Cases of Buffalopox, India's latest emerging viral threat, underline need to understand evolutionary biology

West India has seen multiple outbreaks of buffalopox that belongs to the same family of viruses as monkeypox

BANGKOK

Breeding benefits

A community-led initiative in Gujarat has been instrumental in getting government recognition for the Banni buffalo, a drought- tolerant breed

Of Van Riebeeck and the ‘Big Boss’: European colonisation decimated Cape Buffalo in South Africa, study finds

Several large mammals were hunted to extinction or near-extinction during the 3 centuries of colonial rule in the region

Genetic map

To make buffaloes stronger

Government steps up efforts to revive wild water buffalo

Years of neglect and shortage of funds have been blamed for near-extinction of the species

CONSERVATION PROGRAMME

Protein from buffalo blood has answer to infertility

40 buffaloes die of haemorrhagic septicaemia in Odisha’s Kendrapara

Locals blame officials for not acting on time, worried about livelihood

Centre to roll back controversial ban on trade of cattle for slaughter

The government’s May 23 notification on changes made to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Market) Rules, 2017, …

Wild buffaloes threatened

Toda traditions in peril

Can this tribal community in the Nilgiris survive the concrete trappings of civilisation? Tarun Chhabra on the eco-friendly Todas

Buffalo protein against cattle diseases

Patna scientist makes feta cheese from buffalo milk

Sanjeev Kumar secures patent for technology that replaces sheep and goat milk 

Politics behind Maharashtra's milk strike

India has a failed salvation policy on the not-so-holy buffalo

India’s only scheme to leverage the expanding buffalo meat exports has been in doldrums. To make it work, the government must first get rid …

Why is north India suffering from a fodder crisis

The rise in wheat straw prices is a combined consequence of an unrelenting summer, water shortage as well as better prices for other crops like …

Hunting for good

Penny foolish, pond wise

Once parched, Dewas in Madhya Pradesh is now a lush green district

Pawns in conservation

Maharashtra forest department’s conservation model puts Madia tribals in Naxals’ line of fire

How to save Banni grasslands from invasive species? Here’s what a new study suggests

A mosaic of restored grasslands and patches of Prosopis juliflora may be key to sustainability. Until other pieces of the puzzle are figured out

NGT upholds rights of pastoralists in Banni grasslands, wants encroachments removed

The court highlighted the lack of coordination between revenue and forest departments for the problem 

Cross-breeding, herd management key strategy to maximise India’s milk production: Study

New British-Australian study lays emphasis on cross-breeding to increase milk yield in India without neglecting indigenous animals

State animals and birds: Do they make a difference to conservation?

As the Indus Dolphin is declared Punjab’s State Aquatic Animal, Down To Earth pops the question to conservationists

Pastoralist Van Gujjars ask why they still need permit to enter their own land

Voices of the Van Gujjars have been silenced by restrictions in the form of ‘permits’