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 more rhinos poached in Kaziranga
poachers shot dead two endangered one-horned rhinos fleeing the flooded Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam. The incident in the second week of August puts the toll of rhinos killed this year
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Device to check illegal trade of rare species
Scientists have developed a new device that will facilitate customs inspectors to do on-the-spot testing and checking for illegal trade in endangered species. The device, actually a dna-kit, has been
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Why tigers are not reoccupying Kuno despite excellent ameliorated and productive habitat?
A question that quizzes the minds of senior and field officials of Wildlife Wing of Madhya Pradesh as well as those of the knowledgeable visitors to the Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary is to why tigers are mere occasional transients and are not establishing even as a small poulation to start with, given the high habitat productivity, the excellent availability of thermal and breeding shelters and the abundant prey base. July 2007
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Forest rangers, poachers die in encounter in Kenya
In the latest clash in a decade-old war between wildlife rangers and poachers in Kenya, around three wildlife rangers and four suspected poachers were killed in a shoot-out in Kenya's Tana River
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The roar of the tiger
Tigers and Asian big cats were at the centre stage of an important debate at the 14th meeting of the Conference of Parties of the CITES at the Hague, The Netherlands. Led by India and other range states like Nepal, China, Bhutan and Russia, the 14th CoP was able to garner strong support for conservation of tigers in the wild.
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Tiger farming controversy must not be framed in moral terms
a proposal to farm tigers to legally supply the not inconsiderable market for the animal's body parts has, as is only to be expected, sparked a controversy. Ranged against the proposal are animal
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King in shackles
The first ever poaching of several Asiatic lions In Gujarat has shaken the authorities and wildlife lovers into devising steps to protect the species
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DNA trail nails ivory cache
A trail of dna has helped investigators trace the biggest ever consignment of contraband ivory seized in Singapore in June 2002 to Savannah elephants in Zambia. Scientists extracted dna from 37 tusks
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New conservation body for Gir Lion
the Gujarat Lion Conservation Society, an autonomous body for Asiatic Lion conservation, will be registered by March 15, 2007. The society will focus on improving habitat, mobilising resources,
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Measures to protect the Tibetan antelope under the CITES framework
<p>The unique and beautiful Tibetan antelope, or chiru, is in imminent danger of extinction from illegal hunting. At current rates of hunting, the species may be extinct in the wild within two years. The