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 …
Protected animals in the lower regions of the Rara National Parks have been displaced due to rampant deforestation and poaching, local people said. The problem is created after people in upper Talitum, Mathitum, Hennikandh and Talchagaun started smuggling timber and firewood. According to local residents, endangered animals like tiger, beer, …
UJUNG KULON: On a leaf-covered dirt path overlooking lush paddy fields in western Indonesia, the world's rarest rhino had left a trail of hoofprints in the soft mud and bite marks on foliage. For people seeking a glimpse of the Javan rhino — revered in local folklore as Abah Gede, …
With the rhino population sharply increasing in Kaziranga, authorities in Assam are having a tough time keeping them confined to the national park and other sanctuaries in the state. Of the three rhinos that had strayed from Kaziranga last week, one has returned and one is under watch; but a …
Altogether 156 rhinos were killed, including 40 during the current year alone, by poachers in Assam, a senior minister said. In 1999, only six rhinos were killed, minister for forest and environment Rakibul Hussain said here yesterday. The rhino population, however, increased from 1,762 in 1999 to 2,544 this year, …
As many as 371 tigers have died in the country in the past five years — 119 of which were victims of poaching, a report published on the National Tiger Conservation Authority’s (NTCA) website stated. The NTCA, in association with some international organisations, is striving to ban the trade in …
The tiger census has kicked off in the state and there’s hope it’ll show that conservation efforts have paid off. But Karnataka has been losing more tigers to poachers than anywhere else in the country. According to information of the ministry of environment andforests(MoEF),Karnataka, which has a tiger population between …
Poaching of tigers in 2013 has been the highest in the past seven years, data compiled by the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) shows. The seizure of two more tiger skins from Bijrani area of Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand on Monday has taken this year's figure to 39 …
Last month, Mumbai NGO Empower Foundation wrote to a panel created to study and chart out translocation of Asiatic lions from Gir sanctuary in Gujarat to Kuno Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh, asking them to stay the trans-location till various issues are not resolved. The NGO has cited more than 29 …
Stage is set for the All India Tiger Census a quadrennial event where not only the big cats (tigers) are counted even the other carnivores and herbivores in the parks along with habitat is surveyed. Though state tiger project officers survey the tigers every year, this is a national Tiger …
Ahmedabad: Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has directed Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to have state-level recovery plans for the Great Indian Bustard. Gujarat principal chief conservator of forests C N Pandey said, “We had met experts recently and have now prepared a draft report, which has been approved …
A wildlife photographer with a mission, Mona Patel has taken it upon herself to start a campaign to save the tiger. And she has begun her drive from Gujarat, as she thinks it sets a good of animal conservation. All on her own, the photographer from Gandhinagar has been visiting …
At least 28 rhinos have been killed by poachers in Assam this year, with 14 of them being killed in the Kaziranga National Park alone. In a Lok Sabha reply to a question by Ramen Deka, the Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jayanthi Natarajan, denied deployment of unmanned …
After identifying possible routes used by tigers to migrate, a 30km corridor has been constructed on the western part of the district, merging with the Indian territory for safe passage of the animals. The corridor was constructed to fulfil an international commitment made as part of the ‘Save Tiger Campaign’. …
Pune: A debate is brewing between researchers over the proposed study of the critically endangered forest owlet near Melghat tiger reserve. While a section of experts emphasized the importance of research for the conservation of vulnerable species, activists and some scientists maintain that the bird can survive without any studies. …
The scale of the elephant poaching epidemic could lead to local populations becoming extinct, an IUCN report says Africa will lose one-fifth of its elephants in the next decade if the continent's poaching crisis is not stopped, data published on Monday shows. There were about 10 million African elephants (Loxodonta …
The authority of Daying Ering Wildlife Sanctuary in East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh has prohibited illegal trespassing of human beings inside the sanctuary to enhance vigilance and surveillance.The move came following recent findings of salt lick ambush laid by hunters, killing of a bird and disappearance of two camera …
Africa could lose 20 percent of its elephant population in a decade if current poaching levels are not slowed, animal conservation groups warned on Monday. An estimated 22,000 elephants were illegally killed across the continent last year, as poaching reached "unacceptably elevated levels," said a joint statement by CITES, TRAFFIC …
Poachers shot dead one more full-grown rhinoceros in Kaziranga National Park on Sunday night and took away its horn triggering fresh public protests against the unabated rhino poaching in the national park. A park official informed that an adult female rhino was shot dead and its horn was cut away …
They Use Jaw Traps To Kill Big Cats Mysore/Bandipur: The Bandipur Tiger Reserve has managed to end the menace of major poachers, but is now facing the threat of nomadic tribes from North India. These tribes have pitched camp on the forest periphery and are targeting tigers. Forest officials claim …
Rampant hunting of birds by a section of local people has started in the wetlands of the southern region, including Sylhet, barely with the advent of winter this year. Both with a callous disregard for ecology and greed for money and meat of the graceful creature of nature, the poachers …
