Mississippi kites are slender and elegant, with 3-foot wingspans and plumage that fades from black to a pale gray-white. They ...

After the rice was planted by the plane, Steiger couldn’t wait to go check on the rice with Farmer Joel each day so he could chase the Tweety Birds. Chasing Tweety Birds is Steiger’s favorite ...

Nylon manja, the string used for kite-flying, is a death knell for birds, which are left nursing injuries after the festival of kites or succumb to them. A Hyderabad-based NGO Animal Warriors ...

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 ...

It comes as an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone was introduced in Northern Ireland on Saturday following three confirmed cases of bird flu in wild birds in three different countries. Since early ...

Kites in the shapes of animals, birds, reptiles, flowers, comic characters and the like attracted many visitors. The stunt kites of Greece could be heard making sounds. “These kites have a fibre ...

In the era of bird flu, they say raw milk and raw pet food are bringing a dangerous virus with pandemic potential too close to people and pets. On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration ...

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 ...

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

Arguments during kite-flying festivities led to at least three separate clashes in Vadodara, Anand and Panchmahal districts on Tuesday, the day of Uttarayan, with at least 16 persons arrested by ...

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 representative ...