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  • As UP state hen sarus crane’s numbers pass up, professionals pink flag issues of safety

    By way of IANS

    LUCKNOW: The controversy on sarus crane – the state hen of Uttar Pradesh – has intensified within the state, with the ruling BJP and the Opposition events enticing in a political slugfest over the problem of protection of such wild hen species.

    Not too long ago, Mohammed Arif (30), a resident of Mandka village in Amethi, got here into the limelight after his photos and movies with a sarus crane went viral on social media, following which he used to be additionally interviewed by means of a number of media shops.

    Samajwadi Birthday party’s leader Akhilesh Yadav, who got here to Amethi a couple of days again, additionally went to Mandka and met Arif. After finding out in regards to the sarus crane, the state Wooded area Division took custody of the hen from Arif. Since then, the topic has accumulated steam throughout political circles.

    In step with the Wooded area Division, as in line with the census accomplished in June 2022, there are 19,180 sarus cranes noticed within the state. Etawah and Auraiya have the very best 4,437 sarus cranes. In December 2021, the choice of sarus cranes within the state used to be 17,665.

    The counting of this stork hen may just now not be accomplished in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

    Abu Arshad, Natural world Warden-Endangered Undertaking at state Wooded area Division, says that the sarus crane is the tallest a few of the flying birds on the planet. Its peak is as much as 5 to 6 toes whilst the female and male sarus cranes glance alike.

    The Gruidae species are the one birds that breed within the southern a part of the Himalayas and are present in maximum spaces of Uttar Pradesh.

    Those species of birds are present in Etawah, Mainpuri, Shahjahanpur, Etah, Aligarh in huge numbers. The sarus cranes live to tell the tale the banks of the river, marshy land, lakes, ponds or within the open skies. This hen eats meals equivalent to roots, stems and grains of the aquatic vegetation.

    Except this, this hen eats lizards, frogs, fish, snakes and so on and breeds between July and December. They construct nests close to lakes and ponds with the assistance of grass pallets. Except this, they’re very delicate against their nest and do not let any dwelling come close to it. Their young children stick with them for a yr and are born in most cases in pairs.

    The Natural world Warden stated that the Amethi incident has ended in an influence that for the reason that sarus cranes reside along side human beings, their herbal habitat has been affected and isn’t getting needful vitamins for its enlargement. Mavens have suggested to stay those birds within the zoo.

    It’s an offence to catch, contact and disturb such endangered birds and their eggs.

    READ MORE | Story of a UP guy and his sarus crane who walks – and flies – in his footsteps

    Dr. Brajendra of Lucknow Zoo says that sarus crane is thought of as a delicate hen and does now not consume potato and rice. “You will need to to obtain the needful nutrition in order that this hen can stay wholesome. They typically consume grass, grains and so on. They consume takes about 500 to 700 gram of meals at a time.”

    At the present, there is not any enlargement within the choice of those birds dwelling along human beings for just about a yr.

    Ashok Kashyap, some other Lucknow Zoo veterinarian, says: “When you cultivate any animal or hen, it begins getting connected to you emotionally. However you can not do that for lengthy since there’s a trade of their wild nature because of which they may be able to assault human beings which will also be deadly.”

    It’s forbidden to stay a wild animal for lengthy with people for the reason that former will be unable to obtain a right kind nutrition which might become worse its well being and in the end it’s going to die.

    Kaushalendra Singh, a member of Uttarakhand Natural world Board, says: “Sarus crane is a secure hen. If the hen is located in an injured state, an individual will have to tell the woodland division. They will have to be saved at their house. Their herbal behaviour will have to now not be disturbed… If they arrive in touch with people frequently, they’re going to now not breed…”

    Vivek Singh, an ornithologist, says: “Female and male sarus cranes reside in pairs and construct their extended family. There’s unbreakable love between them such that if one crane out of the couple dies because of any explanation why, then the opposite hen additionally dies.”

    Sarus cranes also are thought to be a pal of farmers as they consume bugs. Those birds are indexed within the time table of the Natural world Coverage Act, 1972.

    Senior political analyst Ratanmani Lal says: “The principles for such wild hen species are very transparent. The care of such animals and birds comes below the keep an eye on of the Wooded area Division. Attachment to animals and birds is a great factor for any human being however they will have to be sorted by means of a veterinary skilled.”

