Ahmedabad: Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has directed Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to have state-level recovery plans for the Great Indian Bustard. Gujarat principal chief conservator of forests C N Pandey said, “We had met experts recently and have now prepared a draft report, which has been approved and is in the final stages.”
The state has indefinitely postponed the release of the Sunderbans tigress that is undergoing treatment in captivity at Sajnekhali. Chief wildlife warden N C Bahuguna said that following a recent directive of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), which ruled out the release of the big cat at the moment, the three-year-old tigress will now be shifted to a bigger enclosure close to the forests so that it can get acclimatized to the wild environment. The tigress will also get to hone her hunting skills, with the foresters planning to release wild prey in its enclosure.
The National Green Tribunal today gave time till January 9 to the Environment Ministry to submit its report on ways to protect the environment inside Kaziranga sanctuary as also the wild life there which
A wildlife photographer with a mission, Mona Patel has taken it upon herself to start a campaign to save the tiger. And she has begun her drive from Gujarat, as she thinks it sets a good of animal conservation.
The committee set up to probe the alleged disappearance/theft of deer from the Lal Sohanra National Park, about 35km from here, is expected to begin its work within a few days. Talking to Dawn by phone
About 284 deer which were donated by the Prince of Dubai have 'mysteriously' gone missing from the Laal Sohanra National Park while the management has set up a committee to ferret out facts surrounding
Vultures, known as the nature's cleaners, are on the verge of extinction in Darchula district in the recent days. Ornithologists say that vultures, which were seen in most of the places in the district
At least 28 rhinos have been killed by poachers in Assam this year, with 14 of them being killed in the Kaziranga National Park alone. In a Lok Sabha reply to a question by Ramen Deka, the Minister of
State-level recovery plans have been proposed to save the Great Indian Bustard species and protect them from extinction. Following suggestions by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government
In a major success, the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) management relocated 32 families from two settlements located in the core critical area of the tiger habitat. Inhabitants of two tribal settlements
