Apart from poaching and habitat loss, climate change-induced droughts have been threatening the rhino population in Africa, pointed out a new report. On the other hand, climate disruptions in Asia can lead to the deaths of rhinos. Increased precipitation, longer monsoons and seasonal floods are already resulting in stranding, drowning …
BY VILAS TOKALE MUMBAI Former Maharash tra minister Dharmarao Atram not only killed the endangered chinkara but also "watched it being cut into pieces by his partners in crime'. This has been revealed in statements of eyewitnesses submitted to the high court which rejected Atram's bail plea and asked him …
Lack of information, coordination and expertise make wildlife crime difficult to curb In the first week of July, a major player in wildlife trade was subjected to narco analysis and brain mapping at the Central Forensic Laboratory in Bangalore. Shabbir Hussain Qureshi was arrested in 2007 in Lucknow and was …
State of Delhi vs Ashok Nath Three leopard skins seized in Delhi on May 20, 2005. The final judgement was delivered on March 16, 2006, and the accused was sentenced to three-and-a-half years
CHALAKKUDY: Officials of the Vazhachal Divisional Forest Office seized the skin of a leopard and arrested Arjunan, 37, hailing from Upper Sholayar in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. The Vazhachal Range Officer said that following information received by the Ernakulam Flying Squad DFO, an investigation was conducted. During the investigation, it …
JAMMU, Aug 3 : In continuation to the efforts made for capacity building of the Wildlife and Forest staff and the law enforcing agencies in various matters of wildlife management, the Department of Wildlife Protection, in collaboration with the Wildlife Trust of India, New Delhi organised three-day "Training Workshop on …
Washington: A new research paper has warned that elephants face the thereat of extinction by 2020 because of a high fatality rate due to poaching. African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a pace unseen since an international ban on the ivory trade took effect in 1989. But …
Ludhiana, Illegal bird trade is going on in the city in the garb of exotic bird trade. The business not only violates the Wildlife Protection Act but also poses a threat of bird flu as birds which are often transported from West Bengal, may carry the virus from there and …
By YOJNA GUSAI New Delhi, July 18: Arguing that it has a right to kill its captive tigers and criticising those against tiger farming, China tried to stall India's effort in bringing in more efforts and strengthening global tiger conservation programmes, at the just concluded standing committee meeting of UN's …
On the heels of India's intervention on Thursday suggesting restrictions on captive tiger farming in countries like China, a working group based on this suggestion was formed, which met at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) on Friday. "The working group consists of India, US, China, WWF, …
BY YOJNA GUSAI New Delhi, July 16: With neighbouring country China's name being approved for legal ivory trading by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), conservationists are worried that it will prompt poachers to launder in their illegal stocks, including that obtained from India. Estimates show that …
The chinkara hunting case in Pune that eventually led to the resignation of Maharashtra's Transport Minister Dharmaraobaba Atram, has brought to the fore worrisome aspects of wildlife governance in the country. With the kind of evidence that has surfaced over the past few days, the plot seems to have thickened …
In a move that potentially puts India's elephants at risk, China was on Tuesday approved as trading partner for stockpiles of ivory from Africa by the 57th Standing Committee meeting of the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) in Geneva. A decision was …
Bhima Bawariya was arrested in 2005 following a seizure of tiger parts, is now out on bail This Monday, a team from the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) raided a house in Old Gurgaon and recovered a 14-foot long tiger carcass. The tiger had clearly been poached recently, but the …
NEW DELHI: After a tiger skeleton was recovered from a residential premises at Surat Nagar in Gurgaon on Monday following a combined raid by the local police and officials of the Delhi-based Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, the Haryana police have registered a case and are now looking for the accused …
Nagpur : Two more persons were arrested by Forest officials in the Chinkara hunting case, which prompted Dharmaraobaba Atram to resign as Maharashtra's transport minister. Shripati Wadkar and Sandip Mane were arrested on Tuesday from Pachgani and were remanded to police custody till July 11. Two others, Suresh Biramane and …
The tiger cannot be preserved if we ignore the incentives to kill it Even as a tentative beginning is made in Sariska, tiger parts seized in Gurgaon are a reminder of the dire threat that continues to stalk India's dwindling tiger population. This is the biggest seizure so far for …
