Mysore/Mysuru: Intense summer heat and the lockdown have taken a toll on monkeys living on the steps of Chamundi Hill. Usually, they depend on the food, fruits and other eatables offered by devotees. Now with the lockdown, the Chamundi Temple is closed for devotees. This has had a cascading effect on the monkey food. Plus…
Mission Cow ID: Ear-tagging of bovines in full swing
March 13, 2020‘Cow Aadhaar’ identifies animals and builds a database with vital details, unique to each animal By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Government’s liking for cows is no secret. Bovine protection is one of the Government’s most important topics of public discourse in the country over the past couple of years. In this context,…
India to import cattle sex-sorting technology from US: Union Minister
March 12, 2020New Delhi: India is expected to import sex-sorting technology developed in the US by September to help the country overcome the problem of stray cattle, Union Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Giriraj Singh said recently. The use of ‘sexed semen’, under the Union Government’s breed improvement programme, would become a turning point in…
Four cows charred to death as miscreants set fire to cowshed
March 26, 2018Nanjangud: Four cows tied inside a cowshed were burnt alive and three more cows sustained serious burn injuries when miscreants set fire to the cowshed at a farmhouse in Goluru of the taluk on Saturday. The farmhouse belongs to Nanjundaswamy, Srikantamurthy and Somanna, who are brothers and miscreants have set the cowshed on fire when…
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