<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>
Woolly flying squirrel, a shy human friendly animal, is threatened with extinction, as it is facing several dangers. The fast degradation of its habitat and vulnerability to human being are the main
The intervention of the minister in charge of animal welfare in the matter of disposal of stray dogs led to a precedence over considerations of suffering of the poor in an underdeveloped country like
The population of tigers has increased to 710 and leopards to 1,066 in Madhya Pradesh. According to the final data of tiger-leopards census 2001, the number of tigers has increased by one while that
The raid on the offices of the controverial news portal Tehalka in connection with a case of poaching ought not to have made headlines in the routine case. After all, the CBI had done its home work
Vital research projects have suffered a serious setback with no monkeys available. The Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision on Experimental Animals (CPCSEA), under the Ministry of
Unfazed by protests over the sacrifice of animals on his behalf at Assam's Kamakhya temple yesterday, Nepalese King Gyanendra shed the blood of another - this time, a goat - at the Kalighat temple in
Alarmed at animals being run over by speeding vehicles on National Highway 37, along the famed Kaziranga National park, the Assam Government has move the Union Surface Transport Ministry for
Eight months after the state Wildlife and Forest Department made the first attempt to close an illegal zoo run by the management of the controversial Mehtiana Sahib Gurdwara near Jagraon, the zoo
Pawan Lal, a peon in Tehsil office, Kandaghat, near Solan was arrested on a charge of poaching an adult barking deer in the Paoghati forests situated on the north-eastern slopes of Karol hill. He was
Two tigers housed at the Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre in Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur, Tamil Nadu have tested positive for the parasitic disease tripanosomiasis. However, the other
