Glass nylon yarn or Chinese manja used for flying kites is jeopardize Black Kites and at least 10-15 Black Kites injured by hanging manja thread in a month received by the PFA, voluntary organisation working towards rescuing wildlife in City.
According to People for Animal (PFA), Rehabilitator Vinay said,“When manja thread cuts off while flying a kite, it comes down and hangs on tree tops. Since this hangs at a height, people do not bother to remove them.
Black Kites during their flight or when perched atop the tree do not notice the thread and injure themselves. Birds lose their wings, suffer head and toe injuries and are cause to be disabled.
Roopa Satish, Wildlife vet said when birds lose a limb it becomes a challenge for them as they cannot clutch on to the prey. Hunting becomes difficult and most end up surviving on garbage piles. A campaign against the use of Chinese manja was launched by Nature Forever Society (NFS). Eight lives has been claimed in Ahmedabad, during Uttarayan festival or Kite Festival of Gujarat in 2011 , one of which was a four-year old girl whose throat was slit.
According to NFS, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Ahmedabad and Ludhiana have tried to impose ban on Chinese manja but have failed since Central affirmation is necessaty. NFS has begun a process of petitioning Environment and Forests Minister Veerappa Moily.
Individuals and organisations can sign the appeal online http://chn.ge/1klClqz to show their loyalty.