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 Rhino Task Force set up by the state government to improve security in rhino inhabited areas of the state has reaffirmed its target to attain 3,000 wild rhinos by 2020 in the face of the ongoing killing
The 10th edition of the UNEP Year Book focuses on rapid change in the Arctic and minimizing chemical risks. It also reports on the spike in rhino and elephant poaching in Africa, growing urban environmental
IMPHAL: Wildlife books, written a few decades ago say that many species of animals and birds were available in plenty in Manipur. Till recently, people caught and killed leopards, tigers, bears and other
14 Deaths Reported Last Year Pune: The estimated tiger population in the state has increased from 169 (in 2010) to around 200 at present. While the population has increased, one of the major concerns for the government is poaching. Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday said that the government is taking strong steps to curb poaching of tigers and other wild animals. Speaking to reporters after the meeting of the state wildlife board, Chavan said it has been found that tigers are being poached by electrocution. MSEDCL’s 11 KW lines pass from four tiger sanctuaries. The poachers use wires attached with hooks to draw current from the overhead high tension lines and electrocute tigers.
Poachers have slaughtered 32 South African rhinos in the first three weeks of 2013, marking a disturbing start to the year for a country battling crisis level killings of the beast, government said Wednesday.
Three developing countries have recently toughened hunting regulations believing the changes will better protect vanishing species. Botswana has announced it will ban trophy hunting on public lands beginning
Monday, January 21, 2013 - Lahore—Punjab Wildlife Department on the special directive of the Secretary Forest,Wildlife and Fisheries Punjab Shah Nawaz Badar has constituted mobile teams to launch a campaign
Tigers are thriving in the forests of southern India, thanks to the absence of organised poaching gangs here. Recent studies have confirmed that tiger reserves in the south have a better record of conservation
After a lot of flip-flops, the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has once again agreed "in principle" to take over the service of water supply from the public health engineering department. Senior
Incidents of rhino poaching and the illegal horn trade are at the highest levels in over 20 years, placing the survival of these species at great risk, according to a recent report by the International