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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Wildlife activists discuss ways to get frog meat off the menu
Let those offering Jumping Chicken to their customers do it at their own risk! This seems to be the message to the restaurateurs who do more damage to the Mother Earth by preparing delicacies of frog meat Some wildlife enthusiasts are so agitated about the goings-about that
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Pair Plead Guilty In Kenya After Huge Ivory Haul
A Kenyan and a Tanzanian pleaded guilty on Monday to illegal possession of ivory after being caught with hundreds of kilos of elephant tusks in one of east Africa's biggest seizures for years. The two men were driving a car loaded with 512 kg (1,129 lbs) of tusks when they were arrested in Kenya on Saturday, 50 km (30 miles) from the Tanzanian border.
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Collars stop working, news ones ordered
New Delhi: They were put into use after a lot of hype and budgetary allocations. However, collars
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Forest dept clueless on tigers place of death
Even after apprehending around two dozen suspects, the Forest Department is not been able to confirm whether the tiger was killed in Keri or elsewhere.
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Cameroon Forest Elephants Face Extinction - WWF
Forest elephants in Cameroon and the Congo Basin could be extinct within 10 years without measures to fight the illegal ivory trade and curb habitat loss, a WWF official said in an interview. During the last 40 years, environmentalists estimate the forest elephant population has fallen 75 percent, standing at some 140,000 for the Congo Basin and 13,000-15,000 for Cameroon.
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G8 And Poor Nations Vow To Tackle Species Loss
Environment ministers from major rich and developing nations signed a deal on Friday to try to slow species loss, but failed to make progress in crucial climate change talks despite US pledges of commitment. Almost every country in the world in 2002 agreed to a "significant reduction" in the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, but scientists say extinctions are gathering pace.
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WWF-P concerned over illegal import of white tigers
The WorldWide Funds for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) has expressed its grave concerns over illegal import of White tigers and conversion of the green areas in Karachi into industrial areas. According to an official here on Thursday, a meeting of WWF-P Board was held on April 18 at the Qarshi Industries, Hattar.
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Poisoned cow used to lure leopard, four nabbed
A gang of four poachers were nabbed on Wednesday night on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border due to the good inter-departmental co-operation between the two State forest authorities. The arrested are Ganesh and Guruprasadswamy both from Hasnoor (TN), Charaya, a tribal and Murugan, both from Devanatham in Satyamangalam.
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Prisons IGP to train Uttarakhand police in wildlife crime
Keshav Kumar, IGP (Prisons), has been invited to Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun, to train Uttarakhand police officials in investigating and prosecuting wildlife crime cases. Kumar is to take lecture sessions on Saturday and Sunday at the institute. Uttarakhand has been hit by a recent surge of poaching cases of tigers and sloth bears
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Keri man held for killing tiger
The forest department has nailed a Keri resident for his alleged involvement in killing tiger in Mhadei wild life sanctuary area. The department officials contended that the arrested person is just a suspect as he was involved in similar offence in the past.