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Sunday, 18 March 2018

civet cat coffee kopi luwak

The large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha)/ Sagla (in Dogri)

Kingdom: - AnimaliaPhylum: - ChordataClass: - MammaliaOrder: - carnivoreFamily:-ViverridaeGenus:-viverra
Species: - Viverra zibetha


          We cannot afford to remain in ignorant about our biodiversity. I strongly believe that the first tool for biodiversity conservation is public awareness. The lack of public awareness, education and communication contributes to the relatively low political priority given to biodiversity issues by government.


The Sagla/large Indian Civet occurs in Nepal, Pakistan (Indus valley eastwards), Inner Himalayan region, Sivalik Hills (Kalakote Sunderbani and Nowshera), north of the Pir Pinjal, Kashmir,northeast IndiaBhutanBangladesh to Myanmar, Thailand and China.
Commonly known as polecats or civet cats, they are neither polecats nor cats. These medium-sized mammals belong to the Family Viverridae and more closely related to cats and mongooses.




           Civet has black and brown fur, white rings on their neck, small spot on the body, having dark stripes on the back. The paws are dark brown in color. Due to their long body and bushy tail, they look like a member of the cat family. However, they are not true cats. They have a head and body length of 68−89 cm with a tail length of 44.5−46.3 cm and a body weight of 7−15 kg. They are nocturnal and solitary animals that mixed only during mating.

Civets are omnivorous and opportunistic foragers. They feed on a wide variety of food items like carrion, rodents, birds, centipedes, millipede, eggs, reptiles, fruits, vegetables, grasshopper, crickets, termites and beetles were among the most common insects in the diet of civets. They also prey on aquatic animals such as crabs, earthworm and snails during rainy season.

Civets are great climbers; they are nocturnal in habit and use their acute senses of smell and hearing to locate their prey. Civets do not chase prey they just grab from their hiding places.

The civet produces a musk (also called civet) highly valued as a fragrance and stabilizing agent for perfume. Both male and female civets produce the strong-smelling secretion, which is produced by the civets perineal glands situated near the anus.

In Ethiopia, people use civet musk in traditional medicinal practice for headache, discoloration of skin, etching and even against cancer. In many parts of Ethiopia, civet farming is practiced as a means of income. Civet musk is harvested by either killing the animal or by scraping the glands of a live animal .The country officially exports on an average 1,000 kg of civet musk every year. The use of civet coffee (Kopi Luwak) a special coffee that includes part-digested coffee cherries eaten and defecated by the civet has been used in Indonesia and Philippines.

At Bandrai, Civet meat is treated as a delicacy; farmers view the civets as a pest, due to their raiding of gardens and poultry. The villagers have been hunting them down by employing hunting dogs in village or shoot by spotlight.


The species is listed as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN 2010). But they are minimally threatened by hunting for meat and killing by farmers to protect livestock. Increase of poaching pressure and the lack of effective conservation action the population of civet (sagla) is undergoing a continuing decline in my village.

Therefore, if you want to live in a place which is bustling with life, colors, esthetic pleasure, spiritual inspirational and happiness, save wildlife and save nature.

Saturday, 10 March 2018

Vulture/गिद्ध/eal

Happy to see you after long time


vulture is a scavenging bird, divided into "Old World" vultures of Eurasia and Africa (Family Accipitridae) and "New World" vultures of the Americas (Family Cathartidae). Old World vultures are more related to hawks while New World vultures have been genetically linked to storks. Himalayan Vulture - Gyps Himalayensis. It is the largest and heaviest bird found in the Himalayas. It is an old world vulture; it is about a meter long, with 2.7 meter wingspan, black and brown above and reddish brown below, its head and neck are almost bald and its weighs 9-12 kg.

Currently vulture population in India is at risk of extinction. During 1980’s there were nearly 40 million vultures in India. The alarming population decline was recorded in the 1990’s by Bombay natural history society (BNHS). 95% of vulture population is declined.  The main causes of vulture decline indentified the use of veterinary drug, especially Diclofenac Sodium, a non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug help in reduce inflammation and as analgesic reducing pain. In 2003 the BNHS raised a campaign against this drug. In 2006 Govt. of India issued a ban on the production, sale, and use of the drug in veterinary purposes. Vultures are long lived but slow breeder and usually lays only one egg in a year and heavy use of pesticide in the field, ultimately go through food-chain to the vulture which leads to reproductive disorder causing reduced breeding capacity.

Few studies show that the increasing number of cell phone towers bringing down birds population by increasing Electrosmog. The  existing guidelines for telecommunication do not adequately protect wildlife. Large birds like peacock, vulture, swans and hornbill are more pronounced as their wings occupy more surface area resulting large absorption of radiation and creating more health hazard leading to death of these large birds..

