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 …
Ahmedabad: The recent poaching of lesser flamingos and cranes in Gujarat could well be the worst of its kind globally. Experts from different parts of the world, who have congregated at the second global bird watchers’ meet here, expressed shock and disbelief at the blatant manner in which these winged …
Rampant poaching by villagers, who continue to live inside wildlife sanctuaries and the forested areas surrounding the tiger reserves, is threatening wildlife at an alarming level in Madhya Pradesh. The situation has become so serious that on Tuesday, the Panna Tiger Reserve field director was compelled to issue a public …
Birds Continue To Fall Prey Despite Arrest Of 9 Men Ahmedabad: The forest department claimed to have cracked the case of the poaching of 64 lesser flamingos in Venasar village in the Little Rann of Kutch when its officials arrested nine people on January 4. They had even recovered the …
Hunters have intensified wildlife poaching drive taking advantage of heavy snowfall that has lashed Bajura district for the past three days. The poachers have been selling off the flesh of wildlife including birds and animals in headquarters Martadi and Kolti bazaar, RSS reports. The price of wild chicken per kg …
Scourge a major cause for depletion of species Karnataka was crowned the ‘Tiger State’ of the country after the recent tiger census. But, it has now come to light that the State has accounted for the most number of poaching cases in the last four years. A total of 63 …
Majority of the tiger habitat in Indian subcontinent lies within high human density landscapes and is highly sensitive to surrounding pressures. These forests are unable to sustain healthy tiger populations within a tiger-hostile matrix, despite considerable conservation efforts. Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) in Northwest India is one such isolated forest …
AHMEDABAD: Now, officers of the state Intelligence Bureau (IB) will be roped in to keep an eye on poachers along the Gujarat coast. Rattled by the poaching of 64 flamingos, the state forest department has decided to step up vigil and surveillance along Gujarat's coast which is particularly vulnerable to …
Ahmedabad: The dead flamingos found in Venasar village were not the work of some desperately poor man’s attempt to feed his family. Given the fact that such a large number of birds were killed just before December 31, government officials fear that the massacre was ordered for a party to …
Jorhat, Jan. 4: Do not kill endangered turtles just because they taste delicious with rice, sang a group of youths, standing in a semi-circle, strumming a guitar, hours after rescuing seven of the species from a local market in Jorhat. The group belongs to socio-cultural organisation Replica, which works in …
The number of elephants in two wildlife sanctuaries in Tanzania has fallen by nearly 42 percent in just three years, a census showed on Tuesday, as poachers increasingly killed the animals for their tusks. The census at the Selous Game Reserve and Mikumi National Park revealed elephant numbers had plunged …
Forest Department has identified core and buffer zones The proposal for the creation of a tiger reserve in Sathyamangalam forests has reached an advanced stage and is expected to land in the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests for approval by the end of January 2012. The Forest Department has …
Come New Year and the bird poachers are all set to earn a fast buck out of selling migratory birds. The meat of the birds remains in high demand among the tourists, which is provided by the poachers, who trap the birds slyly in and around Bhitarkanika National Park. The …
The Government on Monday blamed the shortage of adequate manpower for the inaction against poachers of endangered species of wildlife and admitted it has to depend on States for the job. This is despite that CBI has been empowered to apprehend and prosecute wildlife offenders. “Unfortunately, there is a major …
Jaipur: The peacocks in the state may soon be on the verge of extinction. Almost 10 peacocks are being poached every day in some part of the state. Even on Tuesday, over 12 peacocks were found dead while two others injured in a village near Pushkar. The animal rights activists …
A draft national recovery plan for the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB) and the endangered Lesser Florican has been submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) by a task force constituted for the purpose. The draft is expected to be finalised in a month’s time and will …
With 14 Deaths, Uttarakhand Tops Casualty List, K’taka Second New Delhi: Fifty-one tigers have died in different states of India between January and December 5, 2011, according to statistics collated by a prominent wildlife NGO. A tigress shot dead outside Kaziranga Park in Assam on Monday is the latest in …
The number of rhinos poached in South Africa has risen sharply this year with more than 400 killed, the South African National Parks said on Tuesday. The parks body said 405 rhinos had been killed for their horns so far in 2011 -- 229 in the giant Kruger National Park …
The reported crash of wildlife populations in the Maasai Mara reserve in Kenya is the most well-publicised example of a crisis that’s unfolding throughout East Africa. The region's 'Big Five' species and other wildlife are currently facing their most serious crisis in modern times. Significant populations of elephants, lions, rhinoceros …
