Indian breed dogs, also known as Indian Pariah dogs or desi dogs, are the native dog breeds of India. These dogs are a result of thousands of years of natural selection, and they have evolved to adapt to the local Indian climate and living conditions.

Indian breed dogs, also known as Indian Pariah dogs or desi dogs, are the native dog breeds of India. These dogs are a result of thousands of years of natural selection, and they have evolved to adapt to the local Indian climate and living conditions. Indian breed dogs are typically medium-sized, lean, and muscular with short hair and a short to medium tail. There are several different types of Indian breed dogs, and their physical characteristics can vary depending on the region and the environment they have evolved in. Some of the most popular Indian breeds include: Rajapalayam: Originally from Tamil Nadu, these dogs are known for their white coat and their loyalty and protective nature. Mudhol Hound: Originally from Karnataka, these dogs are highly energetic and agile, making them well-suited for hunting and racing. Kombai: Also from Tamil Nadu, these dogs are known for their powerful jaws and their ability to hunt large game. Gaddi Kutta: Originally from the Himalayan region, these dogs are large and sturdy, making them well-suited for guarding and herding livestock. Caravan Hound: Originally from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, these dogs are lean and muscular, making them well-suited for racing and hunting. There are several reasons to adopt an Indian breed dog: Adaptability: Indian breed dogs are known for their adaptability to Indian climatic conditions and their ability to thrive in diverse environments. They have evolved overtime to suit the Indian climate, which makes them more resilient and better suited for the conditions. Low maintenance: Indian breed dogs are generally low-maintenance and require minimal grooming. They are also less prone to diseases and health issues compared to some purebred dogs. Loyalty and Intelligence: Desi dogs are known for their loyalty and intelligence. They are quick learners and have the instinct to protect their families, making them great companions and watchdogs. Availability: Indian breed dogs are widely available across the country, and adopting them helps in promoting their conservation and preserving their unique genetic traits. Cost-effective: Adopting an Indian breed dog is cost-effective compared to purchasing a purebred dog. It also supports local breeders and helps in promoting their livelihoods. Social responsibility: Adopting an Indian breed dog helps to reduce the burden on animal shelters and encourages responsible pet ownership. In summary, adopting an Indian breed dog is a socially responsible choice that promotes their conservation, supports local breeders, and provides a loyal and intelligent companion that is well-suited for Indian climatic conditions. ALSO READ | In New York City, even dogs are getting high

Why one Should Adopt an Indian Breed Dog? Find out the reasons

Top European clubs will be limited to spending no more than 70% of their revenue on their squads under new "sustainability regulations" passed by UEFA's executive committee on Thursday.

The new approach will replace the previous Financial Fair Play system and introduces a "squad cost rule" that will limit spending on wages, transfers and agent fees.

The 70% figure will be reached after a three year transition period, gradually falling from 90%.

"UEFA's first financial regulations, introduced in 2010, served its primary purpose," UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said at the Executive Committee meeting in Nyon.

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"They helped pull European football finances back from the brink and revolutionised how European football clubs are run.

"However, the evolution of the football industry, alongside the inevitable financial effects of the pandemic, has shown the need for wholesale reform and new financial sustainability regulations."

UEFA added that acceptable losses will double from 30 million euros ($32.74 million) over three years to 60 million euros over the same period.

The new regulations will come into force in June 2022.

The issue of Russia's membership of UEFA was not on the agenda of the UEFA meeting but Ceferin suggested that it remained under consideration following the invasion of Ukraine.

"There are considerations about many things these days. Day by day, hour by hour, the situation is changing and again I would not be a serious UEFA president if I would first speak to the media and then speak to the Exco or general assembly or whoever," said the Slovenian.

Russia has expressed interest in a bid to host the European Championship in 2028 or 2032 but Ceferin declined to discuss that prospect.

“I won’t comment on any bids, UK bid or any other bids, but we are discussing about it and you will have the answer very soon," he said.

The United Kingdom nations and Ireland have made a declaration of interest to host the 2028 competition along with Turkey and Russia.

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Italy, along with Turkey and Russia, have said they intend to bid for 2032.

