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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Time running out for wild elephants: experts
African elephants could be extinct in the wild within a few decades, experts warned on Monday at a major conservation summit in Botswana. The alarming decline in numbers due to poaching was highlighted.
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Africa: New UN-Backed Report Finds 'Far Too High' Levels of Elephant Poaching Across Africa
An ongoing decline in overall elephant numbers remains likely as the poaching of African elephants continued to exceed population growth rates throughout 2014, a new United Nations-backed report warned
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Africa: Elephant Poaching Rates Virtually Unchanged in 2014
CITES MIKE programme says that elephant populations continue to decline owing to steady poaching trends. Positive progress in East Africa, but situation deteriorating in Central and West Africa. First
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National Parks In Africa Turn To Drones To Help Combat Scourge Of Rhino Poaching
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology designed by Spanish engineers will be used to fight rhino poachers in national parks in Africa. The ranger drone is fitted with thermal vision that can report potential
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World losing wildlife poaching war
The northern white rhino is heading the way of the dinosaurs. With only five left on Earth - three in Kenya, one in America and one in the Czech Republic - extinction is now inevitable. It survived for
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Legislators demand fresh elephant census in Meghalaya
Opposition parties in Meghalaya today sought a fresh census be conducted to determine the number of wild elephants in view of the alleged increase in poaching and electrocution of the pachyderm in the
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Tiger meat and bear paws on menu for Chinese tourists in Laos, says report
The country’s Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone openly selling illegal wildlife according to report by the Environmental Investigation Agency A resort complex in northwest Laos targeting Chinese
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on tiger deaths, 19/03/2015
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on tiger deaths, 19/03/2015. Also includes: The details of tiger deaths (classified as cases of confirmed poaching including seizure, cases under scrutiny and those due to
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Centre’s move to stop rhino poaching in KNP
NEW DELHI, March 17 – Admitting that rhino poaching in the Kaziranga National Park is a big problem, Union Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar said the government has taken a slew of pro-active
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30% rise in tiger population: Prakash Javadekar
There has been a 30 per cent rise in the population of tigers in the country and their current count stands at 2,226, the Lok Sabha was informed. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar informed the House