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
Corbett National Park (Uttarakhand) Security in the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) was recently breached by gangs of poachers belonging to five different communities. “This is unprecedented,” said S.K. Datta, chief conservator of forest, wildlife and intelligence in Uttarakhand. “The local Sapera, Kanjar and Bawariya communities joined hands with members of the Bagdi community which hails from Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab, with the members of the Bagariya tribe which hails from districts in Rajasthan and Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh, to enter the CTR with the intention of poaching.”
Wildlife activists are alleging that four tigers, including three cubs, have died in the Corbett national park since June 7, but officials are trying to conceal these deaths. Member secretary of People
At a time when the tiger population is fast dwindling, India has reported an alarming increase in tiger deaths. An estimated 48 tigers have reportedly died in the first six months of this year (till
Recent revelations of presence of poachers in the Corbett national park have elicited the focus of department officials and strong reactions from wildlife activists. While the Forest Department officials
India’s tiger fatalities are rising steadily. The country has lost 48 tigers in the last 22 weeks. The largest number of tigers have been killed in the premier Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand and in the Tadoba Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has confirmed that 19 of these deaths are clear-cut cases of poaching but wildlife experts claim poaching deaths could be much higher.
This 5th June will be the 40th World Environment Day, marked by a world far removed from the hopeful, easy-on-commitment atmosphere of the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm
Amid growing threat to the existence of rhinoceros species in rhino range countries, including in Africa and Asia, Indonesia has declared 2012 as International Rhino Year. Indonesia is among 11 countries
A five-year-old tiger spotted moving on a couple of occasions recently in the forest belt between Kathotia and Kerwan, touching the southern tip of Bhopal, whose first clear picture was taken by the camera trapping method last November, has been killed by poachers. State principal chief conservator of forest and chief wildlife warden Pramod Kumar Shukla told this newspaper that after recovering the tiger’s body on Tuesday, the forest authorities had rounded up and interrogated a few persons from Kathotia village.
Before forest officers start explaining tiger deaths as suicides, a timely NTCA move comes as a big push for transparency FEW DEATHS make news anymore like tiger deaths do. Since the Sariska wipeout,
The Global Tiger Recovery Program implementation report includes country by-country self-assessments and a report card across the several thematic focus points in tiger conservation, including habitat