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
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
Environmental Investigation Agency says ads fuel surge in ivory demand that is killing African elephants at record rates Google is helping to fuel a dramatic surge in ivory demand in Asia that is killing
The United States has pledged more financial support to help tackle the illegal trade of wildlife and plants in Asean. Activists from Animal Activist Alliance Thailand call on the National Parks, Wildlife
African forest elephants face extinction if 'drastic measures' are not taken Forest elephant numbers have decreased by 62% across Central Africa over the last 10 years, according to a study. The
China has made significant progress and joined international campaigns to fight against the illicit trade in wildlife products, including ivory and rhino horn, according to a top wildlife conservation
Sighting a dolphin on the shores between Visakhapatnam and Kakinada may become a thing of the past with such a death reported at a regular interval. North Andhra coast is a habitat for mostly bottlenose dolphins. Spinner, humpback and common dolphins are also found in limited numbers. Dolphins provide relaxing moments for the mariners and tourists going on a boat ride being organised by AP Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC). There is also a proposal to promote dolphin tourism in a big way by deploying more vessels to enthral animal lovers.
Kaziranga: Protesting against the death of 12 rhinos in the last two months at the Kaziranga National Park, activists of the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) today staged a rally from Kohora to Mihimukh under Central Range, Kaziranga National Park and burnt the effigy of the Forest Department. Dipak Hazarika, Joint Secretary of the AJYCP said, “The increase in poaching activity has made it clear that our Forest minister and the Forest Department has failed to protect rhinos and other wild animals in our national parks.”
DIBRUGARH: The impunity with which poachers are killing wild animals, especially the one–horned rhinoceros in the State, is worrying. The recovery of the headless carcass of an elephant at Charaipung range reinforces the ineffectiveness of the wildlife protection measures of the forest department. Since 2007, 93 rhinos have been killed, 12 of them in the last two months. In September last year, five rhinos were killed, two on consecutive days. The discovery of a rhino whose horn had been cut away while it was left to die a slow death last year, sent shock waves but since then, more such killings with the same modus operandi have taken place.
Poachers in northeast India have slaughtered 13 endangered one-horned rhinos in the last two months, officials said as another death added to worries about a recent surge in killings. The attacks have
The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) largest remaining forest elephant population, located in the Okapi Faunal Reserve (OFR), has declined by 37 percent in the last five years, with only 1,700 elephants
Ivory is easy to find on the stalls of Chatuchak Market and River City mall in Bangkok. On display at just one shop are hundreds of kilograms of carved elephant tusk, unthinkable in most capitals but freely