Livestock Census is a regular quinquennial exercise of Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD). The first Livestock Census was conducted in the year 1919 and last census i.e. 20th Livestock Census was conducted in 2019. The 21st Livestock Census exercise has been launched across the country on 25th October, …
Sulagna Sengupta KOLKATA, 4 JUNE: A recent study conducted by the Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute on the Ganga has revealed that due to increase in water temperature and erratic rainfall, some inland fish which breed mainly in the middle course of the Ganga are now coming to the upper …
Sixty-one of the 133 hatchlings of crocodiles and five of the 13 deer have been missing from Wild Animal Breeding Centre at Karomjal under Chandpai Range of the east wing of Sundarbans Forest Division. The matter was detected after Chandpai Range Deputy Ranger Abdur Rob, who is also acting as …
KENDRAPARA: About 30 salt-water crocodile nesting sites were spotted in creeks, nullahs and the river system of Bhitarkanika National Park by Forest officials during the ongoing nesting season.
ecology Craft of hovering An African bird has learnt to hover so it can collect nectar from flowers just like hummingbirds, said a study published in the March 31 issue of Oikos. The birds have an unlikely trainer
Study the cow to understand the human system better, 80 per cent of their genes are similar so far all the talk was about how closely humans resemble chimpanzees. Since humans are descendants of the apes, the large amount of research that went into establishing the fact followed quite naturally. …
KOHIMA: Nagaland, which is considered as one of the biggest importers as well as consumers of pork, will soon have a pig breeding farm based on German and UK technology in Jalukie under Peren district. Interacting with media persons at his office chamber at Civil Secretariat Kohima, Minister for Veterinary …
Nagaland, which is considered as one of the biggest importers as well as consumers of pork, will soon have a pig breeding farm based on German and UK technology at Jalukie under Peren district. Interacting with mediapersons at his office chamber at Civil Secretariat Kohima, Minister for Veterinary and Animal …
The fish breeding project in the North Western Province which was intended to uplift the living standard of the small scale fishermen is just another failed project. The fisher folk of the area pointed out that it was an ill advised project that wasted Rs. 6 million of public funds. …
The alligator-breeding scheme of Van Vihar is hanging in balance as the Jaipur sanctuary has refused to provide male alligator to Van Vihar. Keeping in mind the decreasing number of alligators the former director of Van Vihar, Dr AK Bhattacharya had prepared this scheme. In this connection letters have been …
The alligator-breeding scheme of Van Vihar is hanging in balance as the Jaipur sanctuary has refused to provide male alligator to Van Vihar. Keeping in mind the decreasing number of alligators the former director of Van Vihar, Dr AK Bhattacharya had prepared this scheme. In this connection letters have been …
In a major initiative, the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) has decided to adopt French genetics and technology to improve the breed of non-descriptive cows through cross breeding for higher milk production. The experiment would be confined to non-descriptive breeds of cows only and in case of yields like Saiwal, …
Hyderabad, April 14: Experts in the Nehru Zoological Park have started a breeding programme for Mouse deer, an endangered species which is also known as Spotted Indian Chevrotain.
Nagercoil, The proposed period of 45 days will witness the reproduction of t all the species of fishes in the sea THE Department of Fisheries has imposed a ban on fishing by mechanised boats along the east coast from April 15 to May 30, with a view to protect the …
LUCKNOW: The end of this year might see a proper rescue centre for monkeys and leopards in the state. The re-drawn plan on the same has been submitted to the Central Zoo Authority by the Lucknow zoo officials. Central Zoo Authority (CZA) had sought the final plan for the first …
Darjeeling, March 30: The Padamaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park is set to start conservation breeding of the clouded leopard with the arrival of a pair from Sephoyjhola zoo in Tripura. The World Conservation Union, an international organisation that maintains a global list of endangered species, has classified the clouded leopard …
