An assessment of various threats to the olive ridley turtles at Rushikulya rookery of Orissa in India was investigated during 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons. Data on adult mortality, predation of eggs and juveniles, beach erosion and Casuarina plantation along the beach were collected. Turtle mortality was low at Rushikulya compared …
A population assessment survey of the endangered Ganges river dolphin was made between February and Apil 2005 in the Brahmaputra River starting from Assam-Arunachal border to the India-Bangladesh border. One hundred and ninety seven dolphins were recorded in the entire 856 km river stretch with an encounter rate of 0.23 …
Every day hundreds of unlicensed fishing vessels enter African waters and trawl for shrimp, sardines, tuna, and mackerel. According to a study commissioned by the UK
Silent Valley is home to many rare species like the Lion-tailed Macaque and Ceylon Frogmouth. Being untouched by man, it also contained many unaltered gene pools kep intact since time immemorial. The Government of Kerala, in a moment of recklessness, decided to destroy these pristine forests by building a hydro-electric …
This communication elaborates a case study in Kerala, where 61 surveys have been conducted from 1990 to 2008 in 21 protected areas and reserve forests in the southern Western Ghats for monitoring bird fauna using the amateur bird-watcher network. Four different methodologies have been used in these surveys, with encounter-based …
This report presents an assessment of the trade in gibbons and orang-utans in Sumatra, Indonesia, including the islands off Sumatra’s west coast (most notably, the Mentawai Islands). Until recently Sumatra and its off-lying islands harboured one of the largest expanses of lowland evergreen rainforest in Southeast Asia. Most of the …
Hangul (Cervus elaphus hanglu) is an endangered cervid restricted to the Kashmir valley. At present, a demographically viable population of Hangul occurs only in Dachigam National Park. Between March 04 and 06, 2004, the Hangul population estimation exercise was carried out at a landscape level in central and southern divisions …
Bustards are magnificent, tall, long-necked and long-legged birds belonging to the avian family Otididae. There are about 23 species of bustards in the world, and the Great Indian Bustard (GIB; Ardeotis nigriceps) is the most endangered among these. (Correspondence)
The Gharials, once abundant in river systems of the Indian subcontinent with its range extending throughout the Gangetic Plains, Indus river in Pakistan, northern Nepal and Bhutan, East Burma and southern Orissa, are reportedly extinct in Burma and Pakistan. The Indian Gharial is now confined to India, Nepal and Bangladesh, …
India's endangered wild buffalo, a favourite prey of tigers, is being counted at the Kaziranga National Park (KNP). The results will be out next week. Over 300 forest staff covered the sprawling grasslands and forest looking for the rare herbivores. The last count in the 430-square-km KNP put the number …
A four-horned antelope, an endangered species, has found a shelter in a farmer's house in Siddaianakote near Jagalur in Davangere district. The animals had strayed from the nearby forest recently. The antelope had strayed into the house from the nearby forest in Gurusiddapura about three months back. Later, former taluk …
As many amphibians face the very real threat of being completely wiped out by disease, climate change and pollution, Emma Marris looks at a controversial approach to save some of them in glass boxes.
In a bid to save the endangered Olive Ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) of Orissa and Gujarat from extinction, Turtle Ltd, a leading menswear brand has decided to undertake a conservation project aimed at protecting the animals. Undertaken in some of the known mass nesting sites of these the animals such …
Various schedules of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (henceforth WPA), dictate the level of legal protection given to species of Indian animals. Shortcomings of the schedules of the WPA with respect to insects have been pointed out, but no solutions have been suggested. Here the author has used butterflies of …
Bald eagles, wolves, snails, butterflies and many other species native to the US have long been at risk. Many have made it on to the country's endangered species list, but not under the Bush administration over the last two years. Conservation groups claim that Bush appointees have been deliberately making …
The fresh census of rhino population in Chitwan National Park has shown that the number of the endangered species has increased in recent times. The 16-day-long census, which ended on Sunday, found that there are 408 rhinos in the Park. This number is up by 36 compared to the previous …
Due to the uncontrolled human activities along the sandy beaches of St Martin's Island, the yearly arrival of turtles on the island for laying eggs has reduced significantly. Besides, pariah dogs that roam the beaches in search of turtle eggs are also contributing to diminishing the turtles' visits on the …
Undoubtedly tiger is an endangered specie, but it means not that we contemplate upon tiger only. There is need to think away from tiger too. If not, other species in danger of extinction too will disappear from this world without coming into our knowledge. In fact, at this juncture, story …
