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 …
Three persons were arrested for attempting to sell a leopard pelt in the City on Friday. The pelt has been seized from them. Police with three men suspected of selling a leopard pelt at Chikkanayakanahalli on Friday. DH PhotoActing on a tip off that leopard pelt was being traded in …
A US backed proposal to ban the international trade of polar bear skins, teeth and claws was defeated on Thursday at a UN wildlife meeting over concerns it would hurt indigenous economies and arguments the practice didn't pose a significant threat to the animals. The US argued at the 175-nation …
Facts not available in the public domain have revealed significant information about rhino slaughter in and around Kaziranga National Park, where 13 of the highly protected species met gruesome end last year alone. Information acquired by The Assam Tribune reveals not just the number of deaths, but identifies the places …
BARIPADA: In a major boost to anti-poaching surveillance in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR), Worldwide Fund for Nature - India (WWF-India) has extended its assistance to the reserve by providing some essential equipment and gears. Diwakar Sharma, associate director, Species Conservation Programme, WWFIndia, handed over the essential equipment and gears to …
DEHRADUN: If all goes well then cheetahs, which have been extinct in India since more than six decades will once be seen in the wilds here. The government of India is planning translocation of African cheetahs. The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) have …
Want to increase the number of tigers? Pay people quickly and generously for the crops destroyed or the cattle killed Only 1,411 tigers are left. So says the latest advertisement campaign of a new telecom company and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). It is powerful. It plays to our emotions. …
GANDHINAGAR: Narendra Modi says Asiatic lions are the pride of Gujarat and he won't part with them. But the animals seem to be endangered in their sole habitat. The state government has admitted that 72 lions died in the Gir sanctuary in the past two years. Of them, one was …
Gandhinagar: The state government on Tuesday admitted that 72 lions had died in the Gir sanctuary in the past two years, of which one was killed by poachers and the rest died in the natural course. It also added that there were 291 lions inside the Gir sanctuary which covers …
Gandhinagar, March 9: Gujarat government has admitted that as many as 72 lions have died in the Gir forest in Gujarat. Gir is the only abode of lions in the entire Asia. In a written reply to a question asked by Congress MLA Chandubhai Dabhi, the Gujarat government said that …
The recent decision of the state government to allow hunting of blue bull, commonly known as nilgai, can spell disaster for the population of Asian antelope that is found only in northern India and Pakistan. The blue bull is an antelope species. The state government took decision to allow killing …
Mindless Mining, Industrialization Leading To Largescale Destruction Of Forests Spell Doom For Big Cats Rajaram Satapathy | TNN Even as the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) prepares to launch a special tiger census, the news has failed to cheer environmentalists in Orissa. They said regardless of the outcome, the future …
Jaipur: Even as India struggles to keep its tigers alive, in a shocking incident, two 17-month-old cubs were found dead, allegedly poisoned by villagers on the outskirts of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve on Sunday. Forest officials said it could have been revenge by the villagers, upset over the killing of their …
Tirupati, March 7: To effectively check the growing menace of animal poaching and smuggling of forest wealth and curb forest-related crimes, the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, would be amended during the ongoing Parliament session, according to the Union minister for environment and forests, Mr Jairam Ramesh. Addressing a press conference, …
Against the backdrop of the increasing popularity of ecotourism and the dramatic loss of tigers due to lack of funding, mismanagement, population and development pressures as well as poaching, this article finds that the present policies benefit neither conservation nor local communities. It is only by integrating ecotourism into a …
The sleuths of the Special Task Force (STF) arrested two persons in Meerut and claimed to have busted a gang of skin poachers on Friday. They said that two skins of leopard were recovered from possession of the held accused along with two mobile phones. A case under various Sections …
The Assam government on Thursday tied up with the Border Security Force (BSF) for providing manpower and intelligence assistance in protecting rhinos and tigers in the world-famous Kaziranga National Park which has witnessed incidents of poaching in the past few days.
