Can we sustainably harvest ivory?
<p>Despite the 1989 ivory trade ban, elephants continue to be killed to harvest their tusks for ivory. Since 2008, this poaching has increased to unprecedented levels driven by consumer demand for ivory
Wildlife
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Orissa is now a graveyard for elephants
With as many as 393 elephants having been killed in Orissa in the last five years, the state seems seems to have become a graveyard for the animals. According to sources in the state government, most
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Kaziranga to be divided into two wildlife divisions
Special rhino protection force on anvil to curb poaching For better administrative control and safety of animals, the Kaziranga National Park will be divided into two wildlife divisions by the State
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South Africa: Cape Mountain Zebra Moves Off Most Endangered List
Pretoria — The growth in numbers of the Cape mountain zebra population has enabled the species to move off the most endangered list of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
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No more trade in endangered pangolins, U.N. meeting decides
The United Nations on Wednesday banned global trade in highly endangered pangolins, a scaly animal with the dubious distinction of being the world's most poached mammal. Member states of the U.N.'s
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After 9 years, state tiger cell to meet
Nagpur: After remaining in deep slumber for over nine years, the forest department seems to have woken up and has convened state tiger cell meeting on October 1. The last meeting of the cell was held on
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Madhya Pradesh tiger shifted due to river-link project
The “controversial” Ken-Betwa river-linking project proposed in poverty-ridden Bundelkhand region in Madhya Pradesh has found its first victim in Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR), robbing the national park of
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Gaps in data place thousands of illegally traded wild animals at risk, say researchers
The fate of over 64,000 live wild animals officially reported to have been confiscated by enforcement agencies remains untraceable, according to a new report released by the University of Oxford Wildlife
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Lao PDR commits to shut its commercial tiger farms
Lao PDR’s Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, H.E. Mr Sommad Pholsena, announced last Friday that the country will shut its commercial tiger farms. Lao PDR, with its weak laws and law enforcement
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African elephant population tumbles but some countries want to lift the ivory ban
Johannesburg: The number of elephants in Africa has dropped by 111,000 in 10 years to just 415,000 today. The 20 per cent drop between 2006 and 2015 is because of a surge in ivory poaching, the International