30-06-21 Daily-Gujarat-GPSC Current Affairs

In a research published this April, Nimesulide poisoning in white-rumpedvultureGyps bengalensis in Gujarat, India, the authors found the anti-inflammatory drugnimesulidein the Tissues of all the dead vulture fromGujaratthey studied. The research was part of a project funded entirely by the Union ministry of Environment, forest and <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change.

The collection of tissues of dead vultures sampled in the study were permitted by Gujarat forest department, and shared by Jivdaya Charitable Trust, Ahmedabad.

The research paper pointed out that between March and April 2020, there were at least two other incidents of deaths of white-rumped vultures inAssamand West Bengal.

While 13 vultures died after eating the carcass of a pig in Jalpaiguri district, in West Bengal, 19 vultures died in Sibsagar, Assam possibly due to poisoning However, tissue samples could not be collected for analysis.

The study found that residues of all the 32 most commonly used pesticides in the tissues from kidneys, livers and guts of the four white-rumped vultures collected from Sanand and Dhrangadhra were below detection limits.