NGO to tackle jackal menace

Kolkata: Kolkata airport authorities have finally found an NGO that is willing to capture and relocate jackals inhabiting the vast stretch of grassland across the twin runways at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. A pact between the NGO and Kolkata airport may soon be inked.
While Wildlife SOS, a Delhi-based NGO, has responded positively to the airport authorities pleas, it has said it can do the job only with help from the forest department's wildlife wing.
"We need close coordination with the forest department to carry out the job," said the NGO's co-founder Kartick Satyanarayan.
So, airport authorities will again have to approach the forest department with a fresh plea, said airport director R. Srinivasan.
Earlier, many requests to the department had not been met with prompt action, forcing airport authorities to launch a nationwide hunt for NGOs willing to tackle the jackal menace.
28/10/09 Arpit Basu/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Oct 2009