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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The Kaziranga National Park: Dynamics of social and political history
<p>Almost after a century of experimenting, Kaziranga National Park is now a well-known example of the success of wildlife conservation. Conservationists have no hesitation in ascribing the success of this story to the careful application of the science of wildlife conservation. A large section of the Assamese middle class would like to associate the institution as organic to their success story.
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Two in bush is better
<p>Tourism employs bird hunters to guard winged visitors of Chilika lake : a report.</p>
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1,411 tigers, and unanswered questions
<p>1411 tigers left. So says the latest advertisement campaign of a new telecom company and the wwf. It is powerful. It plays to our emotions. But it does not tell us what is being done, or should be done. It does not tell us how we, the consuming classes, can be part of the solution to safeguard the tiger.</p>
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1,411 tigers, and unanswered questions
1411 tigers left. So says the latest advertisement campaign of a new telecom company and the wwf. It is powerful. It plays to our emotions. But it does not tell us what is being done, or should be done. It does not tell us how we, the consuming classes, can be part of the solution to safeguard the tiger.
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The last stand of the Gorilla Environmental crime and conflict in the Congo Basin
Gorillas, the largest of the great apes, are under renewed threat across the Congo Basin from Nigeria to the Albertine Rift: poaching for bushmeat, loss of habitat due to agricultural expansion, degradation of habitat from logging, mining and charcoal production are amongst these threats, in addition to natural epidemics such as ebola and the new risk of diseases passed from humans to gorillas.
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Naturalist duos bid for protection of snakes
KOHORA: Often snake are killed due to its venomous quality without understanding its actual importance in maintaining the balance and ecology. Snakes help in protection of foodgrains by killing and eating insects, rats and rodents and keeping their population at a threshold level.
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Official apathy turns forest passage into tusker graveyard
The Tamar forest has long provided passage to elephants migrating from Chhattisgarh to West Bengal and Orissa via Jharkhand. A glance at the paddy fields that exist alongside the path and it is hard to imagine that underneath are buried two female elephants, electrocuted at that very spot.
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Three arrested for trading leopard pelt
Three persons were arrested for attempting to sell a leopard pelt in the City on Friday. The pelt has been seized from them.
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Corruption raises doubts over ivory sales
Arguments over whether to allow one-off sales of ivory stockpiles have dominated the opening of a two-week summit on trade in endangered species.
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Polar bear ban falls flat at UN meet
A US backed proposal to ban the international trade of polar bear skins, teeth and claws was defeated on Thursday at a UN wildlife meeting over concerns it would hurt indigenous economies and arguments the practice didn't pose a significant threat to the animals.