Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Giriraj Singh said that migratory birds which came to India in winter season is responsible for the spread of bird flu in the country.
Bird flu is a highly infectious and severe respiratory disease in birds caused by the H5N1 influenza virus, which can occasionally infect humans as well.
Migratory birds flock to Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Zoological Garden, with the advent of winter season. These birds have become centre of attraction for the visitors.
The constant chirping in the wetlands in Kendrapara district indicates that the winged guests have arrived for their winter sojourn, a forest official said on Tuesday.
Migratory Siberian birds in large numbers flocked to UP's Varanasi. The mesmerizing view attracted birdwatchers on banks of river Ganga.
Officials said they suspect water contamination as one of the reasons for the deaths but were awaiting viscera test reports. Though the official toll was 1,500, locals claimed the number of dead birds could be as high as 5,000.
The Gharana Wetland Conservation Reserve attracts hundreds of migratory birds, including the bar-headed goose which flies over high-altitude passes in the Himalayas during its sojourn.
Pong Dam (Himachal Pradesh): Milder weather this winter has driven many migratory bird species from Pong, one of the largest man-made wetlands in the foothills of the Himalayas in the picturesque Kangra Valley in northern
New Delhi: Delhi is fast losing its status as a preferred destination for migratory birds. A report by the Asian Water bird Census, says there has been considerable fall in the number of species that
Bhubaneswar: Over 7.61 lakh migratory birds have thronged Odisha's Chilika Lake this winter, according to the annual bird census.The figure is higher than last year.About 7.19 lakh resident and migratory birds arrived at the 1,100
Udaipur: A village in southern Rajasthan has scripted a heart warming conservation story by refusing to allow fishing or any other activity in two ponds, leaving them exclusively for birds, including migratory ones. Manar village,
New Delhi: Rising temperatures are forcing a huge, untold number of species to move their homes northward or climb to higher altitudes, says an alarming study.Global warming and changing rainfall patterns have resulted in shifts
Aska (Odisha): Dubbing Congress and BJP as ‘migratory birds' who visit Odisha only during elections, BJD chief Naveen Patnaik today said the two parties had all along ignored the interests of the state.”Leaders of both
Berhampur(Odisha): The arrival of winged visitors to Chilika Lake, the biggest waterfowl habitat in the country, has dropped this season with 1.58 lakh fewer migratory birds sighted than the previous season. Ornithologists said the number
Berhampur (Odisha), Jan 8: Less number of birds visited the famous Chilika lake in Odisha compared to last year but more varieties of species swooped down on the biggest waterfowl habitat in the country this
Berhampur (Odisha), Oct 10: Migratory birds have begun arriving at Odisha's Chilika lake.“We have spotted birds of different species in the sanctuary,” DFO(wildlife) B P Acharya said. The wildlife division has taken steps to protect
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