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 …
Forest Dept To Have DNA Test Done On Contraband At Wildlife Institute of India Parth Shastri | TNN Ahmedabad: State forest department is leaving no stone unturned to track source of two pieces of elephant tusks weighing 2.2 kg worth Rs 2.20 lakh seized at Sardar Patel International Airport on …
VIVEKDESHPANDE NAGPUR, MARCH 8 A NEWSPAPER public relations employee, often seen among those close to Forest Minister Babanrao Pachpute during his visit here, was arrested on Saturday for allegedly poaching a spotted deer near Pench tiger reserve in the district. Aslam Khan, working with a local Hindi newspaper, was arrested …
The killing of a deer in a Maharashtra forest by an alleged close associate of the state forest minister could come back to embarrass the state government. This incident comes only a few months after former Maharashtra minister Dharmarao Baba Atram lost his ministerial post after allegedly poaching a chinkara, …
Bharuch: Four peacocks were found dead near Suki river at a Dhavdi village in Nan-dod taluka of Narmada district. Forest department confirmed that two had died on Wednesday and two on Thursday. The mysterious deaths were reported by locals on Wednesday to Kevadia range forest office when they saw five …
KOLKATA, March 2: The Union ministry of environment and forest has recently directed all state forest departments to issue ownership certificates to people possessing wildlife articles and artifacts, in a crackdown on the illegal wildlife goods trade. Under the Protection of Wildlife Act, selling and taking bank loans against wildlife …
The dawn OF 2009 only brought despair for the tiger. One shocking revelation was the unprecedented poaching in the past three months. From November to January, skins and bones of seven tigers have been seized, plus three killed by poachers. Seventeen tigers have been found dead
Six tigers have been killed by poachers since the beginning of 2009. The Government had itself raised an alarm about the dwindling number of tigers in the wild last year, saying there were only around 1,400 left. Delhi-based Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) says that apart from six tigers …
The wildlife authority in Assam today ruled out poaching as a cause behind deaths of 10 tigers in the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) since November 2008 till date. MC Malakar, chief wildlife warden, told The Tribune that as carcass of none of the 10 tigers found dead in and around …
Concerned over the fate of endangered species of wildlife in Nagaland, several district administrations of the State have started imposing ban on hunting and sale of wild animals, including birds. Imposing of ban on hunting of wild animals, the process this year has started with Mon district, wherein in order …
Kaziranga National Park (KNP) along with tiger reserves in 17 States has been placed under high alert following death of over 10 tigers in the last three months. The alert has been sounded by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) following intelligence inputs that organised poachers were on the prowl …
PANKAJ SEKHSARIA Destruction of habitat, poaching and retaliatory killings by shepherds have pushed the survival of the snow leopard tothe brink. But with the launching of Project Snow Leopard, there is hope. Thick grey coloured fur that is marked with rosettes and broken spot markings keeps itwarm and helps it …