Ceferin said discussions over the qualification format for the new look Champions League, which will begin in 2024/25 remained ongoing but a final decision was due next month.

UEFA were strong opponents of the FIFA plan for a biennial World Cup and Ceferin said he was pleased that the idea had been taken off the table by global soccer's governing body at their congress in Doha last week.

Asked about possible alternative tournaments, Ceferin said: "It is good that they have listened to the football community (about the biennial World Cup). I don't think there is much time for new competitions but let's speak about it and see. For now we didn't discuss it. For me it is very good that this project which is more or less a nonsense is off the table."

Top European clubs will be limited to spending no more than 70% of their revenue on their squads under new "sustainability regulations" passed by UEFA's executive committee on Thursday.

Top European clubs will be limited to spending no more than 70% of their revenue on their squads under new "sustainability regulations" passed by UEFA's executive committee on Thursday. The new approach will replace the previous Financial Fair Play system and introduces a "squad cost rule" that will limit spending on wages, transfers and agent fees. The 70% figure will be reached after a three year transition period, gradually falling from 90%. "UEFA's first financial regulations, introduced in 2010, served its primary purpose," UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said at the Executive Committee meeting in Nyon. ALSO READ: FIFA quashes rumours of changing length of matches for World Cup Qatar 2022 "They helped pull European football finances back from the brink and revolutionised how European football clubs are run. "However, the evolution of the football industry, alongside the inevitable financial effects of the pandemic, has shown the need for wholesale reform and new financial sustainability regulations." UEFA added that acceptable losses will double from 30 million euros ($32.74 million) over three years to 60 million euros over the same period. The new regulations will come into force in June 2022. The issue of Russia's membership of UEFA was not on the agenda of the UEFA meeting but Ceferin suggested that it remained under consideration following the invasion of Ukraine. "There are considerations about many things these days. Day by day, hour by hour, the situation is changing and again I would not be a serious UEFA president if I would first speak to the media and then speak to the Exco or general assembly or whoever," said the Slovenian. Russia has expressed interest in a bid to host the European Championship in 2028 or 2032 but Ceferin declined to discuss that prospect. “I won’t comment on any bids, UK bid or any other bids, but we are discussing about it and you will have the answer very soon," he said. The United Kingdom nations and Ireland have made a declaration of interest to host the 2028 competition along with Turkey and Russia. ALSO READ: City to unveil Sergio Aguero's statue on 10th anniversary of title-winning goal in Manchester Italy, along with Turkey and Russia, have said they intend to bid for 2032. Ceferin said discussions over the qualification format for the new look Champions League, which will begin in 2024/25 remained ongoing but a final decision was due next month. UEFA were strong opponents of the FIFA plan for a biennial World Cup and Ceferin said he was pleased that the idea had been taken off the table by global soccer's governing body at their congress in Doha last week. Asked about possible alternative tournaments, Ceferin said: "It is good that they have listened to the football community (about the biennial World Cup). I don't think there is much time for new competitions but let's speak about it and see. For now we didn't discuss it. For me it is very good that this project which is more or less a nonsense is off the table."

UEFA adopts new financial sustainability rules for clubs from June 2022

Disclaimer: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While WION takes utmost care to accurately report this developing news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos.&nbsp;

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been opposed by many protesters. The people opposing the move seems to have adopted a new national flag. &nbsp;

The new flag is almost the same as the original. The only difference is that it has replaced the red band at the bottom with a second white band. &nbsp;

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The new flag seems to have been cropping up at protests. It has become a means of highlighting the fact that the protesters do&nbsp;not support the Ukraine invasion.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Russian UX designer, Kai Katonina, who is based in Berlin was one of several people to propose the new flag. &nbsp;

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Describing the motivation, 31-year-old Katonina told Latvia-based Russian news site Meduza, "We needed to mark ourselves as Russians against the war and not just some more people. There was a wide consensus that we need some kind of symbol." &nbsp;

As per The Guardian, Alex Zaporozhtsev, activist, ‘For Freedom in Russia’ group, said, "We decided we can no longer use the Russian tricolour, because Putin has turned it into a fascist symbol. We took away the red stripe - it's the colour of blood - and make it white." &nbsp;

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Disclaimer: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While WION takes utmost care to accurately report this developing news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos.

