(08-23-2017, 03:24 PM)Catherine Wrote: They use kites with string that is razor sharp with bits of metal and glass. RE: Kite flying in India kills birds - Tobi - 08-24-2017 As I said, in the years I used to fly a kite I never saw a bird go near mine and I didn't send the kite near one. I would never have flown a kite if I thought there was any danger to birds. If the string is brightly coloured and not sharp, then it is clearly visible to birds. To coat them with glass and/or metal is totally irresponsible. I can well imagine that razor sharp thin strings would be dangerous. Dual string allows one to make the kite do loops in the air, but the bright colour helped to see when the strings were crossed this could then be corrected by doing reverse loops. But I never saw any birds go near it and the string was brightly coloured and clearly visible. Many, many years ago (in my twenties) I used to fly a dual control kite. RE: Kite flying in India kills birds - LPC - 08-23-2017 Sadly anything else in the way gets destroyed.

It is meant to be aggressive and to destroy other kites.

It is not just kite flying, it is flying kites with sharp string that does the harm. Humans who have come in contact with the string have also died. Birds suffer horrible wounds and many die. If something comes in contact with the string it gets cut. The idea is for one kite to cut the string on another. They use kites with string that is razor sharp with bits of metal and glass. RE: Kite flying in India kills birds - Catherine - 08-23-2017 I haven't seen a kite for such a long time, but is that so? I can imagine with modern kites that the strings are terribly thin. Also it is more dangerous when lots of people are doing it all at once. But that was a pretty old-fashioned kite and I think the string was very thick and obvious. When I was a child my Dad used to take us to fly a kite. I had not heard of this festival before, so thank you for drawing attention to it Catherine. RE: Kite flying in India kills birds - Tobi - 08-23-2017 It is too horrible to think that every year there will be a massive loss of bird life and terrible bird suffering. I hope the work they are doing helps to change the way people fly kites. There is a campaign to stop the use of dangerous kite strings. Wouldn't it be more fun if you didn't have a pile of injured birds at your feet? I am sure kite flying is fun(although I have never been any good at it), but there is no need to do it in a way that endangers birds. Kite flying is also done at harvest festival in January and again many more birds are killed. They can't see the kite strings and don't know they are there until they are cut. It is heart breaking to see the hundreds of badly damaged birds who were doing nothing, but flying as usual. The use of sharp kite strings is dangerous in so many ways. Kite flying in India kills birds - Catherine - 08-21-2017Įvery year Independence day is celebrated with the flying of kites, kites with string that is razor sharp and very dangerous.īirds are sliced by the kite strings and many die. +- Thread: Kite flying in India kills birds ( /showthread.php?tid=3088)

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