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 …
LUCKNOW: The new tiger census will begin this October. But, a noticeable number of the big cats from the reported count of 2008 census will be missing from the exercise. Reason being that they have either been poached, died in an accident, or fell prey to ailments. The 28 tiger …
Seven of the eight marmosets stolen from Alipore Zoo on August 9 were recovered by a crime branch team of Durg in Chhattisgarh tonight. One person has been arrested and is being questioned by Chhattisgarh police. The newly elected director of Alipore Zoo, Raju Das, said:
Ananth Krishnan Joint expert working group to combat global warming through reforestation BEIJING: India and China have agreed to set up a joint expert working group on the environment, which will explore how the two countries can combat global warming through reforestation. China adds an estimated four million hectares of …
Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: India will on Wednesday call on China to increase its efforts to clamp down on trade in tiger parts even as Beijing mulls lifting a trade ban, a move conservationists say will deal a fatal blow to India
Endangered lemur species found only in Madagascar are being slaughtered and served up in local restaurants as poachers take advantage of a security vacuum on the island after a coup earlier this year. Pictures of the blackened remains of scores of crowned lemurs and golden crowned sifakas, smoked in preparation …
New Delhi: Tiger deaths continue at an alarming rate. Statistics collated from different parts of India by a prominent wildlife NGO show that between January 1 and August 19 this year, at least 66 tigers lost their lives. Of these, 23 died due to poaching. The list includes seizures of …
Search on for a 33-year-old man of Maraimalai Nagar Precious seizure: Personnel of the Forest Department inspecting the seized items on Thursday. TAMBARAM: Personnel of the Tambaram Range of Tamil Nadu Forest Department on Thursday seized the skin and antlers of spotted deer in Maraimalai Nagar and are searching for …
Those in Bangladesh who argue that the death four years ago of two Sundarbans tigers was due to reckless research have found support for their contention in the findings of an official Indian investigation into the deaths of Panna tigers in Madhya Pradesh. It is now thought increasingly likely that …
THE country's record on environment is pathetic, Union Minister of Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh has admitted. Speaking to reporters after the public consultation meeting on amendments required in strengthening the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification of 1991 here, the minister said, "There is nothing much about the record since …
When it was found there were no tigers in the Panna Tiger Reserve, P K Sen was called to join the government special investigation team. Former head of Project Tiger, he told Sumana Narayanan the department
The postmortem report of a sambar killed in Sattari has confirmed it as a case of poaching. The Forest Department officials who received the postmortem report on Wednesday said that the sambar has two holes in its neck, which are due to passing of gun shots. What
THE officials of the Forest Department arrested three persons while trying to sell deer skins and tiger paw, which are yet to be confirmed as original, in Coimbatore on Monday. Acting on a tip-off that skins were being illegally sold in the RS Puram area, a team of of ficials …
Kolkata: Eight Brazilian monkeys found in only two zoos in India were stolen on Saturday night from Alipore Zoological Gardens. The theft of the Common Marmosets
R. Ilangovan Government to upgrade weaponry of forest guards, rangers concern: Forests Minister N. Selvaraj enquiring about the health of P.Govindan, who was shot by poachers, at the Government Medical College Hospital in Salem on Tuesday. Dean P. Shanmugam is on his right. SALEM: To strengthen anti-poaching drive in the …
