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 …
Wildlife traffickers are exploiting loopholes in the mechanism for the international trade of critically endangered wildlife species, thus making a windfall through the illegal cross-border movement of animals, Dawn has learnt. According to highly-placed sources, the trans-boundary movement of endangered wildlife species is monitored by the Convention on International Trade …
- Forest department plans slew of measures in three districts to check ivory smuggling Jamshedpur: The job of tracking tusker poachers could not have been more rewarding. Literally. The state forest department is planning to bestow cash prizes on those who will be able to provide specific information about elephant …
R Ayyappan THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Forest Department has wound up further investigation into the serial deaths of seven wild elephants in Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) before it could come to a firm conclusion on the cause of the deaths. The findings of the inter-disciplinary team constituted to probe the deaths seem …
The Goa forest department is groping in the dark over the death of a tiger reported from Mhadei Wild Life Sanctuary dotting Goa-Maharashtra. The investigation, which began after a photograph of a tiger trapped and dead appeared in some media, has not seen much headway even after the arrest of …
In an anti-climax to the investigation into tiger poaching case, the Forest Department chief has said that there was no evidence of a tiger killed in Goa. The statement comes at a time when investigation appeared moving in the right direction and that the culprits would be booked. Incidentally, this …
May 1: After a daring chase, forest officials caught six persons who shot two Sambar deer in the Tiger sanctuary in Nallamala on Thursday night. They were identified as Mr G. Ravi Kumar, a resident of Hydernagar , Mr V. Srinivas of SR Nagar, Mr K. Ravindranath of Shaikpet, all …
Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo have seized a rare baby gorilla from traffickers at an airport who hid it under clothes in the bottom of a bag, wildlife officials said on Tuesday. The female primate of about two years old was rescued on Sunday in the eastern Congolese town …
Let those offering Jumping Chicken to their customers do it at their own risk! This seems to be the message to the restaurateurs who do more damage to the Mother Earth by preparing delicacies of frog meat Some wildlife enthusiasts are so agitated about the goings-about that they wish to …
A Kenyan and a Tanzanian pleaded guilty on Monday to illegal possession of ivory after being caught with hundreds of kilos of elephant tusks in one of east Africa's biggest seizures for years. The two men were driving a car loaded with 512 kg (1,129 lbs) of tusks when they …
Even after apprehending around two dozen suspects, the Forest Department is not been able to confirm whether the tiger was killed in Keri or elsewhere.
Forest elephants in Cameroon and the Congo Basin could be extinct within 10 years without measures to fight the illegal ivory trade and curb habitat loss, a WWF official said in an interview. During the last 40 years, environmentalists estimate the forest elephant population has fallen 75 percent, standing at …
Environment ministers from major rich and developing nations signed a deal on Friday to try to slow species loss, but failed to make progress in crucial climate change talks despite US pledges of commitment. Almost every country in the world in 2002 agreed to a "significant reduction" in the rate …
The WorldWide Funds for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) has expressed its grave concerns over illegal import of White tigers and conversion of the green areas in Karachi into industrial areas. According to an official here on Thursday, a meeting of WWF-P Board was held on April 18 at the Qarshi Industries, Hattar. …
A gang of four poachers were nabbed on Wednesday night on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border due to the good inter-departmental co-operation between the two State forest authorities. The arrested are Ganesh and Guruprasadswamy both from Hasnoor (TN), Charaya, a tribal and Murugan, both from Devanatham in Satyamangalam. The poachers used …
Keshav Kumar, IGP (Prisons), has been invited to Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun, to train Uttarakhand police officials in investigating and prosecuting wildlife crime cases. Kumar is to take lecture sessions on Saturday and Sunday at the institute. Uttarakhand has been hit by a recent surge of poaching cases …
The forest department has nailed a Keri resident for his alleged involvement in killing tiger in Mhadei wild life sanctuary area. The department officials contended that the arrested person is just a suspect as he was involved in similar offence in the past. The mobile photograph of a tiger around …
Abmedabad: Bollywood star Aamir Khan will have to overcome another hitch in his chinkara filming case in blockbuster `Lagaan', as the complainant has approached Gujarat High Court demanding that the stay on investigation in this case be vacated. High court had stayed investigation and court proceedings initiated by a magisterial …
Two turtles, rescued from a city market and gifted to the zoo by a teenager, have gone missing from their enclosure and the authorities have no clue how. Asish Chowdhury, who appeared for the ISC from La Martiniere for Boys this year, bought the turtles for Rs 70 from a …
More of Indonesia's critically endangered orangutans are being caught for the pet trade now than in the 1970s, reflecting the country's weak law enforcement, a wildlife protection group said in a report published on Thursday. Less than 8,000 Sumatran orangutans remain in the wild but a new report from wildlife …
