A private wildlife hospital rescued more than 700 birds entangled in manja over the past two years. Chinese manja, glass-coated synthetic string is still being used to fly kites despite a ban. More than half of the 749 birds rescued by the People for Animals (PFA) wildlife hospital, in Kengeri over the past two years […]
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The official website of the Karnataka Forest Department shows that 15 elephants have been electrocuted over the past two years in the State. Karnataka witnessed over 100 deaths of elephants between 2021 and 2022, out of which 22 of them died of unnatural causes like electrocution, accidents, gunshots, and snaring. Electrocution alone claimed the lives […]
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In 2020-21 budget, the Karnataka state government had allotted Rs. 18 crore for the National Bamboo Mission (NBM). Many bamboo artisans and business person are unaware of the National Bamboo Mission (NBM). The money set aside for the NBM has remained unused.“I do not know of any such scheme. My business and others’ were totally […]
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The Forest department said that hundreds of cases of sandalwood theft are reported each year in Karnataka alone. Bengaluru: A microchip developed by the Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST) to detect sandalwood theft cannot be produced on a mass scale because the central government is yet to release funds for it. V. Soundarajan, […]
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