Stray dog menace : Kerala local bodies minister to hold high-level meeting on Monday
Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 11 (BPNS) The Local self-government minister of Kerala, M.B. Rajesh will hold a high-level meeting on Monday to take urgent measures against the stray dog menace in the state. It is to be noted that the state is witnessing spiraling stray dog attacks and the anti-rabies vaccine have found ineffective in some cases. […]
Stray dog issue: Crucial meeting likely to take place on Monday
Thiruvananthapuram, September 11 (BPNS) With stray dog attacks continuing in Kerala, a crucial meeting between chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and local self-government minister MB Rajesh is likely to take place on Monday. The meeting, it is said, came against the backdrop of the Supreme Court’s oral observation that stresses the need to work towards finding […]
Stray dog menace: Govt orders inquiry on deaths and vaccine efficacy
Thiruvananthapuram, August 31 (BPNS) Amid concerns over the efficacy of the anti-rabies vaccine being administered in the state, the government has ordered an inquiry to examine the quality of the vaccine being given in hospitals. For this, an expert panel will be formed by the health department. It was on the other day that chief […]
Pet Dog census to commence at Greater Chennai Corporation
Chennai, Aug 30 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai Corporation has called upon pet dog owners to register their pets with the corporation as a pet dog census will be conducted soon. A statement from the corporation said that the GCC was planning to update the census as the number of pet dogs in the city has […]
2 women arrested in UP, 626 turtles recovered
Ghazipur (UP), Aug 20 (PTI) The railway police Saturday arrested two suspected women smugglers and recovered 626 turtles while they were taking them from Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur to Siliguri in West Bengal, officials here said. The cost of the recovered turtles is about Rs 7 lakhs, officials said. Government Railway Police station incharge Akhilesh Kumar […]
4 year old girl killed in leopard attack in The Nilgiris, TN
Chennai, Aug 10 (BPNS) A four-year-old girl was killed by a leopard in The Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday morning. The incident occurred in a private tea estate in Arakadu near Mynala. The 4-year-old girl identified as K. Sharidha is the daughter of migrant workers from Assam and forest department officials said that […]
Leopard involved in killing cattle trapped in Bhavanisagar, TN
Chennai, Aug 8 (BPNS) A male leopard involved in killing cattle in Bhavanisagar area was trapped in a cage on Monday. Forest department officials told BPNS that the leopard is six years of age. The animal has been indiscriminately killing cattle and dogs after venturing out of the Bhavanisagar Forest Range in the Sathyamangalam forest […]
Stray dog menace : Coimbatore to open three more Animal Birth Control centres
Chennai, Aug 4 (BPNS) The Coimbatore Corporation is to open three more Animal Birth Control (ABC) centres after stray dog menace increases in the corporation. In the past two days, 9 people including two children were bitten by stray dogs in the city. K. Swaminathan, retired teacher, Avinashi, Coimbatore while speaking to BPNS said,” People […]
Tiger roars in Coimbatore forest division as population increases
Chennai, July 29 (BPNS) On International Tiger Day, Wildlife activists and conservationists are on a high after the reported increase in the Tiger population in the Coimbatore forest division. According to conservationists, there are around 20 tigers in the Coimbatore forest division. However as the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has flagged the official announcement […]