Vulture-safe veterinary kits introduced in Thengumarahada village in the Nilgiris

A ‘vulture-safe veterinary first-aid kit’ was introduced for livestock owners successful Thengumarahada colony successful the Nilgiris.

S. Bharathidasan, caput of Arulagam, a conservation NGO that has been moving successful the scenery connected the extortion of vultures and different wildlife, said that the kits volition beryllium kept successful a nationalist spot successful the colony and that they tin beryllium accessed by the nationalist astatine highly subsidised rates.

“Recognising that banned Non-Steroidal Anti Inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that are lethal to vultures are utilized for treating mastitis, pain, and inflammation successful cattle, we introduced a vulture harmless first-aid kit successful a distant village. The kit contains safer alternatives, specified arsenic Meloxicam and accepted medicine prepared by YourFarm, thereby preventing contamination of the vulture nutrient chain,” said Mr. Bharathidasan.

The event, which was held connected Monday, besides included the information of V. Balakrishnan, Joint Director of the Regional Animal Husbandry Department successful the Nilgiris, arsenic good arsenic 33 livestock owners from the village.

“The programme’s halfway connection centered connected mitigating the superior menace to vultures — the usage of amerciable and lethal NSAIDs specified arsenic Aceclofenac, Ketoprofen, and Nimesulide successful livestock,” Arulagam said successful a property release.

Mr. Balakrishnan underscored the ecological value of Thengumarahada colony and stressed that banned drugs stay a large menace requiring continuous nationalist consciousness and participation. The participants demonstrated beardown committedness by expressing their willingness to utilise the kits provided by Arulagam for their livestock, the property merchandise added.

Arulagam said that depending connected the occurrence of the kits, that the inaugural would beryllium expanded to different captious villages successful the territory wherever banned NSAIDs request to beryllium wholly phased retired to support vultures.