    LUCKNOW: The controversy on sarus crane – the state hen of Uttar Pradesh – has intensified within the state, with the ruling BJP and the Opposition events enticing in a political slugfest over the problem of protection of such wild hen species.

    Not too long ago, Mohammed Arif (30), a resident of Mandka village in Amethi, got here into the limelight after his photos and movies with a sarus crane went viral on social media, following which he used to be additionally interviewed by means of a number of media shops.

    Samajwadi Birthday party’s leader Akhilesh Yadav, who got here to Amethi a couple of days again, additionally went to Mandka and met Arif. After finding out in regards to the sarus crane, the state Wooded area Division took custody of the hen from Arif. Since then, the topic has accumulated steam throughout political circles.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    In step with the Wooded area Division, as in line with the census accomplished in June 2022, there are 19,180 sarus cranes noticed within the state. Etawah and Auraiya have the very best 4,437 sarus cranes. In December 2021, the choice of sarus cranes within the state used to be 17,665.

    The counting of this stork hen may just now not be accomplished in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

    Abu Arshad, Natural world Warden-Endangered Undertaking at state Wooded area Division, says that the sarus crane is the tallest a few of the flying birds on the planet. Its peak is as much as 5 to 6 toes whilst the female and male sarus cranes glance alike.

    The Gruidae species are the one birds that breed within the southern a part of the Himalayas and are present in maximum spaces of Uttar Pradesh.

    Those species of birds are present in Etawah, Mainpuri, Shahjahanpur, Etah, Aligarh in huge numbers. The sarus cranes live to tell the tale the banks of the river, marshy land, lakes, ponds or within the open skies. This hen eats meals equivalent to roots, stems and grains of the aquatic vegetation.

    Except this, this hen eats lizards, frogs, fish, snakes and so on and breeds between July and December. They construct nests close to lakes and ponds with the assistance of grass pallets. Except this, they’re very delicate against their nest and do not let any dwelling come close to it. Their young children stick with them for a yr and are born in most cases in pairs.

    The Natural world Warden stated that the Amethi incident has ended in an influence that for the reason that sarus cranes reside along side human beings, their herbal habitat has been affected and isn’t getting needful vitamins for its enlargement. Mavens have suggested to stay those birds within the zoo.

    It’s an offence to catch, contact and disturb such endangered birds and their eggs.

    READ MORE | Story of a UP guy and his sarus crane who walks – and flies – in his footsteps

    Dr. Brajendra of Lucknow Zoo says that sarus crane is thought of as a delicate hen and does now not consume potato and rice. “You will need to to obtain the needful nutrition in order that this hen can stay wholesome. They typically consume grass, grains and so on. They consume takes about 500 to 700 gram of meals at a time.”

    At the present, there is not any enlargement within the choice of those birds dwelling along human beings for just about a yr.

    Ashok Kashyap, some other Lucknow Zoo veterinarian, says: “When you cultivate any animal or hen, it begins getting connected to you emotionally. However you can not do that for lengthy since there’s a trade of their wild nature because of which they may be able to assault human beings which will also be deadly.”

    It’s forbidden to stay a wild animal for lengthy with people for the reason that former will be unable to obtain a right kind nutrition which might become worse its well being and in the end it’s going to die.

    Kaushalendra Singh, a member of Uttarakhand Natural world Board, says: “Sarus crane is a secure hen. If the hen is located in an injured state, an individual will have to tell the woodland division. They will have to be saved at their house. Their herbal behaviour will have to now not be disturbed… If they arrive in touch with people frequently, they’re going to now not breed…”

    Vivek Singh, an ornithologist, says: “Female and male sarus cranes reside in pairs and construct their extended family. There’s unbreakable love between them such that if one crane out of the couple dies because of any explanation why, then the opposite hen additionally dies.”

    Sarus cranes also are thought to be a pal of farmers as they consume bugs. Those birds are indexed within the time table of the Natural world Coverage Act, 1972.

