<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>
The problem with counting rare animals, is that they can be very hard to spot. The science of counting animal populations remains primitive. The main problem is that indirect counting - counting the
For animals, trauma does not end even after death. A leopard which died under mysterious circumstances was buried in a village in Ramnagaram taluk in Bangalore rural district and now the poachers
The Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court has admitted that petition filed by Yeshwant Jog, alleging that mining rejects were being dumped by a company in the vicinity of the Bondla Wildlife
The Sri Lankan government's decision to break up the world's largest captive elephant herd at Pinnawala still stands unchanged amidst opposition and alternative suggestions from environmentalists.
Over 200 hundred pigeons died after consuming poisonous wheat at Sawai Madhopur district in Rajasthan. According to a senior district officials, the pigeons started dying after feeding on wheat
Few would be aware that in terms of total inland wetland bird population (8,09,518 birds of 138 species), Gujarat occupies second place in the country, next only to Orissa. By conducting its
Authorities at the Chamrajendra Zoological Garden in Karnataka has sought the help of a neighbourhood hen to pull a critically endangered species out of the red. The pheasant, a colourful bird, which
South Africa's notorious "canned hunting" industry, in which lions are bred in captivity as easy bait for forein trophy-hunters, is to be banned. A law comes into effect in October prohibiting the
The 1,435 square kilometre marine sanctuary, the largest in the world, created by the Orissa Government to ensure the protection of endangered Olive Ridley turtles, has turned out to be a nightmare
Nearly 500 star-backed tortoises sought after as pets and by illegal traders, seized by Malaysian authorities in the capital Kuala Lumpur in July have been flowen in to the Nehru Zoological Park in
