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 Gujarat government will draw up an action plan on wildlife conservation in association with International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). “In the first week of February, we shall be drawing the outline of future action programme on conservation with IUCN,” Principal Chief Conservator of Forests C.N Pandey said. …
Jodhpur: The vulture population at two most important congregation sites of the bird (which is now endangered) in the state is going down. One site is in Jodhpur, where vultures, especially migratory ones, are decreasing due to unavailability of carcasses; while the second site is in Bikaner where these birds …
Researchers from Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU), near here claimed they spotted three endangered species of vultures at Dying Ering Wildlife Sanctuary in East Siang district during the course of their research studies. The team of researchers includes RGU assistant professor Dr Daniel Mize and junior research fellow Rajat Chetry, who …
ITANAGAR: Researchers from Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU), near here have claimed to spot three endangered species of vultures at Dying Ering Wildlife Sanctuary in East Siang district, during the course of research studies. The team of researchers including Dr Daniel Mize, RGU Assistant Professor and Junior Research fellow Rajat Chetry …
Three endangered species of vultures have been spotted at the Dying Ering Wildlife Sanctuary in East Siang district by a team of researchers from the Rajiv Gandhi University in Arunachal Pradesh. The team of researchers including Daniel Mize, RGU Assistant Professor, and Junior Research fellow Rajat Chetry, who undertook research …
After years of relentless efforts to save the vultures in South Asia, there is encouraging news. According to a new research paper published in the science journal - PLoS ONE - there are first signs of recovery for Asia's critically endangered vultures. Recent surveys show that vulture numbers have stabilized …
Populations of oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis), long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus) and slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris) crashed during the mid-1990s throughout the Indian subcontinent. Surveys in India, initially conducted in 1991–1993 and repeated in 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2007, revealed that the population of Gyps bengalensis had fallen by 2007 …
In an effort to revive the population of vultures that has sharply gone down over the past 10 to 15 years in the country, a sanctuary for the species is being established in Nagarparkar, where the birds have recently been seen nesting, Dawn has learnt. The conservation of the scavenger …
Agartala, Sept. 27: Only 55 vultures are left in Tripura — a revelation that is being contemplated with concern by environmentalists here. The disturbing statistic was revealed through a survey conducted by a 10-member team of experts under the Tripura forest department. Tripura chief wildlife warden Ajit Kumar Bhowmik said …
Arulagam, an NGO involved in the conservation of nature and wildlife, is planning a workshop and human chain in Udhagamandalam next week in a bid to generate awareness of the need to conserve the Indian Vulture (Gyps Indicus) population, on the verge of becoming extinct. S. Bharathidasan, secretary of Arulagam …
Two endangered species of vulture have been bred successfully in captivity at a conservation centre in Assam, officials said on Sunday. A nestling each of the white-backed and the slender-billed species have hatched at the centre, located 40 km from here at Rani, State Principal Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Suresh …
AHMEDABAD: The population of vultures in the city may not have shown a decline in the 2010 census, but the expert scavenger is quickly losing ground here. Ahmedabad has seen a drop of about 44 per cent in the bird's population in just two years, according to latest figures. This …
At 938, It’s At All-Time Low In Gujarat: Survey Ahmedabad: If there is an address for vultures in Gujarat, then it is Kutch. This district neighbouring Indo-Pak border has the highest number of Gyps vultures including White-Rumped vultures and Long-Billed vultures in the state. The vulture census taken up in …
Birds spotted by wildlife enthusiasts in remote village A few months after Ramadevarabetta in Ramanagar district was designated the country’s first vulture sanctuary, wildlife enthusiasts have come across a large congregation of critically endangered vultures in a remote village bordering Bellary and Raichur districts. The team of wildlife enthusiasts comprising …
The alarming decline in a critically endangered species of vulture in Pakistan appears to have been halted, according to surveys of the birds. They indicate the population of the long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus) is stabilising. The species had declined rapidly in the late 1990s because of the deadly effect of …
To create awareness among cattle owners to avoid drugs that are toxic Even as the vulture (Gyps indicus) population is dwindling, Arulagam, an NGO, and Care Earth team have embarked on a mission to generate awareness among cattle owners to avoid drugs that prove to be toxic to vulture population …
Ramadevarabetta in Ramanagara district is declared sanctuary The State government has declared 346.14 hectares in Ramanagara as Ramadevarabetta Vulture Sanctuary (RVS), to protect long-billed vultures, which are on the verge of extinction. The 15 vultures on cliffs of Ramadevarabetta are now protected under the Wildlife Protection Act, in the sanctuary …
THE CENTRE has finally asked the bustard range states to prepare species recovery action plans for the three critically endangered birds following its guidelines. The population of Great Indian Bustards (GIB) has fallen below 300 and the bird’s last stand is in a few pockets of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra …
Jharkhand’s maiden vulture breeding centre is ready to start functioning from August after more than four years of delay and flawed construction work that resulted in a false dawn in 2011. Officials in the forest department claimed that work was almost complete for opening the centre in Muta, around 25km …
Thousands of leatherback turtle eggs and hatchlings have been crushed by bulldozers on Trinidad's northern coast, conservationists say. Workers had been called in to redirect a river that was eroding Grande Riviere beach, in front of a hotel used by tourists to watch the turtles. Environmentalists say workers botched the …