Disclaimer: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While WION takes utmost care to accurately report this developing news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been opposed by many protesters. The people opposing the move seems to have adopted a new national flag. The new flag is almost the same as the original. The only difference is that it has replaced the red band at the bottom with a second white band. Also Read: After Kremlin bans interview, Zelensky says Russia is 'frightened' The new flag seems to have been cropping up at protests. It has become a means of highlighting the fact that the protesters do not support the Ukraine invasion. Russians against Putin are waving a new flag without the red stripe to symbolize the removal of blood from the flag. This is a trend Putin won't want going viral in Russia. pic.twitter.com/c3jw6A3vYu — Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) March 26, 2022 × Figuratively speaking, the new design removes the red stripe, which indicates the omission of the blood from the Russian flag. Russian UX designer, Kai Katonina, who is based in Berlin was one of several people to propose the new flag. Watch: A month of the brutal Russian assault on Ukraine: Residential areas hit in Bashtanka × Describing the motivation, 31-year-old Katonina told Latvia-based Russian news site Meduza, "We needed to mark ourselves as Russians against the war and not just some more people. There was a wide consensus that we need some kind of symbol." As per The Guardian, Alex Zaporozhtsev, activist, ‘For Freedom in Russia’ group, said, "We decided we can no longer use the Russian tricolour, because Putin has turned it into a fascist symbol. We took away the red stripe - it's the colour of blood - and make it white." (With inputs from agencies)

Wiping off the blood: To oppose Ukraine war, Russians adopt new national flag  

In a lifetime of working with horses, Gary Kidd, 73, had never adopted an untrained wild mustang before. But when the federal government started paying people $1,000 a horse to adopt them, he signed up for as many as he could get. So did his wife, two grown daughters and a son-in-law.

Kidd, who owns a small farm near Hope, Arkansas, said in a recent telephone interview that he was using the mustangs, which are protected under federal law, to breed colts and that they were happily eating green grass in his pasture.

In fact, by the time he spoke on the phone, the animals were long gone. Records show that Kidd had sold them almost as soon as he legally could. He and his family received at least $20,000, and the mustangs ended up at a dusty Texas livestock auction frequented by slaughterhouse brokers known as kill buyers.

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When asked about the sale, Kidd abruptly hung up.

The Bureau of Land Management, which is in charge of caring for the nation’s wild horses, created the $1,000-a-head Adoption Incentive Programme in 2019 because it wanted to move a huge surplus of mustangs and burros out of government corrals and find them “good homes.” Thousands of first-time adopters signed up, and the bureau hailed the programme as a success.

But records show that instead of going to good homes, truckloads of horses were dumped at slaughter auctions as soon as their adopters got the federal money. A programme intended to protect wild horses was instead subsidizing their path to destruction.

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“This is the government laundering horses,” said Brieanah Schwartz, a lawyer for the advocacy group American Wild Horse Campaign, which has tracked the programme. “They call it adoptions, knowing the horses are going to slaughter. But this way the BLM won’t get its fingerprints on it.”

The bureau denies the allegations, noting that the government requires all adopters to sign affidavits promising not to resell the horses to slaughterhouses or their middlemen. But a spokesperson said the bureau had no authority to enforce those agreements or to track the horses once adopters had title to them.

People who dump mustangs at auctions, the spokesperson said, are free to adopt and get paid again.

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It has been 50 years since Congress unanimously passed a law meant to protect wild horses and burros from wholesale roundup and slaughter and to ensure that they had a permanent, sustainable place on public land in the West. But decades of missteps, systemic problems and spiraling costs have put both the horses and the western landscape at risk.

Wild horses once roamed North America in the millions, but as the open range disappeared in the early 20th century, they were nearly all hunted down and turned into fertilizer and dog food. When they were finally protected in 1971, there were fewer than 20,000 left.

Once protected, though, the remnant herds started growing again — far faster than the government was prepared for. The bureau estimates that, left alone, wild-horse herds increase by about 20 per cent a year.

