Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of In Re: Unchecked cattle sheds on the opposite side of police outpost in Bidhannagar, dispute regarding its demolition Vs Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal & Others dated 19/03/2024. Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation …
Tirupur: As much as 3.06 lakh doses of vaccine have arrived to curtail the foot and mouth disease prevalent in the district, which had already taken away life of 16 cattle in the last 10 days ending Saturday. Official sources told The Hindu that the vaccines were brought following the …
Large carnivore conservation is akin to a multi-billion dollar riddle. Scores of researchers, activists, bureaucrats, politicians, livestock herders, and hunters each hold a clue to the solution, but cannot seem to be able to agree on how to bring it together. The large carnivores themselves are far from cooperative be …
Meat and milk obtained from cloned cattle and their offspring is safe to consume, say US experts. The US Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes said it believed the food was unlikely to present any risk. However, the committee
Bhubaneswar: Eminent animal rights activist and BJP MP Maneka Gandhi on Monday urged the people to raise their voice against the rampant smuggling of cattle in Odisha. Inaugurating the 68th Goastami Utsav of Asureswar Gorakhyani, Maneka said that while the people of Odisha are very peace-loving and kindhearted, cattle smuggling …
SALEPUR: Animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi today urged people to raise voice against rampant smuggling of cattle. Inaugurating the 68th Gostastami Utsav of Asureswar Gorakshani here, Maneka said cattle smuggling from Orissa to West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh is on the rise. "The way in which the cows are being …
The Himachal government on Sunday announced to enact a law to punish those who leave their animals on the road. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said the crime would be defined as a cognizable offence as per the new law that is under active consideration. He said the law would …
Sirsa: Gurmeet Kaur is semi-literate. A home-maker, she had no contribution to her family income till she joined a training programme organised by the Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Department. Now, with 20 milch cattle purchased with the help of bank loan, she runs a hi-tech dairy in the village, …
MUMBAI: The cruel and outdated practice of using bullocks to transport heavy loads in the city will soon be history; for the state government has decided to issue a complete ban on bullock carts in Mumbai. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA India) has welcomed the move and …
Constant efforts are being undertaken to increase milk production in the state. The implementation of Acharya Vidyasagar Go-Samvardhan Yojana is being undertaken under the 11th Five-Year Plan on the recommendations of Rajya Samanya Nirdhan Varg Kalyan Ayog by five regional Dairy Federations. Under this scheme, two milch cows have been …
For several decades, a diverse literature has claimed that urban agriculture has the potential for hunger and poverty alleviation. This article reviews empirical data from equatorial Africa that touch on this assertion, updating the work on the subject published in the mid-1990s. Research, largely from East Africa but also including …
Sivasagar, Sept. 27: The Sivasagar forest department has taken up a plan to make Panidihing sanctuary, a hotspot for local and migratory birds, free of largescale cattle intrusion and also augment milk production in the district. The plan aims to free the sanctuary from all kinds of
Jorhat, Sept. 27: A large number of cattle has died from suspected pesticide poisoning in the Meleng-Boguriguri area under Teok revenue circle in Jorhat district in the past week. Jorhat deputy commissioner R.C. Jain said according to the report received by him, 39 cows had died of pesticide poisoning.
As a part of efforts of Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Dairy Federation for enhancing milk production, 15,000 mini kits are being distributed among milk producer farmers free of cost during rabi season under the Centre's mini kit testing programme. Production of green fodder will be possible in about 2,500 acres …
Vijaysinh Parmar | TNN Jasdan (Rajkot): Given that the Gir cow is indigenous to Gujarat, local business should have been milking it to earn foreign exchange. But it seems far away Brazil is doing a better of this. The South American country today has around 50 lakh heads of this …
With planning permission for Britain's biggest dairy at Nocton about to be re-submitted, The Ecologist travels to California to examine intensive milk production - and finds factory farms, conflict, intimidation, pesticides, pollution and small-scale farmers driven out of business.
On may 15, 1985, trainers at Hawaii Sea Life Park were stunned when a 400-pound gray female bottlenose dolphin named Punahele gave birth to a dark-skinned calf that partly resembled the 2,000-pound male false killer whale with whom she shared a pool. The calf was a wholphin, a hybrid that …
