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 …
A cross sectional study was conducted from April to September, 2012 on cattle owned by tuberculosis positive and negative farmers and households to assess prevalence of bovine tuberculosis and zoonotic awareness of the households in Ambo and Guder districts, Ethiopia. A total of 398 cattle were tested using single comparative …
The impacts of climate change are being felt in this highly susceptible Himalayan region Environment: Hidden in the folds of the mighty Himalayas is a valley that has not yet been overtaken by modernisation or industrialisation. Yet remote Ladakh, in India’s northern state of Jammu and Kashmir, has already began …
China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) announced on Tuesday that foot-and-mouth disease infections have been confirmed in cattle in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The infections were first spotted in two head of cattle, which were raised by a local farmer, according to the MOA. The National Foot-and-Mouth Disease Reference …
Around 40% of beef and 85% of leather production serve markets that are potentially sensitive to environmental concerns, providing a partial explanation as to why Brazilian producers have made recent commitments to reducing deforestation for cattle production, finds a new study published in Tropical Conservation Science. The research, conducted by …
Dozens of cattles were killed and hundreds others affected of mysterious viral diseases causing million of rupees losses to the breeders. Affectees express anguish over the role of livestock department. It should be mentioned that epidemics gripped the cattle heads in Sargodha district weeks earlier the monsoon set in. Earlier …
Since the time of our forefathers, our cattle have been grazing in these grasslands. But now a high wall prevents us from going there,” laments Ranganna, a 58-year-old cattle farmer in south Karnataka. “Where do they expect us to go in search of fodder?” Ranganna belongs to one of the …
Poor sanitation and presence of cattle farms in different residential areas in the jurisdiction of Chaklala Cantonment Board are polluting the environment, making lives of the residents miserable. The residents of Rahimabad, Nighat Colony, Dhok Charagh Din, Mareer Hassan and other surrounding areas said that sewerage lines are blocked by …
Rising foreign demand for beef and soybeans will tempt Brazil to clear more of the Amazon rainforest, in a reversal of recent success in slowing forest losses, a study said on Thursday. About 30 per cent of deforestation in Brazil in the decade to 2010 was due to farmers and …
A farmer takes care of a calf, affected with foot-and-mouth disease, at Chinipara village in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila, inset, saliva comes out of the mouth of a cow infected with the virus at the same village yesterday.Photo: STAROur Correspondent, Lalmonirhat At least 73 cattle died of foot-and-mouth disease and 1000 …
The tehsil officer at Vahera village in Beed district of Maharashtra was having a hard time of it, after being held hostage for an entire day by a mob of about 100 villagers. The crowd was blocking the road outside a relief camp for animals because they had run out …
Rarely human communities coexist in harmony with large predators. Most often communities suffer due to predation on their stock while large carnivores suffer losses and at times extirpation due to retaliation. We examine the mechanisms permitting the coexistence of Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica) and pastoral communities (Maldharis) in the …
The study estimated, for the first time, the greenhouse gas emissions associated with cattle raising in Brazil, focusing on the period from 2003 to 2008 and the three principal sources: 1) portion of deforestation resulting in pasture establishment and subsequent burning of felled vegetation; 2) pasture burning; and 3) bovine …
In sub-Saharan countries infested by tsetse flies, African Animal Trypanosomosis (AAT) is considered as the main pathological constraint to cattle breeding. Africa has known a strong climatic change and its population was multiplied by four during the last half-century. The aim of this study was to characterize the impact of …
Muktsar: The livestock insurance scheme of the Centre has failed to catch the fancy of cattle owners in the district. The data procured from the Animal Husbandry Department revealed that not even half of the target fixed was achieved by the department. Against the target of covering 3,500 head of …
MPs have voted against the government's policy of culling badgers in two pilot schemes in England. It follows a highly-charged debate led by backbenchers in the Commons. Ministers want to hold a pilot badger cull in two areas of the south west next year because badgers spread tuberculosis to cattle. …
England’s West Country is a bucolic landscape of winding country lanes and gently rolling pastures. But as autumn darkens into winter, a war, complete with armed marksmen and camouflaged saboteurs, is about to erupt from the hedgerows. Both sides claim science as their ally. At issue is the badger (Meles …
Forests meet 40% of the energy needs of India and about 30% of fodder needs of the cattle population. Agriculture along with animal husbandry is the principal occupation and source of livelihood for over 70% of the population of Western Himalaya. Like with other high-altitude communities, animal husbandry is practised …
Let’s presume for a moment that you aren’t someone who thinks a great deal about dairy farming. Like me, for example. You (or I) may think you have this idea about what it means to milk a cow. For me, it was always something akin to what Harrison Ford did …
KORAPUT: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the much-awaited cattle breeding programme at a function here on Thursday. Naveen, who air dashed to Koraput in the afternoon, hoped that the programme aimed at developing animal resources in the State would help improve the socio-economic condition of the farmers. He was accompanied …
The first licence allowing farmers to shoot badgers in an attempt to reduce cattle TB is to be issued on Monday. The licensing body, Natural England, said the cull would go ahead in Gloucestershire, where cases are high. Ministers are pressing ahead with plans to cull badgers in two areas …