    Senior political analyst Ratanmani Lal says: “The principles for such wild hen species are very transparent. The care of such animals and birds comes below the keep an eye on of the Wooded area Division. Attachment to animals and birds is a great factor for any human being however they will have to be sorted by means of a veterinary skilled.”

  • UP guy who rescued and cared for Sarus crane for a yr will get Woodland division realize

    Through PTI

    AMETHI: The Woodland division has filed a case and issued a realize to an Uttar Pradesh guy who rescued a Sarus crane and took care of it for a yr, officers mentioned.

    The crane, which lived with Arif Khan Gurjar within the Mandkha village of Amethi district, accompanied him to his fields and was once authorized “like a circle of relatives member”, was once taken away through Woodland division officers on March 21.

    (Photograph | PTI)

    The chook was once shifted to the Samaspur sanctuary in Rae Bareli to permit it to reside in its herbal surroundings, an authentic had mentioned.

    On Saturday, the dep. issued a realize to Gurjar and requested him to look on the place of work of the Gauriganj divisional woodland officer on April 4 to document his observation.

    Consistent with the awareness issued through Assistant Divisional Woodland Officer (Gauriganj) Ranvir Singh, Gurjar has been booked underneath related sections of the Flora and fauna Coverage Act.

    READ MORE | Story of a UP guy and his sarus crane who walks – and flies – in his footsteps

    An afternoon after the chook was once taken away, Samajwadi Birthday celebration leader Akhilesh Yadav held a press convention right through which he condemned the Woodland division motion and requested not directly if any authentic had the braveness to remove the peacocks on the high minister’s place of abode.

    Gurjar sat at the dais with the previous leader minister however didn’t discuss.

    Yadav had visited Gurjar after he received reputation because of his “friendship” with the chook.

    He had additionally shared photos of himself with the chook and Gurjar on social media.

    Possibly I do not comprehend the problem right here, however this boy was once dwelling luckily unfastened, together with his human pal in Amethi, a couple of days in the past.

    He is been rescued & is in a cage now. %.twitter.com/GsdMkiMbYx

    — thakursahab (@65thakursahab) March 25, 2023

    Responding to Yadav’s allegations, Divisional Woodland Officer DN Singh had mentioned, “No matter motion has been taken is with Arif’s (Gurjar) consent.”

    The authentic mentioned those birds all the time reside in pairs.

    Since this one was once dwelling on my own, there was once some apprehension about its well-being.

    On Thursday, Yadav alleged that the crane had long gone lacking prior to being rescued through some native citizens.

    Woodland officers, on the other hand, had denied the declare.

    वन विभाग की टीम उप्र के राजकीय पक्षी सारस को तो स्वतंत्र करने के नाम पर उसकी सेवा करनेवाले से दूर ले गयी, देखना ये है कि राष्ट्रीय पक्षी मोर को दाना खिलानेवालों से स्वतंत्र करने के लिए क्या कार्रवाई की जाती है। %.twitter.com/S52HgEjWnV

    — Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) March 21, 2023

    AMETHI: The Woodland division has filed a case and issued a realize to an Uttar Pradesh guy who rescued a Sarus crane and took care of it for a yr, officers mentioned.

    The crane, which lived with Arif Khan Gurjar within the Mandkha village of Amethi district, accompanied him to his fields and was once authorized “like a circle of relatives member”, was once taken away through Woodland division officers on March 21.

    (Photograph | PTI)

    The chook was once shifted to the Samaspur sanctuary in Rae Bareli to permit it to reside in its herbal surroundings, an authentic had mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    On Saturday, the dep. issued a realize to Gurjar and requested him to look on the place of work of the Gauriganj divisional woodland officer on April 4 to document his observation.

    Consistent with the awareness issued through Assistant Divisional Woodland Officer (Gauriganj) Ranvir Singh, Gurjar has been booked underneath related sections of the Flora and fauna Coverage Act.

    READ MORE | Story of a UP guy and his sarus crane who walks – and flies – in his footsteps

    An afternoon after the chook was once taken away, Samajwadi Birthday celebration leader Akhilesh Yadav held a press convention right through which he condemned the Woodland division motion and requested not directly if any authentic had the braveness to remove the peacocks on the high minister’s place of abode.

    Gurjar sat at the dais with the previous leader minister however didn’t discuss.

