<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>
In the 1950s and
Vizagites, though they live in a concrete jungle, have wild animals including leopards and bears paying them secret visits in the night. Tribals living on the outskirts of the city swear that they
Sixteen blackbucks and a youth were killed in two incidents that rocked the Vishnoi belt of Rajasthan in the past 24 hours. Police said Chelu Singh was killed while trying to nab the two men who had
Over the past three days in Uttaranchal two sadhus have been booked by forest and wildlife officials under the Wildlife Protection Act for possessing leopard skins, one hailing from Karnataka and the
A 17-year old youth dies when he and others fought with poachers in Sewdi village of nagpur district. The poachers were trying to flee after killing over a dozen deer. During the fierce encounter, a
Around 35 kg of mongoose hair was seized from a factory in the Gurgaon district of Haryana on Wednesday. Five persons, including the factory owner, have been arrested in this connection. They have
An elephant was shot dead for its tusks in Naganapur in the Bandipur reserve forest here on Thursday. The 20-year-old elephant was killed on Thursday and ivory weighing one and a half kilograms has
Admitting that migratory birds were being killed by poachers in the Chilka lake. The Orissa Government has decided to set up a strike force to tackle the menace. The existing preventive measures were
Close on the heels of the wild jumbos straying into a factory campus in Najangud near Mysore, a herd of eight elephants from Hediyala forest range strayed into sugarcane and banana fields at Karagala
Unidentified poachers shot dead at least nine deer and a villager in the forests of Rajasthan's Nagaur district, official sources said. Seven carcasses and two severed heads of deer have so far been
