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Friday, 9 January 2015

63 response centres to save birds

About 5 OTs, 73 vets, 1,400 med students have volunteered for the cause during Uttarayan frenzy
Uttarayan is here and so is ready a brigade of bird rescuers to protect feathered species fall ing prey to killer manja. With five major operation theatres (OT), 13 minor OTs and 63 response centers, Forest Department and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation this year have launched their save bird drive with much aggression.
“Our main priority is to save birds.Therefore, we will open more centres to provide immediate medical treatment. About 73 veterinary doctors and more than 1,400 students from medical colleges have volunteered for the cause,“ said Dr T Karuppasamy, DFO, social forestry division,