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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Kenya: 307 Rangers Deployed to Fight Poaching in Mara
An additional 307 wildlife rangers have been deployed to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve to boost security and fight poaching. The rangers were trained at the Manyani Wildlife Training College for the
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Maharashtra govt demands CBI probe into disappearance of tiger
Wildlife experts and volunteers have been scouring the forest, trying to locate the 250-kilogram tiger, who was last spotted on April 18. As the hunt for tiger Jai continued after it went missing from
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East Africa: EALA Wants Tougher Wildlife Laws to Fight Against Poaching
The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) is calling on East African Community Partner States to enact new wildlife legislation with enhanced penalties and improve strategies and protection measures
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Woolly Mammoth Ivory Is Legal, and That’s a Problem for Elephants
For 20,000 years the remains of millions of woolly mammoths remained locked in permafrost in Siberia and elsewhere—until recently. Warming temperatures have melted this icy layer, bringing their valuable
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Centre proposes stricter laws to stop wildlife trade
NEW DELHI: Seeking to provide more teeth to the existing wildlife protection law, the Centre is looking for an option to introduce clauses of stricter punishment and to change the law to bring it in sync
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Battle lines drawn as Kenya seeks global ban on ivory trade
Countries opposed to Kenya's bid to have the global trade of ivory banned are spoiling for a fight ahead of the United Nation's meeting next month in South Africa. The 17th meeting of the Conference
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Kawal tigers face poaching threat in Telangana
Kawal measures around 2,000 sq. km in area but has just around 30-40 base camps with four-five unarmed guards. Hyderabad: Two tigers, a male and a female, which inhabit the Kawal Tiger Reserve, are
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Zimbabwe plans to use drones to fight elephant poaching
Zimbabwe plans to deploy aerial drones in its biggest wildlife sanctuary in the west to combat poaching of elephants, a parks official said on Monday, as the country aims to protect one of its top tourist
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If Japan slow to ban ivory trade, online shops even slower
Elephant ivory has long been used worldwide to make a host of items from jewelry, piano keys and billiard balls to art and personal seals. Japan, which used ivory to make hanko (personal seals), was
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Agriculture and overuse greater threats to wildlife than climate change – study
Agriculture and the overexploitation of plants and animal species are significantly greater threats to biodiversity than climate change, new analysis shows. Joint research published in the journal Nature