<p>Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of M K Ranjitsinh & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 21/03/2024. The matter related to protection of Great Indian Bustard (GIB) and Lesser Florican.</p>
An internatioal ban on ivory notwithstanding, India has emerged not only as a hub of the lillegal trade in Asian ivory but also as an important conduit for African ivory to markets in West and East
About 100 of the world's few remaining mountain gorillas have been killed as a result of the protracted civil war in the democratic Republic of the Congo, according to conservationists. Poachers have
Experts: An alarming decline in the vulture population in the country has sent a shockwave among the raptor specialists and other ornithologists as they fear a major outbreak and spread of various
Unchecked human habitation around the Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan is shooing away the rare birds which visit the world famous sanctuary every year. The population around the forst has
India, having 30 mammalian species in the endangered list, ranks first in the world among nations with high number of mammalian species in the "threatened" category. It is followed by the United
The rare 'Himalayan Quail', last sighted in 1876 and believed to be extinct now, might be spotted again in the picturesque Mussoorie hills of Garhwal Himalayas, if recent evidences are any
About 100 rare mountain gorillas have been killed in three years in the strife-torn Bukavu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), conservationists said. Park rangers also warned that
Some villagers in Vietnam's central highlands are spending sleepless nights in trees to avoid marauding elephants, said a report on
Sixteen tortoises belonging to the rare radiated tortoise species that were seized after being smuggled into the country are now being kept in a room at a Yokohama police station.
Every year in the Hindu month of Ashada, the hunting tribe of Hakki-Pikki engage themselves in gory and ghoulish ritual of killing and sacrificing animals.The Hakki-Pikki tribals have been
