The Italian ecologist knew the trash hung from the nests of a certain bird, the black kite. But why? Many species of birds decorate their nests to attract a mate—but kites already have partners ...

(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 ...

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.

The GHSPCA advised people to fly kites in the afternoon when bird activity is minimal and to responsibly collect and dispose of kite threads after the celebrations. Using knives or scissors to ...