State of the Rhino 2023
Apart from poaching and habitat loss, climate change-induced droughts have been threatening the rhino population in Africa, pointed out a new report. On the other hand, climate disruptions in Asia can
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Animals flee flooded Kaziranga park
Even as Assam battles floods, the swollen Brahmaputra has created havoc inside the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), the abode of one-horned rhinoceros. KNP Director MK Yadav said the flood water had inundated
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Orangutan experts plead for Australian food manufacturers to reject palm oil
One of the world’s leading orangutan experts has called on Australian food manufacturers to speed up efforts to ditch unsustainable palm oil, warning that the situation “has never been so desperate” for
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100,000 elephants killed in Africa between 2010 and 2012
Despite the huge death numbers, experts believe elephants can survive if countries are willing to invest in wildlife security Poachers killed an estimated 100,000 elephants across Africa between 2010
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Brahmaputra floods Kaziranga national park
Guwahati: Flood waters from the Brahmaputra have entered Assam’s Kaziranga national park, inundating almost 80 percent of its 858 sq km area. The park is famous for its one-horned rhinos. It is divided
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93 rhinos killed in Assam since 2001
The highest number of 41 rhinos poached in 2013 Poachers have killed and dehorned 193 rhinos in Assam over the past 13 years and seven months from 2001 to August 3. During this period, the highest number
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No rhino poacher convicted since 2009, report on Kaziranga reveals
Despite Kaziranga National Park's mounting notoriety as a poaching haven, not a single poacher has been convicted since 2009. The unscientific way of collecting evidence, lack of coordination among security
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Two tigers on average are killed per week: WWF
Global conservation organization WWF today sounded an alarm over poaching of tigers and said that on average, two wild cats are killed per week due to high demand of their body parts in Asian countries.
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South Africa considers plan to move rhinos to protect them from poachers
South Africa's Kruger national park is considering a plan to move some rhinos out of the wildlife reserve in an attempt to protect them from poachers. The goal is to "spread the risk" by evacuating
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Rhinos find new home in UP’s Dudhwa tiger reserve
LUCKNOW: Dudhwa tiger reserve in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district has been made ready to be new home for rhinoceros. At present the entire rhino population of the reserve is sheltered in a fenced
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Forest cover increases to 12.86 per cent in Bihar
Patna: Forest cover in Bihar has increased to 12.86 per cent even as extensive afforestation campaign was on to achieve the target of 15 per cent by 2017, state forest and environment minister P K Shahi