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The bureau has tried for decades to stabilize numbers by using helicopters to round up thousands of mustangs annually. But the bureau has never been able to find enough people willing to adopt the untamed broncos it removes. So surplus mustangs — about 3,500 a year — have gone instead into a network of government storage pastures and corrals known as the holding system.

There are now more than 51,000 animals in holding, eating up so much of the programme’s budget — about $60 million a year — that the bureau has little left to manage mustangs in the wild.

“It’s completely unsustainable,” said Terry Messmer, a professor of wildlife resources at Utah State University who has studied the programme history. “I don’t think anyone who passed this law would be happy with how things turned out 50 years later.”

The bureau declined to comment on the record for this article.

Bureau leaders have repeatedly proposed culling the storage herds, but they have always been blocked by lawmakers mindful that a vast majority of voters do not want symbols of their heritage turned into cuts of meat.

Enter the Adoption Incentive Programme, which is built on the idea that paying adopters $1,000 a head is far cheaper than the $24,000 average lifetime cost of keeping a horse in government hands.

The programme nearly doubled the number of horses leaving the holding system, and the bureau called it “a win for all involved” that was helping “animals find homes with families who will care for and enjoy them for years to come.”

The bureau’s once-sleepy adoption events were transformed.

“It became a feeding frenzy. I have never seen anything like it,” said Carol Walker, a photographer who documents the wild herds of Wyoming.

In February, she arrived at an event in Rock Springs, Wyoming, and found a line of trailers a half-mile long. When the gates opened, people rushed to sign up for adoptions without even inspecting the mustangs.

“Those people weren’t there because they cared about the horses,” Walker said. “They were there because they cared about the money.”

To be sure, tens of thousands of wild horses have been adopted over the years by people who kept and cared for them as the law intended. Some became ranch horses, some work with the Border Patrol, and one became a world champion in dressage.

But the adoption programme has hardly been selective. One man in Oklahoma was paid to take horses even though he had previously gone to prison for kidnapping and beating two men during a horse-slaughter deal gone bad.

The programme has rules meant to discourage quick-buck seekers. Adopters are limited to four animals a year and do not get full payment or title papers for 12 months.

Even so, records show several instances where families like the Kidds banded together to get more than four horses. And numerous mustangs bearing the distinctive government brand began showing up at slaughter auctions after the one-year wait was up.

“We used to see one or two mustangs occasionally, usually old ones that someone had owned for years, but suddenly the floodgates opened,” said Clare Staples, who founded a wild-horse sanctuary in Oregon called Skydog Ranch.

Staples said she had helped find homes for more than 20 adopted mustangs that were dumped at auctions, apparently after having been given little care. Many were emaciated, with unkempt manes and untrimmed hooves, she said, and they often had parasites.

The bureau has refused to provide lists of adopters. But an informal network of wild-horse advocates has pieced together what is happening by using donated money to outbid kill buyers at auctions. That way, they spare mustangs from slaughter and obtain title papers that detail the horses’ ownership history.

The papers show that many adopters who quickly resell live in stretches of the Great Plains where pasture is cheap and people often derive a living from several sources. These adopters often took the maximum number of horses and sent them to auction soon after their final government payments cleared.

Lonnie Krause, a rancher in Bison, South Dakota, adopted four horses in 2019, and so did his grandson. In an interview, he said he saw nothing wrong with sending the mustangs to auction and acknowledged that they would probably go to kill buyers.

“It’s economics,” he said. “I can make about $800 putting a calf on my land for a year. With the horses, I made $1,000, then turned around and sold them for $500.”

Krause said bureau employees had told him he was not breaking any rules. “Once you get title, they told me, there is no limitation; you can do whatever you want with them,” he said.

Getting mustangs out of storage is critical for the bureau because its wild-horse programme is in a crisis. The cost of storing horses has cannibalized the helicopter budget, and roundups can no longer keep pace with growing herds. There are now about 100,000 wild horses in the West — triple what the bureau says the land can support. If left unchecked, in another decade they could number 500,000.

Managers warn that the growing herds could graze public lands down to dirt, which would devastate cattle ranchers — who compete for grass — and harm delicate desert landscapes and native species.

