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Hiding for Survival !
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Copyright: Subhash Ranjan (sranjan)
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 132 W: 33 N: 357]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-s-g.gif) (1224) |
| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2008-03-27 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2008-07-24 7:43 |
| Viewed: 303 |
| Points: 4 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
THE national bird of India is struggling for survival. The peacock population is dwindling fast due to habitat loss, contamination of food sources and poaching. Ironically, until today no census has been conducted of the peacock. Non-feasibility has been cited as the only reason. The sole stock-taking of the peacock population in India was done by WWF India in 1991. It revealed that India was left with only 50 per cent of the total peacock population that existed at the time of Partition in 1947. While the green peacock is already believed to be extinct, the peacock may soon end up on the critically endangered list. According to the Earth Island Journal, a journal that focuses on the environment and wildlife,"Farmers use pesticides to battle termites. After munching seeds treated with these insecticides, male peacocks have been seen falling from trees, unable to fly."
In great demand for their feathers and flesh, peacocks are being mercilessly hunted down all over from Rajasthan and peripheral Delhi to Haryana and adjoining Punjab, once a rich peacock belt. Peacocks are also targeted for their fat which, some mistake as a cure for arthritis.
Poaching is the most vital cause of the plummeting peacock population across India , followed by environmental contamination caused by sprinkling of heavy pesticides and insecticides in the fields.
It is the easiest to kill a male peacock during the mating season when it dances around in the open and can be easily targeted. You can well imagine how threatened the peacock species would be when the male birds are being killed just before mating. It is also easier to hunt peacocks down because they sleep in the same trees every night. The procedure of killing is simple. First the head is cut off, then the crest is ripped off and then the tail feathers. There are fowlers who are even more cruel. If they don’t want the feathers to be smeared with blood, they first trap the bird, break its legs, pull out feathers and then kill it.
Source:http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040502/spectrum/main1.htm |
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| To eliz: Hello | sranjan |
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hello Subhash
what a superb shot with very fine POV, DOF and framing,
i love the environnement and natural habitat of the image,
beautiful colour of the bird, and as usual excellent notes, TFS
Asbed
- eliz
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it so wonderful to see this birds free in the wild. in my country they exist only in captivity.
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