Anti-poaching aircraft reports for duty in Tanzania’s Selous
By Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany - Tanzania Today, Dr. Gerd Müller, Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development ofthe Federal Republic of Germany handed over a Husky aircraft to...
View ArticleChennai colleges set aside time for wildlife
Little did Vivek Puliyeri know that he would be able to build a prospective career and also cater to his interest in conserving nature and wildlife when he walked into the campus of Indian Institute of...
View ArticleBuffalo on runway: Inspection of walls around all airports
NEW DELHI: A day after 146 people on board a Delhi-bound SpiceJet flight had a narrow escape when a buffalo hit their aircraft at Surat as it was about to take off, the aviation ministry has decided to...
View ArticleBirds pose big threat to aviation industry
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View Article23 bird and butterfly species recorded in Tiruchi airport
An independent study by a city college faculty member on bird activity in the international airport and in its vicinity here has recorded 23 bird species besides butterfly species and few mammals,...
View ArticleCity airport to get more Zon guns to combat bird hits
COIMBATORE: In order to minimise bird-hit incidents and ensure passenger safety, the airport authorities have decided to acquire more Zon guns, a popular bird scaring equipment, to keep birds away from...
View ArticleEgrets turn to scavenging in Noida's open vats
NOIDA: The city's open vats have a new category of scavenger - cattle or white egrets. The slender birds, with milk-white plumage and yellow beaks, are a common sight these days scavenging at various...
View ArticleBhubaneshwar airport bid to curb bird-hit cases
BHUBANESWAR: In view of onset of monsoon, when bird menace is reported at Biju Patnaik International Airport quite frequently, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and airport officials on...
View ArticleReport: The Port Authority Is Killing All Those Airport Animals For Nothing
Ever since 2008, when a flock of geese ran into a plane leaving LaGuardia and forced it into the Hudson, the Port Authority has been working to keep wildlife out away from New York and New Jersey's...
View ArticleBird strikes tumble at Vancouver airport
Bird collisions with aircraft are on the decline at Vancouver International Airport on Sea Island, along with the number of birds being killed both in accidents and by grounds personnel. YVR officials...
View Article‘Sand mining in Ganga could be killing rare turtles’
DEHRADUN: Turtle species introduced in the Ganga 10 years ago to clean the river waters are now almost entirely gone, scientists say. The freshwater turtle species, Chitra Indica and Nilsonia...
View ArticleACCIONA carries out a program for the protection of threatened birds of prey...
(Source: Acciona SA) ACCIONA has introduced a selective feeding system that provides an additional (and secure) source of food for species such as the red kite. ACCIONA has created, together with the...
View ArticleAirport officials seek to deal with overflow of snowy owls
NEW YORK -- NEW YORK _ First terrapin turtles. Now snowy owls. Humans are not the only species flocking to airports this holiday season. At least five times in the last two weeks, airliners at JFK,...
View ArticleNew 'dogged' approach to airport safety
Christchurch Airport's newest employee comes with her own water bowl and a kennel to sleep in. Border collie puppy Jet will soon join the ranks at Christchurch Airport, working to scare birds away from...
View ArticleTiny insects threat to mighty 'jumbos' in Ahmedabad
AHMEDABAD: Birds have always been a severe threat to flights operating out of the city airport. Not only the passengers' lives have been put at risk but aircrafts too have suffered damage resulting in...
View ArticleBird-hit fears loom over city airport
AHMEDABAD: With the onset of monsoon, birds have been returning to the city airport in large numbers, increasing the risk of bird-hits. In second half of June, Airports Authority of India (AAI)...
View ArticleJanuary 8, 2014 - Before Deep Freeze, Snowy Owl Captured at BWI Marshall...
(Source: BWI - Baltimore Washington International Airport) Airport Works With USDA Wildlife Services Personnel to Minimize Threats from Snowy Owls, Other Birds On Friday, December 27, a Snowy Owl was...
View ArticleCrackers start fire at airport
There was a minor blaze at the Chennai airport on Wednesday when a grass patch caught fire from crackers thrown near the runway to scare away birds. Two flights were affected due to the incident,...
View ArticleThis Is What JFK Airport Is Doing To Keep Birds Away From Its Runways
Air France Airbus A380 landing at JFK Wildlife control contractors have shot almost 26,000 birds at John F. Kennedy International Airport over the past five years to stop them interfering with...
View ArticleTampa airport works to limit danger caused by bird strikes
TAMPA — Mostly desolate, uninhabited acres of grass and deep-sided ditches flank the sides of Tampa International Airport’s take-off and landing strips. There are no lush wetlands or manicured flower...
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