    Yadav had visited Gurjar after he received reputation because of his “friendship” with the chook.

    He had additionally shared photos of himself with the chook and Gurjar on social media.

    Possibly I do not comprehend the problem right here, however this boy was once dwelling luckily unfastened, together with his human pal in Amethi, a couple of days in the past.
    He is been rescued & is in a cage now. %.twitter.com/GsdMkiMbYx
    — thakursahab (@65thakursahab) March 25, 2023
    Responding to Yadav’s allegations, Divisional Woodland Officer DN Singh had mentioned, “No matter motion has been taken is with Arif’s (Gurjar) consent.”

    The authentic mentioned those birds all the time reside in pairs.

    Since this one was once dwelling on my own, there was once some apprehension about its well-being.

    On Thursday, Yadav alleged that the crane had long gone lacking prior to being rescued through some native citizens.

    Woodland officers, on the other hand, had denied the declare.

    वन विभाग की टीम उप्र के राजकीय पक्षी सारस को तो स्वतंत्र करने के नाम पर उसकी सेवा करनेवाले से दूर ले गयी, देखना ये है कि राष्ट्रीय पक्षी मोर को दाना खिलानेवालों से स्वतंत्र करने के लिए क्या कार्रवाई की जाती है। %.twitter.com/S52HgEjWnV
    — Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) March 21, 2023

  • Story of a UP guy and his sarus crane who walks – and flies – in his footsteps

    Via PTI

    AMETHI: It stands like a sentinel whilst he surveys his fields, flaps its wings virtually in music together with his rhythmic claps and would possibly not settle for meals from any person else.

    That is the on a regular basis tale of the sarus crane and Arif Khan Gurjar, the stately, dependable chicken and the person who took it below his wings.

    The sarus flies – and walks – in Gurjar’s footsteps, inside of his house and within the fields, when he is zipping during the slim roads of Mandhaka village close to this Uttar Pradesh the town on his bike or when he is ambling in his courtyard.

    The sector’s tallest flying chicken is in whole sync with the human who has followed it.

    (Picture | PTI)

    The story, the toast of social media and different media platforms, started on a chilly February morning ultimate yr when Gurjar discovered the sarus mendacity subconscious in his fields.

    He concept the chicken used to be useless however realised quickly that it used to be nonetheless respiring and made up our minds to take it house. He wiped clean the injured leg, which used to be bleeding, and carried out a mix of turmeric and mustard oil to regard the wound. To verify the leg stays unmoved and safe, he coated it with bamboo sticks: a treatment standard in rural spaces to regard fractures.

    The painstaking care paid dividends.

    “This sarus is now like a circle of relatives member. On plenty of events, I left it within the fields to fly away to its personal chicken group nevertheless it refuses to go away me. It comes again to me each and every time,” Gurjar informed PTI. “Now even I don’t need it to move any place,” he added merely.

    (Picture | PTI)

    The sarus, the tallest flying chicken on the earth status 152-156 cm tall with a wingspan of 240 cm in keeping with WWFIndia, eats with the circle of relatives. “It eats common humble on a regular basis fare. It does not value me a lot. The chicken eats selfmade meals. We don’t make the rest additional or particular,” Gurjar mentioned.

    Consistent with animalia.bio, sarus cranes are omnivorous, and consume a variety of meals, akin to aquatic crops like sedge tubers, seeds, rice and different grains, crustaceans, snails, huge bugs akin to grasshoppers, amphibians, reptiles, small vertebrates and fish.

    However this crane, a well-known sight for folks within the house, is obviously no longer complaining.

    The chicken will get stressed if it cannot to find Gurjar round. It cries out loud if it does not see him and bites any person else who comes with regards to it. In truth, the bond is so intense that Gurjar, who sows wheat, paddy and different vegetation, mentioned he cannot step outdoor his house.

    “I’ve no longer attended any circle of relatives serve as within the ultimate yr as a result of I simply cannot move any place. If it does not to find me round, it turns into uncomfortable. If I’ve to move for some paintings, I want to dodge him. Right through the evening, the chicken sleeps by way of my cot on his one leg,” he mentioned.

