Canadian woman nets fine for petting killer whale
A Canadian woman was fined C$100 this week after she admitted petting a wild killer whale that biologists are struggling to keep from getting too friendly with humans. The young male orca whale,
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Planning Board's drought workshop
In the light of indications of drought conditions spilling over into a third consecutive year, the Karnataka State Planning Board (SPB) is working towards getting area-specific contingency plans in
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EU assembly to push for greenhouse gas trading deal
The European Parliament hopes to enact rules within weeks creating the world's first international greenhouse gas emissions trading system, the assembly's lead politician on the issue said. If
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BSE risk in bones and blood used in meats
Beef waste being used to adulterate other meats includes cow bones which could carry a BSE risk. As the row grew over the use of hydrolysed beef proteins injected into chicken meat, the food
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Rural dominicans launch ecotourism enterprises
The muffled song of a Hispaniolan trogon wafted through dense foliage high in the Dominican Republic's Sierra de Baoruco as Maltiano Moreta focused his binoculars on that rare bird. Moreta, president
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House passes controversial wildfire bill
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a controversial bill to increase forest thinning on 20 million acres of federal lands. Critics say the bill, which passed by a vote of 256 to 170, is a
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EPA administrator Christie Whitman resigns
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Christie Whitman has resigned her post with the Bush administration. In a letter submitted to President George W. Bush yesterday, Whitman said
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All set to survive?
Wildlife lovers from Chennai describe the efforts of the people of Purunabandha village in Orissa towards protection of endangered Olive Ridley turtle. An account of their visit to the nesting
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Rock stars call for action on Aids
Rock stars and charity campaigners Bono and Bob Geldof today urged world leaders to overcome their disagreements over the war in Iraq and unite in the fight against the Aids epidemic. After breakfast
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Algeria quake toll rises to 538
The death toll from yesterday's (21st May's) earthquake in Algeria, the country's most devastating in two decades, rose to 538 today with more than 4,600 injured, the government said. Measuring 6.7
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Number of child workers rises
Despite assurances by successive governments regarding elimination of, or reduction in, child labour, and pledges of provision of both formal and non-formal education to these children , earning
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Motive brake on dolphin study
An expedition into the Sunderbans to study the lives of the secretive dolphins and porpoises has been blocked on suspicion about the team's motive. Wildlife officials say the cancellation followed
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Global tobacco control treaty unanimously approved
Smokers who are frustrated by the exclusion of their burning tobacco from restaurants, offices and other buildings have more frustration in store. But non-smokers will appreciate the first global
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Lack of enclosures send animals scurrying for cover
The rising mercury in the parched Malwa region adjoining the desert belt of Rajasthan, has not only hit the human hard in Bathinda but has also taken its toll on animals. As temperatures rise
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Industrial fishing has ravaged key ocean species, study says
Industrial fishing practices have ravaged every one of the world's biggest and most economically important species of fish, according to a new and detailed global analysis that challenges fisheries
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Genetic food fight
The Bush administration's trade record is far from spotless, as we've often pointed out. But its decision this week to file suit at WTO against the European Union's moratorium against genetically
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Child labourers given lessons, then sent back to work
Over one million children work in Maharashtra, many in hazardous conditions, in sugarcane factories and powerlooms
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Severe drought in Thar
In Jaisalmer and Badmer in Rajasthan people are facing severe drought. Due to continous fifth year of drought, people have migrated to other states for employment. Last year in Jaisalmer total of
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Lessons from Amoy gardens
A bizarre set of circumstances, including maintenance work on a sewage pipe and the use of overly powerful bathroom- exhaust fans, allowed SARS to spread through a Hong Kong apartment block with
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Software to promote ornithology
Aiming to imbibe love for wildlife and create awareness about different birds found in the country, the Haryana Forest Department has come up with a unique software on over 100 species of birds. This