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
Poaching
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African Countries To Set Up Wildlife Research Body
African environment ministers pledged Friday to set up an international research body to study and protect the continent's wildlife, aiming to reverse the loss of its biodiversity. Africa is famed for the lions, elephants, rhinos and leopards that attract millions of tourists each year, but its wildlife is threatened by population pressure, poaching and deforestation. A declaration late Frid
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Over 130 leopards killed this yr: Report
81 Deaths In U
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Nepal leads tiger number plan
Nepal needs at least US$ 42.7 million from the international community and conservation partners to carry out conservation programmes to meet the global tiger recovery goal and double the wild population of tigers, a meeting was told here on Friday. As part of celebrations for the International Tiger Year 2010, all 13 tiger range countries have agreed to double the big cats
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African Ministers Pledge Support for Wildlife
African environment ministers pledged Friday to set up an international research body to study and protect the continent
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Tiger "clusters" seen as last hope for species-study
<p>SINGAPORE, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Asia's tiger population could be close to extinction with fewer than 3,500 tigers remaining in the wild and most clustered in fragmented areas making up less than 7 percent of their former range in Asia, a study says.
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Poachers vow to save rhinos
Guwahati, Sept.
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7 poachers surrender in Kaziranga
Guwahati: Seven poachers on Wednesday surrendered before the authority of Kaziranga National Park (KNP), the famous abode of one-horned Indian rhino, with arms and ammunition and pledged to join hand in conservation efforts. A Park official informed that an NGO called Rhino Jagaran Mancha from Bonkuwal village in the fringe of Kaziranga National Park (KNP) facilitated the surrender of the poach
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Milky way to curb poaching in Kaziranga
- Dairy project involving 74 villages hopes to keep jobless youths away from wildlife crime Jorhat, Sept.
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Bringing the Tiger back from the brinkThe six percent solution
<p> Much has been done to try to save the world’s largest cat — threatened <br /> by hunting, habitat loss and the wildlife trade — but their numbers <br /> have continued to spiral downward for nearly two decades according to this study published in the latest issue of PLoS Biology journal.</p>
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Make room for the giants
While giving the elephant right of way, the recent recommendations of a task force are aimed at securing wildlife corridors by compensating and insuring those who live in its path Despite the fact that India