For decades government auditors and scientific advisers have warned the bureau to move away from roundups and instead control populations on the range through fertility control drugs delivered by dart and other management tools that do not add horses to the holding system, but the bureau has never changed course, in part because the cost of storing horses has crippled its ability to do anything else.

“We are at a make-or-break point,” said Celeste Carlisle, a member of the wild-horse programme’s citizen advisory board and a biologist for a wild-horse sanctuary called Return to Freedom, which has pushed for alternatives to roundups. “We have to turn things around, or it will result in disaster.”

At the kill-buyer auctions, people who love wild horses are scrambling to respond.

One night last fall, Candace Ray, who lives near Dallas, was clicking through photos on the website of a nearby auction when she spotted 24 young, untamed mustangs. Within hours she was rallying hundreds of donors on Facebook.

Ray cajoled a young couple who give riding lessons on their nearby farm, Cody and Shawnee Barham, to drive to the auction and do the bidding.

The mustangs were all small and skittish. None had apparently ever been handled. Serial numbers branded on their necks showed they had been born free in Nevada, Utah or New Mexico.

The Barhams kept bidding for hours. By midnight they had spent $16,000 in donations and owned 24 horses. When they got the title papers, the names of the adopters who sold the horses had been blacked out with marker. But holding the papers up to a light revealed the names and addresses of the Kidd family.

The Barhams brought the mustangs to their farm, opened the trailer doors and let them run. The couple plan to train the horses to accept a halter and then find people who will give them “forever homes.”

Cody Barham stood one recent morning watching the herd nibble in one of his fields, a grease-stained John Deere hat on his head and a 9 mm pistol on his hip (for snakes). He watched his wife walk quietly into the pasture with her outstretched hand holding a horse cookie. One of the braver mustangs, a little black stallion, approached to sniff.

“Our goal is to get them to the point where you can just love up on ’em,” he said. “But after all they’ve been through, it might take them a while to trust people.”

In a lifetime of working with horses, Gary Kidd, 73, had never adopted an untrained wild mustang before. But when the federal government started paying people $1,000 a horse to adopt them, he signed up for as many as he could get.