Vulture can be regarded as natural resource like air, water and soil. It provides us number of services most important disposal of carcass.  It affects our health, our environment by rapid and efficiently removing carcasses.Decline of vulture population, result in increase in feral dog population which directly increases the dog bits and rabies. It also spread anthrax and water borne diseases to humans. In 2000, survey by national institute of communicable diseases Delhi (NICD) estimated the dog population in India is 22 million and case of dog bite is around 2.28 million per year. The 17th Indian livestock census 2003 ministry of agriculture, department of animal husbandry and dairying, govt. of India reported dog population is 29.02 million.

Vulture is symbolic god and goddesses around the world. Sampati and Jatayu of Hindu mythology give vulture popularity in India. Jatayu was friend of Dasaratha, he was the warrior, whose wings were cut by Ravana in indecent act to abduct Sita. Vulture is also known as vehicle of Saturn (Sani) the planet.

In our community (Nanyal), vulture is a part of worship ritual during wedding. We offer food, milk, kheer, ghee, fruits, pancake (cheela) to vulture. This offering is called as Naivedya. Vulture cannot eat naivedya as they are scavenger feeds on dead animals. We just symbolically surrender our Aham (ego) at her feet in the form of Naivedya.

Vultures are important for their environmental, cultural and religious significance that some communities attach to their role of disposing of human bodies for thousand of year like Parsi community, ‘sky burial’ in Tibetan.  Vulture is listed in the Red List of IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) as critically endangered. Vultures are revered as purifiers who never kill and always feed on those who die naturally or killed by other. So, there was an urgent need to focus more scientific attention on the most valuable bird before it was too late.



Wonderful click by :- Ajay Sharma (Bava) Sulla Nalla (Bandrai)

Thursday, 8 March 2018

Happy International Women's Day

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.
(Muhammad Ali Jinnah)

If we can't prevent nuclear disaster that will be not just a political failure, but be the highest spiritual failure of mankind. Whether we are Hindu, Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Sikh, Jewish or others we must work to prevent that failure.

Happy International Women's Day 2018

Sunday, 4 March 2018

जय हिन्द -जय भारत- जय सुंदरबनी

जय हिन्द -जय भारत- जय सुंदरबनी
सुंदरबनी के सम्मान में,हम सब उतरे मैदान में
         
            हमारी पार्टी सुंदरबनी
           जिला हमारा सुंदरबनी
     
       सुंदरबनी द्वारा मंगलवार 06 मार्च
            विशाल सरकार चेतना रैली

उपजिला सुंदरबनी के सभी भाई बहनों को सूचित किया जाता है कि संयुक्त संघर्ष समिति सुंदरबनी के बेनर तले मंगलवार 06 मार्च को सोई सरकार को जगाने हेतु विशाल सरकार चेतना रैली का आयोजन किया जा रहा है। जिसमें हजारों की संख्या अपेक्षित है। सभी बन्धुओं से अनुरोध है कि अपने हक की लड़ाई और अपनी भावी पीढ़ी के भविष्य का चिंतन करते हुए सहित परिवार मंगलवार 11 बजे सुंदरबनी पहुंचे ताकि जिले कि मांग को बुंलद किया जा सके। क्योंकि सुंदरबनी के हित में ही हमारा हित है।

      आओ मिलकर नया इतिहास गढ़ें,
आसमान से ऊंचा सुंदरबनी का नाम करें।
           आवाज़ दो - हम एक हैं
         सुंदरबनी एकता जिन्दावाद
              युवा शक्ति जिन्दावाद

लेके रहेंगे ,अपना हक
                              हक हमारा ,डीसी डीसी
    आवामें सुंदरबनी  जिन्दावाद

Thursday, 1 March 2018

HOLI IS A SYMBOL OF EQUALITY

               Holi is a festival of colour, it show love, freedom, tolerance, brotherhood and equality among people. In our J&K people express themselves by their skin, cast, religion, culture, income or wealth.

              The differences of culture, skin, and clothing can be all covered by playing with colours. Putting colour on each other despite of differences it creates equality among the people. Similarly, in schools, the uniform of students represent the equality or in Mosque where the rich and the poor may stand shoulder to shoulder in one row and where men wear white cap (Taqiyah) and women wear white shawls (Hijabs) to show equality.

             This festival brings the society together and strengthens the social and emotional bond which increases attachment with each other.


            The festival of colours is finally here, let the colours of holi spread the message of peace and happiness.

Hope the canvas of your life is painted with beautiful colours.
                        Happy Holi