As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Research project on forest owlet in Melghat opposed

NAGPUR: The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) decision to allow capture of 20 forest owlets in east and west Melghat divisions outside Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR) has come in for sharp criticism by former forest officials and conservationists.
Forest owlet is listed as critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and is also included in Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act (WPA), 1972. Earlier, move to declare forest owlet a state bird was rejected by the State Wildlife Board (SWB).

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