In a lifetime of working with horses, Gary Kidd, 73, had never adopted an untrained wild mustang before. But when the federal government started paying people $1,000 a horse to adopt them, he signed up for as many as he could get. So did his wife, two grown daughters and a son-in-law. Kidd, who owns a small farm near Hope, Arkansas, said in a recent telephone interview that he was using the mustangs, which are protected under federal law, to breed colts and that they were happily eating green grass in his pasture. In fact, by the time he spoke on the phone, the animals were long gone. Records show that Kidd had sold them almost as soon as he legally could. He and his family received at least $20,000, and the mustangs ended up at a dusty Texas livestock auction frequented by slaughterhouse brokers known as kill buyers. Also read | A pop-up book style synagogue to commemorate Babyn Yar massacre victims When asked about the sale, Kidd abruptly hung up. The Bureau of Land Management, which is in charge of caring for the nation’s wild horses, created the $1,000-a-head Adoption Incentive Programme in 2019 because it wanted to move a huge surplus of mustangs and burros out of government corrals and find them “good homes.” Thousands of first-time adopters signed up, and the bureau hailed the programme as a success. But records show that instead of going to good homes, truckloads of horses were dumped at slaughter auctions as soon as their adopters got the federal money. A programme intended to protect wild horses was instead subsidizing their path to destruction. Also read | Being tech savvy has health benefits for older people: Study “This is the government laundering horses,” said Brieanah Schwartz, a lawyer for the advocacy group American Wild Horse Campaign, which has tracked the programme. “They call it adoptions, knowing the horses are going to slaughter. But this way the BLM won’t get its fingerprints on it.” The bureau denies the allegations, noting that the government requires all adopters to sign affidavits promising not to resell the horses to slaughterhouses or their middlemen. But a spokesperson said the bureau had no authority to enforce those agreements or to track the horses once adopters had title to them. People who dump mustangs at auctions, the spokesperson said, are free to adopt and get paid again. Also read | France initiates 150 probes into nationwide horse mutilations and killings It has been 50 years since Congress unanimously passed a law meant to protect wild horses and burros from wholesale roundup and slaughter and to ensure that they had a permanent, sustainable place on public land in the West. But decades of missteps, systemic problems and spiraling costs have put both the horses and the western landscape at risk. Wild horses once roamed North America in the millions, but as the open range disappeared in the early 20th century, they were nearly all hunted down and turned into fertilizer and dog food. When they were finally protected in 1971, there were fewer than 20,000 left. Once protected, though, the remnant herds started growing again — far faster than the government was prepared for. The bureau estimates that, left alone, wild-horse herds increase by about 20 per cent a year. Also read | We finally know why cats love to sit in square-like boxes! The bureau has tried for decades to stabilize numbers by using helicopters to round up thousands of mustangs annually. But the bureau has never been able to find enough people willing to adopt the untamed broncos it removes. So surplus mustangs — about 3,500 a year — have gone instead into a network of government storage pastures and corrals known as the holding system. There are now more than 51,000 animals in holding, eating up so much of the programme’s budget — about $60 million a year — that the bureau has little left to manage mustangs in the wild. “It’s completely unsustainable,” said Terry Messmer, a professor of wildlife resources at Utah State University who has studied the programme history. “I don’t think anyone who passed this law would be happy with how things turned out 50 years later.” The bureau declined to comment on the record for this article. Bureau leaders have repeatedly proposed culling the storage herds, but they have always been blocked by lawmakers mindful that a vast majority of voters do not want symbols of their heritage turned into cuts of meat. Enter the Adoption Incentive Programme, which is built on the idea that paying adopters $1,000 a head is far cheaper than the $24,000 average lifetime cost of keeping a horse in government hands. The programme nearly doubled the number of horses leaving the holding system, and the bureau called it “a win for all involved” that was helping “animals find homes with families who will care for and enjoy them for years to come.” The bureau’s once-sleepy adoption events were transformed. “It became a feeding frenzy. I have never seen anything like it,” said Carol Walker, a photographer who documents the wild herds of Wyoming. In February, she arrived at an event in Rock Springs, Wyoming, and found a line of trailers a half-mile long. When the gates opened, people rushed to sign up for adoptions without even inspecting the mustangs. “Those people weren’t there because they cared about the horses,” Walker said. “They were there because they cared about the money.” To be sure, tens of thousands of wild horses have been adopted over the years by people who kept and cared for them as the law intended. Some became ranch horses, some work with the Border Patrol, and one became a world champion in dressage. But the adoption programme has hardly been selective. One man in Oklahoma was paid to take horses even though he had previously gone to prison for kidnapping and beating two men during a horse-slaughter deal gone bad. The programme has rules meant to discourage quick-buck seekers. Adopters are limited to four animals a year and do not get full payment or title papers for 12 months. Even so, records show several instances where families like the Kidds banded together to get more than four horses. And numerous mustangs bearing the distinctive government brand began showing up at slaughter auctions after the one-year wait was up. “We used to see one or two mustangs occasionally, usually old ones that someone had owned for years, but suddenly the floodgates opened,” said Clare Staples, who founded a wild-horse sanctuary in Oregon called Skydog Ranch. Staples said she had helped find homes for more than 20 adopted mustangs that were dumped at auctions, apparently after having been given little care. Many were emaciated, with unkempt manes and untrimmed hooves, she said, and they often had parasites. The bureau has refused to provide lists of adopters. But an informal network of wild-horse advocates has pieced together what is happening by using donated money to outbid kill buyers at auctions. That way, they spare mustangs from slaughter and obtain title papers that detail the horses’ ownership history. The papers show that many adopters who quickly resell live in stretches of the Great Plains where pasture is cheap and people often derive a living from several sources. These adopters often took the maximum number of horses and sent them to auction soon after their final government payments cleared. Lonnie Krause, a rancher in Bison, South Dakota, adopted four horses in 2019, and so did his grandson. In an interview, he said he saw nothing wrong with sending the mustangs to auction and acknowledged that they would probably go to kill buyers. “It’s economics,” he said. “I can make about $800 putting a calf on my land for a year. With the horses, I made $1,000, then turned around and sold them for $500.” Krause said bureau employees had told him he was not breaking any rules. “Once you get title, they told me, there is no limitation; you can do whatever you want with them,” he said. Getting mustangs out of storage is critical for the bureau because its wild-horse programme is in a crisis. The cost of storing horses has cannibalized the helicopter budget, and roundups can no longer keep pace with growing herds. There are now about 100,000 wild horses in the West — triple what the bureau says the land can support. If left unchecked, in another decade they could number 500,000. Managers warn that the growing herds could graze public lands down to dirt, which would devastate cattle ranchers — who compete for grass — and harm delicate desert landscapes and native species. For decades government auditors and scientific advisers have warned the bureau to move away from roundups and instead control populations on the range through fertility control drugs delivered by dart and other management tools that do not add horses to the holding system, but the bureau has never changed course, in part because the cost of storing horses has crippled its ability to do anything else. “We are at a make-or-break point,” said Celeste Carlisle, a member of the wild-horse programme’s citizen advisory board and a biologist for a wild-horse sanctuary called Return to Freedom, which has pushed for alternatives to roundups. “We have to turn things around, or it will result in disaster.” At the kill-buyer auctions, people who love wild horses are scrambling to respond. One night last fall, Candace Ray, who lives near Dallas, was clicking through photos on the website of a nearby auction when she spotted 24 young, untamed mustangs. Within hours she was rallying hundreds of donors on Facebook. Ray cajoled a young couple who give riding lessons on their nearby farm, Cody and Shawnee Barham, to drive to the auction and do the bidding. The mustangs were all small and skittish. None had apparently ever been handled. Serial numbers branded on their necks showed they had been born free in Nevada, Utah or New Mexico. The Barhams kept bidding for hours. By midnight they had spent $16,000 in donations and owned 24 horses. When they got the title papers, the names of the adopters who sold the horses had been blacked out with marker. But holding the papers up to a light revealed the names and addresses of the Kidd family. The Barhams brought the mustangs to their farm, opened the trailer doors and let them run. The couple plan to train the horses to accept a halter and then find people who will give them “forever homes.” Cody Barham stood one recent morning watching the herd nibble in one of his fields, a grease-stained John Deere hat on his head and a 9 mm pistol on his hip (for snakes). He watched his wife walk quietly into the pasture with her outstretched hand holding a horse cookie. One of the braver mustangs, a little black stallion, approached to sniff. “Our goal is to get them to the point where you can just love up on ’em,” he said. “But after all they’ve been through, it might take them a while to trust people.”

