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 …
JORHAT, May 11: With the brutal killing of a female rhino at the Bahbeel area under Agoratoli range in the Kaziranga National Park, security has been beefed up in the national park. During the last few years, poachers have been making good use of the Agoratoli range of the park …
Udhagamandalam: A leopard and two elephants were found dead in different parts of the Nilgiris on Tuesday. According to forest officials the carcass of a male leopard aged 4 to 5 years in a decomposed state was found inside a private tea estate at Ganganagar near Kodhumudi. Nails from three …
The government plans to enact tougher anti-poaching laws to protect its endangered wildlife including the Royal Bengal Tiger with officials saying they drafted a legislation suggesting the highest life imprisonment for repeated offenders. "We've drafted the wildlife conservation law suggesting the highest life imprisonment for those who repeatedly poach animals," …
Call it the great ape escape. UN peacekeepers have flown four young gorillas from a conflict zone where they were at risk of being poached. The gorillas were taken to a rehabilitation centre 200 kilometres north of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and will eventually be released into a …
Travel Body Opposes Banning Visitors From Core Forest Regions Himanshi Dhawan | TNN New Delhi: Opposing the ban on tourists from core regions of tiger reserves proposed by the environment ministry, Travel Operators for Tigers (TOFT)
A total of 83 tigers May 2: A total of 83 tigers were poached during 19992004 as forest guards in various reserves were illequipped and untrained to fight wildlife smugglers, a parliamentary panel has said. An audit examination revealed that nine tiger reserves
Patna, May 2: The state government will submit a detailed report on the killing of four Gangetic dolphins within two weeks. The killing of four national aquatic animals by poachers on Thursday here prompted the Union environment and forests ministry to express its
Nearly half of the total of 173 tigers, which died between 1999 and 2004, had fallen victim to poachers. And this, since forest guards in various reserves were ill-equipped and untrained to fight wildlife smugglers. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), headed by BJP MP Gopinath Munde, has come up with …
P. Oppili More birds are killed during the weekends as there is a demand, say naturalists CHENNAI: Large-scale poaching of migratory birds has come to light in the Siruthavur lake near Tirupporur. Poachers place stuffed dead birds in the water body to attract the flock and use double barrel guns …
The forest depart ment authorities on Saturday seized 14 wild animal skins from two separate houses in Rangoli village falling under the Rewa forest division in Madhya Pradesh. The enforcement authorities have registered a case under the Wildlife Protection Act and arrested one person. A forest department team, which was …
A flourishing racket in fake animal body parts has proved to be a blessing in disguise for wild animals targeted by poachers in their habitats in the Northeast. Cashing in on the demand for animal parts, poachers have been selling fake rhino horns, elephant ivories and tiger nails to unsuspecting …
A State Home Guard and his father are figuring in the list of person accused to be involved in tiger killing at Keri. Suryakant Majik, a home guard and his father Ganesh Majik, were booked by the department in a year old investigation in the tiger killing case. Apart from …
Rajesh Ahuja CHANDIGARH: Even as the recent killing of two leopards in Karnal and Jind districts has attracted criticism by animal rights activists, Haryana Forest Minister Ajay Singh Yadav on Tuesday ordered a departmental enquiry and directed Financial Commissioner Keshni Anand Arora to submit the report immediately. Responding to queries …
Pramod Panwar | TNN Palanpur: The prime accused in the wild animal skin trading scam, which had been busted in a Sabarkantha village after a forest department sting operation on April 1, has been arrested. Babu Savaji Modiya, who was on the run since the busting of the scam, was …
The Forest Department officials on Friday arrested five persons and seized a tiger pelt at Masinagudi near Bandipur, close to Mudumalai National Park. The seizure has worried the officials of both Bandipur and Nagarhole National Parks about the safety of the striped cats. This incident has proved that tiger poachers …
