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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Orissa fast losing its elephants
Though the Union ministry of environment and forests announced last week that elephant would soon become India
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Centres jumbo move wasted in Odisha
Notwithstanding the
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Two more jumbos shocked
BHUBANESWAR/DHENKANAL: Orissa continues to be the graveyard for elephants.
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Corbett plans force to keep poachers at bay
The Jim Corbett National Park, flaunting the most dense tiger population in the country, is all set to show the way towards protection of India
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India to urge China to curb illegal trade in tigers
<p>Priscilla Jebaraj & Ananth Krishnan NEW DELHI/BEIJING: Defence ties between India and China may be strained in the wake of the visa denial row, but the two countries hope next week will see increased cooperation in both wildlife conservation and global financial issues as two delegations from New Delhi travel to Beijing.
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Gajah: securing the future for elephants in India - the report of the Elephant Task Force
<p>A major report by the Elephant Task Force submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The report lays out a comprehensive action agenda for protecting elephants in the wild and in captivity, and for addressing human-elephant conflict. </p>
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Four-day meet on wildlife begins today in Beijing
India's defence exchanges with China may have come under strain but this has not deterred the two Asian giants from enhancing bilateral cooperation in an array of wildlife issues such as smashing growing network of trade of tiger parts at a four-day meet beginning on Monday in Beijing. A delegation led by environment ministry's inspector general (Wildlife) A.K.
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Leopard's last stand
The current focus is on the dwindling tiger population but here's another big cat that is coming under the gun, literally. The hill state of Uttarakhand, once a safe haven for wildlife, has lost an incredible 535 leopards in the past decade, turning it into a graveyard for the graceful animals. In the last six months, 45 leopards have been killed, and these are only the official figures.
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Discussion in Lok Sabha on Wildife (25/08/2010)
<p>Discussion in Lok Sabha on Wildife (25/08/2010).</p>
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Notorious poachers luck runs out, court finds him guilty
Jaipur: Having successfully managed to escape conviction in a number of cases, luck ran out for notorious poacher Sansar Chand with a Delhi court holding him guilty of violation of the Wildlife Act. The poacher had been caught red-handed with a leopard skin about 15 years ago.