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
A mutilated, maggot-eaten carcass of a tiger was recovered the Gilai Saga-Khadar area of the Ranthambore tiger reserve in Sawai Madhopur district on Sunday morning. Officials claimed that the tiger, suspected
Assam has lost as many as 1,008 one-horned rhinos since 2002 till December 14, 2012. Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jayanti Natrajan on Tuesday informed the Parliament that the rhinoceroses were either killed by poachers or died of natural causes. The incidents of poaching took place inspite of the fact that New Delhi provides a huge financial assistance to the Assam Government for the preservation and protection of the one-horned rhinos.
Kaziranga: Rhino calves separated from parents during annual floods in the Kaziranga National Park and young rhinos left orphaned by poachers are finding a new home at the Manas National Park, the other world heritage sanctuary in Assam. Doing this job is the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation which has completed a decade of its existence in the state. Director of Kaziranga National Park, N K Vasu, told PTI, “The rehabilitated rhinos are released back to the wild in the Manas National Park in an effort to refurbish the rhino population there after it suffered a near wipe-out a decade ago due to insurgency.”
Three elephants have been found dead in different areas of Assam, official sources said here today. The carcass of a wild elephant with its trunk, tail and tusk removed, was recovered from a reserve
Poachers killed another rhino at Kaziranga National Park and took away its horn amidst claims of heightened security. In other cases of suspected poaching, the carcasses of two elephants were recovered
SILCHAR : A campaign by lovers of nature and environmentalists has been launched to save Barak and its biodiversity due to the clandestine and often open harmful activities of poachers on the upper reaches
Although the State has lost five tigers since June this year, the Madhya Pradesh Government is optimistic about the State getting back its prestigious ‘tiger state’ status after the next census of the
The Kerala high court on Friday asked the Union ministry of environment and forests to explain its stand on a petition seeking a CBI enquiry into the killing of a tiger at Wayanad recently. The petition
As wildlife offences show a rising graph in the State, the Crime Branch (CB) of Police is mulling establishment of a wildlife crime cell in collaboration with the Forest department to give a serious fillip
Notwithstanding the recent death of four tigers in Madhya Pradesh due to electrocution and poaching, the state government is hopeful of winning back the 'tiger state' status from Karnataka after the next