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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Former poachers protect rare water birds
A wildlife conservation scheme in Cambodia staffed by poachers-turned-gamekeepers has led to a dramatic recovery of the endangered bird population on Tonle Sap lake. Seven species of water birds - the spot-billed pelican, milky stork, painted stork, lesser adjutant, greater adjutant, black-headed ibis and Oriental darter - increased up to 20-fold at Prek Toal at the edge of the lake, the region's largest freshwater reservoir which holds the largest - in some cases only - breeding populations of the large water birds.
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15 poachers surrender in Assam
Fifteen notorious wildlife poachers, who were creating havoc in Manas Biosphere area, surrendered before the Assam Forest and Wildlife Department officials in Chirang district of the state.
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In Short
>> Virgin Airlines owner Richard Branson recently claimed to have made history by launching the first biofuel-powered commercial flight from London to Amsterdam. The debatable point is
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Adopt a tiger?
The decline in tiger population is alarming ('Feline worries', March 9). Poachers will not rest till the last of the big cats is killed and its parts are sold in the market. Such is their greed.
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Govt indifferent towards encroachment in Laokhowa'
The British Government, in 1905, had recommended the protection of Laokhowa along with Kaziranga, and had made special provisions for the same.
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Rare owl species rescued
RANGIYA
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10 rhinos killed in Kaziranga in 2007
There has been a sharp increase in the number of rhinos poached in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, with as many as 18 of them being killed in the sanctuary in 2007.
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Personal Thought: Think beyond the tiger (Opinion)
Undoubtedly tiger is an endangered specie, but it means not that we contemplate upon tiger only. There is need to think away from tiger too.
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Its our space!
The Demilitarised Zone between North and South Korea, bristling with tanks and artillery, has also become a favourite haunt of over 60 endangered species.