    (Picture | PTI)

    “I spend numerous time caring for him and my circle of relatives does no longer thoughts that. The chicken has been permitted as a circle of relatives member. I’ve a puppy canine too and all people just like the chicken,” Gurjar added.

    Slightly like every other puppy, the crane, he mentioned, understands him and follows his directions.

    (Picture | PTI)

    Consistent with WWFIndia, sarus cranes with predominantly gray plumage, bare purple head and higher neck and faded purple legs, are social creatures, discovered most commonly in pairs or small teams of 3 or 4. They’re recognized to mate for existence with a unmarried spouse.

    As soon as a commonplace sight within the paddy fields of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Assam, their inhabitants is now at the decline with most effective 15,000-20,000 present in India, a majority of that are in Uttar Pradesh, it mentioned.

    AMETHI: It stands like a sentinel whilst he surveys his fields, flaps its wings virtually in music together with his rhythmic claps and would possibly not settle for meals from any person else.

    That is the on a regular basis tale of the sarus crane and Arif Khan Gurjar, the stately, dependable chicken and the person who took it below his wings.

    The sarus flies – and walks – in Gurjar’s footsteps, inside of his house and within the fields, when he is zipping during the slim roads of Mandhaka village close to this Uttar Pradesh the town on his bike or when he is ambling in his courtyard.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The sector’s tallest flying chicken is in whole sync with the human who has followed it.

    (Picture | PTI)

    The story, the toast of social media and different media platforms, started on a chilly February morning ultimate yr when Gurjar discovered the sarus mendacity subconscious in his fields.

    He concept the chicken used to be useless however realised quickly that it used to be nonetheless respiring and made up our minds to take it house. He wiped clean the injured leg, which used to be bleeding, and carried out a mix of turmeric and mustard oil to regard the wound. To verify the leg stays unmoved and safe, he coated it with bamboo sticks: a treatment standard in rural spaces to regard fractures.

    The painstaking care paid dividends.

    “This sarus is now like a circle of relatives member. On plenty of events, I left it within the fields to fly away to its personal chicken group nevertheless it refuses to go away me. It comes again to me each and every time,” Gurjar informed PTI. “Now even I don’t need it to move any place,” he added merely.

    (Picture | PTI)

    The sarus, the tallest flying chicken on the earth status 152-156 cm tall with a wingspan of 240 cm in keeping with WWFIndia, eats with the circle of relatives. “It eats common humble on a regular basis fare. It does not value me a lot. The chicken eats selfmade meals. We don’t make the rest additional or particular,” Gurjar mentioned.

    Consistent with animalia.bio, sarus cranes are omnivorous, and consume a variety of meals, akin to aquatic crops like sedge tubers, seeds, rice and different grains, crustaceans, snails, huge bugs akin to grasshoppers, amphibians, reptiles, small vertebrates and fish.

    However this crane, a well-known sight for folks within the house, is obviously no longer complaining.

    The chicken will get stressed if it cannot to find Gurjar round. It cries out loud if it does not see him and bites any person else who comes with regards to it. In truth, the bond is so intense that Gurjar, who sows wheat, paddy and different vegetation, mentioned he cannot step outdoor his house.

    “I’ve no longer attended any circle of relatives serve as within the ultimate yr as a result of I simply cannot move any place. If it does not to find me round, it turns into uncomfortable. If I’ve to move for some paintings, I want to dodge him. Right through the evening, the chicken sleeps by way of my cot on his one leg,” he mentioned.

    (Picture | PTI)

    “I spend numerous time caring for him and my circle of relatives does no longer thoughts that. The chicken has been permitted as a circle of relatives member. I’ve a puppy canine too and all people just like the chicken,” Gurjar added.

    Slightly like every other puppy, the crane, he mentioned, understands him and follows his directions.

    (Picture | PTI)

    Consistent with WWFIndia, sarus cranes with predominantly gray plumage, bare purple head and higher neck and faded purple legs, are social creatures, discovered most commonly in pairs or small teams of 3 or 4. They’re recognized to mate for existence with a unmarried spouse.

    As soon as a commonplace sight within the paddy fields of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Assam, their inhabitants is now at the decline with most effective 15,000-20,000 present in India, a majority of that are in Uttar Pradesh, it mentioned.