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 …
About 70 cattle died and dozens others fell ill due to an unknown disease in various VDCs of Dailekh district within the past three weeks. Kiran Chaulagain, a local veterinarian, said three dozens goats, a dozen cows and 11 buffalos died of the unknown disease at Layanti and Bindrasaini VDCs. …
In a shocking revelation, it has been found that, on an average, 29 stray cattle including adults and calves caught by the civic body from different areas and kept in Delhi Government maintained cow shelters died every day in month of June, 2009. The figure for mortality of cattle in …
New Delhi: As many as 10,816 cattle have died in six months from May last year in shelters where the Delhi civic authorities keep the stray animals after picking them from the city roads. The shocking statistics, coupled with complaints of arbitrary removal of cattle from homes and ashrams rather …
SALEM: The Animal Husbandry Department organised a special veterinary camp at Veeranam near here on Wednesday. Collector J. Chandrakumar inaugurated the camp and called upon the farmers in the village to vaccinate their cattle against various diseases. A team of veterinaries immunised the cattle against foot-and-mouth disease. Poultry birds were …
Prices of dairy products up. Deficient rain this monsoon has affected milk production, particularly in the northern states of the country, driving up procurement cost of companies such as Mother Dairy and Amul by 10-15 per cent. Consequently, prices of dairy products such as ghee and skimmed milk powder (SMP) …
The high court has asked the MCD to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation to a woman, whose husband was killed when a stray bull had attacked him in 2005 In a recent order, Justice S. Ravindra Bhat directed the MCD to pay the compensation as the incident occurred due to …
Three U.S. scientists are concern about the potential of people contracting Creutzfeldt Jakob disease -- the human form of "mad cow disease" -- from eating farmed fish who are fed byproducts rendered from cows. Mad cow disease, also called bovine spongiform encephalopathy is a fatal brain disease in cattle, which …
The arrival of a weak monsoon in Jharkhand today is bringing with it additional problems for parched districts of Palamau where at least 135 cattle have apparently died due to a scarcity of drinking water. Elsewhere, the state recorded as many as 11 deaths due to lightning in the last …
Cattle Breeding Farm in Thanjavur facing staff shortage THANJAVUR: Exotic Cattle Breeding Farm at Eachankottai in Thanjavur district is in the forefront of producing frozen semen straws for artificial insemination. Farm sources here said that during 2008-2009, the farm produced nearly eleven lakh straws and this year also equal number …
Leslie Kaufman An experiment is on to determine whether a change in diet will help cows belch less gas. Chewing her cud on a recent sunny morning, Libby, a 630-kg Holstein, paused to do her part in the battle against global warming, emitting a fragrant burp. Libby, age 6, and …
GANDHINAGAR: After 35 deaths of cattle due to anthrax, the state government has swung into action and decided to vaccinate all the cattle in the nearby villages of Dehgam. Animal husbandry minister Dilip Sanghani said after declaring the area as anthrax-hit zone, the government has sent five to six teams …
AHMEDABAD: The cattle which were found to be infected with anthrax were from Saurashtra. This is not something unusual. It's a regular feature for Maldharis from Saurashtra and Kutch to migrate to central Gujarat and Ahmedabad in search of water. Senior state officials said that for several years it has …
Over 3,600 cattle administered preventive medicines in the district: Collector THENI: A total of 20 cattle were dead at Kanniservaipatti village in Chinnamanur block owing to an unknown disease that was spreading rapidly. Two cattle died two days ago at Odaipatti. Farmers complained that the cattle were completely paralysed within …
Bhutan's nature conservation policy aims to integrate nature conservation and economic development. This policy is guided by a Buddhist attitude that places coexistence with nature over exploitation of nature for economic gain. We looked at how nature conservation policy affected everyday life and economic activities of local communities and what …
With more than 3.5 million animals, Ethiopia has the largest cattle population in Africa. Milk production, however, is very low, and its per capita consumption is lower than the African or the world
The destruction of the Amazon rainforest to make way for cattle ranches has been directly linked for the first time to patterns of consumption of beef and leather in the developed world, according to campaigners. Cattle ranching is the single most important cause of the tearing down of rain forest …
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. …
