Wed,
Sep 13 2017 12:16:24 PM
By Vishal
Gulati
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS): Crossing national and international boundaries, millions of migratory birds descend on India to avoid the extreme winter chill in their native habitats. Many of them never return to their breeding grounds, say ornithologists.
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS): Crossing national and international boundaries, millions of migratory birds descend on India to avoid the extreme winter chill in their native habitats. Many of them never return to their breeding grounds, say ornithologists.
The
reason: They are exposed, largely in non-protected wetlands, to illegal killing
and trade.
Scientists,
mainly from Mysuru's Nature Conservation Foundation, during their fieldwork in
27 wetlands in Tamil Nadu's Kanchipuram district, estimate that at least 1,700
waterbirds, mainly large- and medium-sized, are hunted every year in each
wetland. They say hunting is widespread from December to April, the peak season
of winter migrants.
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