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 …
Madhya Pradesh high court on Wednesday expressed concern over state government's apathy in setting up a Special Tiger Protection Force (SPTF) to shield big cats from poachers. Division bench of Jabalpur high court comprising Chief Justice A M Khanwilkar and Justice S S Khemkar issued the notice, asking chief secretary, …
CABINET has approved the Ministry of Environment and Tourism's proposal to de-horn rhinos in Namibia. Environment ministry spokesperson Romeo Muyanda confirmed that Cabinet has given its stamp of approval to the ministry to begin de-horning rhinos as part of its overall anti-poaching strategy. Last week, minister Uahekua Herunga pointed out …
Efforts to curb the deadly trade in rhino horn appear to be gaining traction, with a poll finding that demand for the animal part in Vietnam has dropped by more than a third over the past year. After a year-long public information campaign in Vietnam, only 2.6% of people in …
THE number of endangered black rhinos has reduced by one after armed poachers killed a rhino at the raided the privately owned Solio ranch in Nyeri county. The unknown number of armed poachers cut through an electric fence at the expansive ranch on Tuesday night before killing the rhino with …
Elephants are worth 76 times more when they're alive than dead, according to a new analysis released this past weekend. The report follows on the heels of findings by WWF that the world has lost 50 percent of its wildlife over the past 40 years, with more than half of …
It has been observed that the number of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish across the globe are declining in numbers day by day due to various reasons. According to a recent survey by World Wildlife Fund (WWF), over 3,000 animal species have plunged by more than half in just …
Mountain lions in Southern California are under growing pressure from a shrinking gene pool, fragmented by highways and urban sprawl that has left the cats' territories increasingly isolated from each other, a study published on Wednesday showed. Analysis of DNA from about 350 mountain lions, or cougars, statewide revealed that …
The International police organisation Interpol announced Tuesday (October 7th) it would establish a team to target ivory trafficking and more generally, environmental crime, in Africa. The new team, based in Nairobi, will help further Interpol's Project Wisdom, which combats elephant and rhinoceros poaching and the illegal trade of ivory, AFP …
Authorities say they have made progress in the fight against environmental crimes in the 2013/2014 financial year. This is according to the National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Report released on Wednesday in Pretoria. "An overview of the criminal enforcement activities for the 2013/14 period shows an increase in the number …
Wildlife smuggling crimes are frequent in border areas of the state The state government is planning to install hidden cameras inside forest areas and at check gates to curb wildlife smuggling and other related crimes, according to senior forest department officials. "We must take the help of technology to curb …
Demonstrators in 136 cities and towns across six continents joined the Global March for Elephants and Rhinos Thousands marched in Africa and around the world Saturday to pressure governments to do more to stop the poaching industry that many fear is driving rhinos and elephants to the brink of extinction. …
People's plunder and activity have caused a decline in wildlife population, a recent report says. With the increasing encroachment of land and resources due to hunting and poaching, the human world has halved the number of wild animals in the world in just 40 years, according to a shocking report …
NAGPUR: Poaching, prey depletion and habitat destruction have decimated the world's wild tiger population to fewer than 3,200. Poaching continues to be the key threat to tigers in India - home to more than half of the world's tigers, finds a latest study conducted by Wildlife Protection Society of India …
Elephant poaching is happening on an unprecedented and “industrialised” scale in Mozambique, environmentalists have warned, after 22 of the animals were killed for their tusks in the first two weeks of September. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) said organised crime syndicates are slaughtering between 1,500 and 1,800 elephants a year …
Illegal rhino horn trade has reached the highest levels since the early 1990s, and illegal trade in ivory increased by nearly 300 percent from 1998 to 2011, according to a new report by USAID partner TRAFFIC. This report provides critical insights into often violent and complex trade networks that will …
Thirteen countries with wild tiger populations agreed on Tuesday to take part in a global count to establish how many of the critically endangered big cats are left and improve policies to protect them. Experts say that although the tiger population is thought to have remained stable over the last …
Bangladesh Forest Department under the Ministry of Environment and Forests is organizing the three-day conference in cooperation with Global Tiger Initiative, Global Tiger Forum and development partners, including the World Bank aimed at saving the big cat from its extinction. The main objective of the conference is to review the …
LAHORE: Though turtles are resilient specie and they are considered living fossils for their adaptability to their environment, they are facing imminent threat to their survival in Pakistan because of human activity and their mass killing and smuggling. This transpired during a media trip to Sukkur, organised by the World …
Guwahati: On completion of his two-day ‘Mission Kaziranga’ visit, Union Minister of State (Independent) for Environment and Forest, Prakash Javadekar Saturday said here, “There will be zero tolerance to rhino poaching from now onwards in respect of Kaziranga National Park and other wildlife protection areas and a task force to …
HC orders government to clear KNP encroachments State Environment and Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain on Tuesday informed that there was no encroachment in the notified areas of the Kaziranga National Park, but admitted that the additional areas of the park are witnessing some amount of encroachment. The additional areas meant …
