Use of owls in black magic and sorcery driven by superstition, totems and taboos is one of the prime drivers of the covert owl trade, finds a TRAFFIC India investigation into the illegal trade, ...

New Delhi: Owls are commonly found in the illegal wildlife trade in India due to various superstitions and taboos attached to them. Despite the immense ecological role of owls in our ecosystem, these ...

Panaji: A firemen at Patto, Ribandar, rescued a barn owl that was trapped in the crown of a 35-ft birlamadd (fish tail palm) tree using a ladder on Saturday. The Old Goa fire station received a call ...

Mehmood Ali is a carpenter by day and shaman by night. He says he heals people battling anxiety, sleeplessness, curses and misfortune. The soft-spoken, 50-year-old Ali uses body parts of owls in his ...

Use of owls in black magic and sorcery driven by superstition, totems and taboos is one of the prime drivers of the covert owl trade, finds a TRAFFIC India investigation into the illegal trade, ...