(HT Photo) While the loss of life of the birds cannot be quantified, scores of them get injured in incidents related to glass-coated kite strings on the festival and only a few lucky ones are able ...

Initial signs included increased duck mortality, prompting state officials to quarantine the farm and cull nearly 119,000 birds. The World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) confirmed the H5N9 ...

Ten months on from the shocking discovery that a virus usually carried by wild birds can readily infect cows, at least 68 people in North America have become ill from the pathogen and one person ...

The Visit Qatar Kite Festival 2025 proved to be celebration of creativity, culture, and community, drawing large crowds with its vibrant displays and an array of engaging activities. Safe Flight ...

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Lawmakers in Pakistan’s most populous Punjab province on Tuesday passed a ...

While its sharpness ensures competitive kite flying, it leaves behind a trail of destruction—injured birds, maimed humans, and irreversible environmental damage. Despite being banned by the National ...

Nine-year-old Pareeksh, who had come to Govind Gaudham on Makar Sankranti to offer fodder to the cows, was taken aback after seeing the injured birds. “Nobody ever told me that kite strings can ...

So far, 67 human bird flu cases have been confirmed in the U.S., the CDC says. A child in San Francisco was recently confirmed to be the third human case of bird flu in the United States in which ...

In a determined effort to assist injured wildlife, animal activists in Mumbai have successfully rescued over 60 birds harmed by kite 'manjha' during the Makar Sankranti festival. This initiative was ...

Mumbai, Jan 16 (PTI) Animal activists have rescued more than 60 birds injured by kite ‘manjha’ in Mumbai as part of a three-day drive during the Makar Sankranti celebrations, a wildlife welfare group ...

Mumbai: A total of 700 bird injuries were recorded in the last two days of the kite flying festival in MMR, even as the Mumbai police booked 23 persons for the illegal use of nylon manja to fly kites.