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
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The Sundarbans tiger: Adaptation, population status and conflict management
The Sundarbans of India and Bangladesh is the only mangrove in the world where tigers still live. The Sundarbans has been under various forms of management for about 2,000 years, and is classified as a Tiger Conservation Landscape of Global Priority. Little is known about the Sundarbans tigers, which are threatened by habitat destruction, prey depletion, and direct tiger loss.
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An assessment of trade in gibbons and orang-utans in Sumatra, Indonesia
<p>This report presents an assessment of the trade in gibbons and orang-utans in Sumatra, Indonesia, including the islands off Sumatra’s west coast (most notably, the Mentawai Islands). Until recently Sumatra and its off-lying islands harboured one of the largest expanses of lowland evergreen rainforest in Southeast Asia.
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Present continuous... and future perfect?
In the year 2000, the author a wildlife researcher chose the Palni Hills and had set out to do a survey of mammals along the eastern part of Western Ghats that covers an area of over 2,000 sq. km. The author planned to gather reports of mammals at different elevations and habitats across the Palnis and proceed to intensively survey the areas.
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In 6 years, 137 tigers dead
Govt Record Says Number Of Poaching Deaths Down The tiger is out of a crisis but figures show the wild cat is not completely secure in the country
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Another tiger missing in Ranthambore
Reports of an adult tiger missing from the Ranthambore National park have rocked the region. Five wild cats have gone missing from the park in a year with the latest labelled as T-83 unseen for a month now. Though wildlife officials claim the tiger has not been poached, but the past experiences suggest the big cat could have become a victim of poaching.
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Poaching of endangered species continues
KOKRAJHAR, Dec 19: Even after the ultimatum from the Government and various campaigns on the adverse effects of poaching of endangered species, it has been continuing on the sly. Fresh cases of poaching has been reported from the forests of Bodoland.
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Poacher shot at in Ktaka IAF college
Dec. 18: In a glaring breach of security at a defence establishment, five sandalwood poachers armed with lethal weapons entered the Air Force Technical College campus in Jalahalli on Wednesday night.
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Rhino demoted
From endangered to vulnerable THE International Union for Conservation of Nature or iucn has lowered the threat level of the Indian one-horned rhinoceros from endangered to vulnerable. This has not gone down well with conservationists in India who contend rhinos are extremely threatened from poaching and epidemics. Seventy per cent of rhino population is concentrated in just one
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Tiger skin found at Keesara
Nov. 23: The Cy6erabad police on Sunday recovered a tiger skin at Yadgaarpally near Keesara. The Keesara police inspector, Mr T. Manohar Reddy, said, "A passerby informed us that a tiger skin was lying in the bushes beside Yadgaarpally road near Keesara. We inspected the area end found a tiger skin and 39 tiger nails."