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 Matunga police on Monday night arrested a 40-year-old man for possession of two elephant tusks concealed in a polythene bag outside Dadar railway station.
KALAIGAON, Oct 6
Akshaya Kumar Sahoo The State Board for Wildlife, the high-power body chaired by the chief minister Naveen Patnaik, has not met even once in the last two years MASSIVE URBANISATION and industrialisation in Orissa is now taking its toll on the wildlife resources.
The Bandipur Tiger Reserve staff have arrested four men who were poaching herbivores in the tiger reserve at Boodikote in the Gopalaswamy Betta range. The arrest of Kamala Kannan of Salem, Krishnan from Ooty, Bomma from Kaniyanpura and Manju from Shivapura has revealed once again that the Gopalaswamy Betta is vulnerable for the anti-wildlife activities.
Bhubaneswar: Union minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh on Monday requested chief minister Naveen Patnaik to personally take steps to check killing of jumbos due to electrocution in the state. The Union minister, in a letter to Patnaik, rued that despite alerting the environment and forest department time and again no step has been taken. He also expressed concern that
Taking into account ruthless killing of tigers and leopards
Sivasagar, Sept.
Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore, Sep 23, DHNS: In a swift and efficient operation, the Forest Department staff of Bandipur Tiger Reserve has averted a major wildlife disaster that would have resulted in loss of wildlife, by detecting 45 wire snares in the N Begur and Gundre ranges. The snares, made of telephone wires, steel cables and even natural tree fibres were set to catch animals like ch
KOCHI: The Coast Guard on Wednesday night apprehended 24 Myanmarese poachers off the Andaman and Nicobar islands, taking the total number of poachers arrested during the last 20 days to 88. It also seized seven boats used by the marauders, including two on Wednesday. According to a Coast Guard media communiqu
THE Indian Coast Guard has apprehended 12 more Myanmarese poachers from Andaman Sea on Saturday night.