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Dalmia Bharat Group has had adopted the Red Fort in New Delhi and&nbsp; Gandikota Fort in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh under the ‘Adopt a Heritage’ project of the central government, as per reports on Saturday.

"Dalmia Bharat Limited, Ministry of Tourism and Archaeological Survey of India sign MoU to take up the Red Fort, Delhi and Gandikota Fort, Kadapa. @KJAlphons @tourismgoi @DalmiaBharat Becomes the first corporate to sign a MOU under the Government’s “Adopt a Heritage” project," the company tweeted.

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Under the famous Central scheme 'Adopt a Heritage', the Dalmia Group has become the first-ever corporate company to bag the contract to adopt a historical monument for a whopping Rs 25 crore. The contract spans for five years and was launched by President Ram Nath Kovind on World Tourism Day. The scheme, under the Tourism Ministry, was started last year where the government and private parties are invited to operate and maintain heritage sites.

Under the project, Dalmia Bharat group will construct, landscape, illuminate and maintain activities related to provision and development of tourist amenities.

This includes basic and advanced amenities such as public conveniences, clean drinking water, cleanliness of the monument, accessibility for all, signage, cloakroom facilities, illumination and night viewing, surveillance system, tourist facilitation-cum-interpretation centre. There will be ramps and toilet facilities for the differently-abled.

Historian Irfan Habib also opposed the move to allow corporates to maintain the Red Fort. He said that he can wipe out India's rich legacy. Habib said that the only focus of the corporates will be to increase tourist inflow and income. "Corporates are not restoration experts," he said.

