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
The green group says by the end of the year it will have deployed 'eyes in the sky' in one country in Africa or Asia Conservation group WWF has announced plans to deploy surveillance drones to aid its
Poachers have killed more than 11,000 elephants in Gabon's Minkebe National Park rainforest since 2004, Gabon's government said on Wednesday, with the massacre fuelled by increasing demand for ivory in
The green group says by the end of the year it will have deployed 'eyes in the sky' in one country in Africa or Asia Conservation group WWF plans to deploy surveillance drones to aid its efforts to
Jaipur: In an ambitious conservation plan, sloth bears may be introduced in the Sariska Tiger Reserve. Following the successful relocation of tigers, the initiative aims to re-introduce an animal that had disappeared from Sariska during the early twentieth century. Bina Kak, minister of tourism for forests and environment, said, “Sloth bears would be re-introduced from Kota and Mount Abu. Sloth bear population in Mount Abu is beyond what the area can hold leading to man-animal conflict. The genetic stock of the sloth bears from Kota and Mount Abu areas and of Sariska is assumed to be similar as they are in semiarid areas in Aravalli hills.”
Nepal has begun a three-month-long census of its tigers which were declared by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as an endangered species in 2010. The census simultaneously kicked off
Soaring demand for rhino horns in Vietnam is posing a threat to the long-term conservation of one-horned rhinos in the state. This year alone, eight rhinos, including one in Manas National Park, have been
Forest and nature protection officials from Nepal and India have started their first ever joint survey of tigers. The survey will take place in a dozen or more wildlife preserves and forests spread
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said that the State Government was seeking a CBI probe into the recent spurt in rhino poaching, especially in Kaziranga National Park. “We are calling for a CBI probe
Rhino poaching has assumed menacing proportions in Assam, with the number of one-horned pachyderms poached in recent months almost equalling the number of rhinos killed in the devastating floods that hit
Poachers have devised an ingenious way of killing tigers by electrocuting the big cats in the remote and wild areas of Maharashtra. Taking a serious note of the deliberate electrocution of tigers, Chief