of prey, in Jorbeer near Bikaner are alarmingly falling prey to Diclofenac despite the government ban on production of the drug for veterinary use in 2006. On last Thursday morning, a black-eyed kite, a migratory bird and a Steppe Eagle were found dead at Jorbeer carcass …
Cattle grazing, movement of humans help spread disease Wild animal populations of Kerala are at risk of contracting foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), which may prove fatal. The outbreak is most likely to affect ungulates, wildlife experts say. Two instances of gaur deaths owing to acute FMD infection were reported from the …
Vultures, known as the nature's cleaners, are on the verge of extinction in Darchula district in the recent days. Ornithologists say that vultures, which were seen in most of the places in the district sometimes ago, are disappearing in the recent days due to the growing environmental imbalance and the …
AHMEDABAD: The latest 'red list' of endangered bird species released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) includes 15 Indian bird species, three of which are found mainly in Gujarat. These include the Great Indian Bustard, the Indian Vulture and Siberian cranes. All three are in the 'critically …
Daltonganj: Two white vultures were spotted by the officials of Palamu Tiger Reserve in Chainpur recently. They were perched on the sand bed of river Koyal, said sources. This is the first time in 10 years that a vulture has been sighted in Palamu. The sighting of this rare species …