The company has plans to complete night illumination before handing it over temporarily to the government for the Prime Minister’s Independence Day address.

Founded in 1935 by Jaidayal Dalmia, the Dalmia Bharat Group had established four cement plants in pre-Independence years, two of which were affected by the Partition and Independence. The group is headquartered in Delhi with operations spread across various sectors such as cement, sugar, travel, minerals, refractory products and electronics.

According to reports, the heritage monuments taken up for adoption include Delhi’s Qutub Minar, Jantar Mantar, Purana Qila, Safdarjung’s Tomb and Agrasen ki Baoli, Odisha’s Sun Temple, Ratnagiri monuments and the Rajarani temple, the ruins of Hampi in Karnataka, the Leh Palace and Stok Kangri in Jammu & Kashmir, Ajanta and Ellora caves in Maharashtra, Mattancherry Place in Kochi, Gangotri Temple and the Gomukh trail in Uttarakhand. The government had last year given the letter of intent to seven private companies to adopt the sites.

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Under the famous Central scheme 'Adopt a Heritage', the Dalmia Group has become the first-ever corporate company to bag the contract to adopt a historical monument for a whopping Rs 25 crore

Dalmia Bharat Group has had adopted the Red Fort in New Delhi and Gandikota Fort in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh under the ‘Adopt a Heritage’ project of the central government, as per reports on Saturday. "Dalmia Bharat Limited, Ministry of Tourism and Archaeological Survey of India sign MoU to take up the Red Fort, Delhi and Gandikota Fort, Kadapa. @KJAlphons @tourismgoi @DalmiaBharat Becomes the first corporate to sign a MOU under the Government’s “Adopt a Heritage” project," the company tweeted. Dalmia Bharat Limited, Ministry of Tourism and Archaeological Survey of India sign MoU to take up the Red Fort, Delhi and Gandikota Fort, Kadapa. @KJAlphons @tourismgoi @DalmiaBharat Becomes the first corporate to sign a MOU under the Government’s “Adopt a Heritage” project. pic.twitter.com/WfsHBaWjGH — Dalmia Bharat Group (@DalmiaBharat) April 24, 2018 × Under the famous Central scheme 'Adopt a Heritage', the Dalmia Group has become the first-ever corporate company to bag the contract to adopt a historical monument for a whopping Rs 25 crore. The contract spans for five years and was launched by President Ram Nath Kovind on World Tourism Day. The scheme, under the Tourism Ministry, was started last year where the government and private parties are invited to operate and maintain heritage sites. Under the project, Dalmia Bharat group will construct, landscape, illuminate and maintain activities related to provision and development of tourist amenities. This includes basic and advanced amenities such as public conveniences, clean drinking water, cleanliness of the monument, accessibility for all, signage, cloakroom facilities, illumination and night viewing, surveillance system, tourist facilitation-cum-interpretation centre. There will be ramps and toilet facilities for the differently-abled. Historian Irfan Habib also opposed the move to allow corporates to maintain the Red Fort. He said that he can wipe out India's rich legacy. Habib said that the only focus of the corporates will be to increase tourist inflow and income. "Corporates are not restoration experts," he said. The company has plans to complete night illumination before handing it over temporarily to the government for the Prime Minister’s Independence Day address. Founded in 1935 by Jaidayal Dalmia, the Dalmia Bharat Group had established four cement plants in pre-Independence years, two of which were affected by the Partition and Independence. The group is headquartered in Delhi with operations spread across various sectors such as cement, sugar, travel, minerals, refractory products and electronics. According to reports, the heritage monuments taken up for adoption include Delhi’s Qutub Minar, Jantar Mantar, Purana Qila, Safdarjung’s Tomb and Agrasen ki Baoli, Odisha’s Sun Temple, Ratnagiri monuments and the Rajarani temple, the ruins of Hampi in Karnataka, the Leh Palace and Stok Kangri in Jammu & Kashmir, Ajanta and Ellora caves in Maharashtra, Mattancherry Place in Kochi, Gangotri Temple and the Gomukh trail in Uttarakhand. The government had last year given the letter of intent to seven private companies to adopt the sites.

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