(IN): Blackbucks get scientific help

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<This is being done so that one can recreate species like lions, tigers or

cheetahs at will through assisted reproduction or even cloning>

 

Look, here they come. Our self styled GODs who call themselves scientists.

This is what the whole scientific community was desperately waiting for and

now their dreams seem to see the light of the day>> Extinction of all the

endangered species so that they can wave their magic wand and reproduce our

wild friends genetically.

It is only a matter of time before we can see a whole range of wildlife

reproduced genetically to uplift the economic status of this Nation and

compete with the likes of China etc to in farming Tigers etc.

We already have a section of media people and some in the wildlife

protection community lobbying hard to endorse the Chinese- American style of

conservation which allows the exploitation of animals only to breed more

animals and in return generates unbelievable revenue.

Only recently we saw Mr. Barun Mitra a senior journalist desperately

stressing on this formula as the ultimate for wildlife conservation in India

on a National Television network.

 

Such people who claim to bring revenue at the cost of Tiger farming, culling

of elephants etc are much much more dangerous that any dreaded poacher in

this country.

But the sad thing is, they always manage to evade arrest, or let me put it

this way, no arrest warrants seem to get issued for such people, no matter

how damaging their comments and ideologies are.

 

Correct me if I am wrong !

 

Azam

 

Link: http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070023881

*Blackbucks get scientific help

 

*Uma Sudhir

Saturday, August 25, 2007 (Hyderabad)

Path-breaking work by scientists in Hyderabad has, for the first time,

helped the birth of a baby Blackbuck after artificial insemination, offering

real hope for the endangered species.

 

The Blackbuck is one of the fastest animals and is also the state animal of

Andhra Pradesh.

 

Under the astute eye of the doctors, after a six-month gestation period

Blacky, the first black buck to be born after artificial insemination, was

finally born.

 

''This is the first attempt anywhere in the world that is non-surgical,

non-invasive. With this, we should be able to increase the endangered black

buck population at will,'' SAID G Sivaji, Scientist.

 

At the Hyderabad-based Laboratory for Conservation of Endangered species,

scientists are standardizing methodology to create a bank for eggs, sperms,

early embryo and tissue cell lines of all endangered species, frozen in

time.

 

This is being done so that one can recreate species like lions, tigers or

cheetahs at will through assisted reproduction or even cloning.

 

''We have succeeded in doing electro-ejaculation in tigers, lions and

leopards. Now that we have shown that it can be done in wildlife, we hope

the authorities will be convinced and will give adequate endangered species

to do artificial insemination to produce live lions, tigers, leopards and my

ultimate aim is to produce a cloned cheetah,'' said Lalji Singh, Director,

CCMB.

 

In March last year, a baby spotted deer called Aishwarya or Spotty was born.

 

That was the first time in India that a wild animal was born after

artificial insemination without surgery. Next will be endangered

 

 

 

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