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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Two arrested for poaching wild bison
KOKRAJHAR, May 10: The Department of Forest on Saturday arrested two persons for poaching wild bison at Jharbari Forest under Haltugaon Division. The arrested persons have been identified as
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Forest officials probe skills to be fine-tuned
BHUBANESWAR: The suspected killing of a Royal Bengal Tiger and the recent Maoist onslaught at Similipal has prompted the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) to take note of the situation. A top WCCB official today met Chief Wildlife Warden BK Patnaik and proposed capacity building measures for both police and forest officials deployed in and around the 2,750 sq km national park.
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Wildlife officials arrest tourist, guide
A Ukraine tourist and his Sri Lankan guide were taken into custody by Wildlife Conservation officials in Minneriya for allegedly collecting butterflies and several species of other insects endemic to Sri Lanka.
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Loopholes in wildlife laws allow traffickers to reap profits
Wildlife traffickers are exploiting loopholes in the mechanism for the international trade of critically endangered wildlife species, thus making a windfall through the illegal cross-border movement of animals, Dawn has learnt.
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Spot elephant poachers, win cash prize
- Forest department plans slew of measures in three districts to check ivory smuggling Jamshedpur: The job of tracking tusker poachers could not have been more rewarding. Literally.
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Forest Dept winds up probe without convincing answers
R Ayyappan THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Forest Department has wound up further investigation into the serial deaths of seven wild elephants in Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) before it could come to a firm conclusion on the cause of the deaths. The findings of the inter-disciplinary team constituted to probe the deaths seem to possess more holes than a rainforest canopy.
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Forest officials groping in the dark over tiger death
The Goa forest department is groping in the dark over the death of a tiger reported from Mhadei Wild Life Sanctuary dotting Goa-Maharashtra.
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No evidence of poaching,killing of tiger: Forest Dept
In an anti-climax to the investigation into tiger poaching case, the Forest Department chief has said that there was no evidence of a tiger killed in Goa. The statement comes at a time when investigation appeared moving in the right direction and that the culprits would be booked.
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Six arrested for deer poaching in sanctuary
May 1: After a daring chase, forest officials caught six persons who shot two Sambar deer in the Tiger sanctuary in Nallamala on Thursday night.
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Congo Officials Rescue Baby Gorilla
Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo have seized a rare baby gorilla from traffickers at an airport who hid it under clothes in the bottom of a bag, wildlife officials said on Tuesday.