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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Mayhem in Wynad
According to recent reports, as many as 50 elephants were killed by poachers in Kerala over the past three to four months. Forest officials in Wynad suspected the number to be even higher. They
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In dubious battle
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species CITES has failed to curb illegal trade in Indian wildlife and wildlife products. But India s stand at CITES, at variance with its position in other environmental fora, was repugnant and hollow
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Eco brahmanism
Neither CITES nor the retrogressive Indian approach to conservation has been able to protect key Indian species from poaching
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Inconsistent position
India's stand on the elephant showed how insensitive it is to the problems humans face in countries with a high population of the species. India voted for each proposal to ban trade and against
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Shoddy work
When persistence, not homework, paid off
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A lucrative trade
The horn of the Indian rhino is in great demand
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One man s medicine...
The government is ready to placate industry, but ignores local communities
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Pachyderms in peril
wildlife experts have pressed panic buttons, claiming that unless the government declare an all-out war against rampant poaching, the Indian elephant will be doomed to extinction. They point out
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Tusker in trouble
Poachers threaten the survival of bull elephants in Simlipal, needed for the breeding of the species and transfer of typical genetic traits
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Siberian tiger in the cold
Conservationists draw up strategies to arrest the rapid decimation of the great Siberian tiger