NASHIK: The Nature Conservation Society of
Nashik (NCSN) and the forest department jointly released posters, flexes and
pamphlets on Monday— the birth anniversary of noted ornithologist Dr Salim
Ali— to stop use of slings to kill birds in tribal
areas.
The posters and flexes will be put up at schools, village temples and other public places in the villages of Harsul where the use of slings to hunt birds is rampant. The NCSN and the west division of the forest department are carrying this out and 4,000 posters will be made and put up in Harsul.
The posters have photos and names of birds and an appeal to save the forest and the birds. "We will start putting up the posters within a week. We also need to do this for Peth, Surgana, Igatpuriand other tribal areas where slings are used to hunt birds," said Bishwaroop Raha, NSCN president.
"We have been conducting awareness campaigns in Harsul and now the use of slings have reduced by around 70%," he said.
He said that birds are important for the ecosystem since they eat insects, mosquitoes, worms etc and save crops from harmful pests. ""They can therefore protect us from mosquito-related diseases like dengue, malaria, etc," he said.
He said birds like peacocks, yellow-legged green pigeon - the state bird, shikra, jungle babbler, red-whiskered bulbul, drongo, black-headed oriole yellow-fronted pied woodpecker, scarlet minvet and others were seen in Harsul.
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