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 31 December 2014

Bajura declared Diclofenac free

Added At: 2014-12-30 11:41 AM

Last Updated At: 2014-12-30 11:41 AM

RASTRIYA SAMACHAR SAMITI

BAJURA: The District Livestock Service Office Bajura and Nepal Bird Conservation Association of Kathmandu jointly declared Bajura as a diclofenac free district on Monday.

The campaign against diclofenac is for the awareness and conservation of vulture. The Association declared the district as the diclofenac free after the study that it fatal to vultures. Diclofenac is however used for the treatment of livestock. 

Nepal is a home to nine species of vulture. 

Field officer of the Association, Bhupal Nepal said the conservation of vultures help maintain environment balance. He added that Nepal has six indigenous and three itinerant species of vultures. 

However, more than 95 percent vultures have vanished. 


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