New plan to protect tigers in Karnataka
Increasing incidents of tiger deaths due to poisoning has made the officials of the tiger project to work out an action plan to end this menace of targeting big cats by mischievous elements. Death of two
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Similipal Tiger Protection Force in offing
In a bid to check poaching of tigers, the Odisha Government has initiated steps to constitute a Similipal Tiger Protection Force (STPF) as per the guidelines of the Union Government. Official sources said
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Rhino Poaching continues to rock Kaziranga
Suspected poachers killed yet again a rhino in Kaziranga National Park on Sunday and axed off its horn, which has taken the death toll of rhinos in past 47 days in Assam to 10. The park authorities, who seem to have been groping in dark about the nexus of poachers, said that forest guards spotted a bullet-ridden body of a male mature rhino near Kawoimari forest camp in Bagori range of the park on Sunday morning.
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Climate change endangers Big Cats in Sundarbans
Increasing human pressures and ecosystem changes are posing combined threat to the population of endangered Royal Bengal tigers, in Sundarbans. This has been stressed in an expert study titled ‘Sharing
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New records of the Nilgiri Marten Martes gwatkinsii in Western Ghats, India
The Nilgiri Marten Martes gwatkinsii is a rare and little known species endemic to the Western Ghats mountain range of Southern India. Information about its distribution and occurrence is largely lacking.
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The Houbara: Headed for oblivion?
The elusive Asian houbara bustard could fall victim to falconers and poaching without strong international protection.
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Procedure to handle straying tigers spelt out
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has laid down a Standard Operating Procedure to deal with emergencies arising out of straying of tigers into human habitations. In a directive to all Heads of Forest Forces and Chief Wildlife Wardens in Tiger Range States, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has asked them to translate the SOP in regional languages and circulate it widely among the field staff for guidance.
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“Time we save the sea turtles”
Unprecedented level of deaths reported this season It is a cause for concern that sea turtles or green turtles are facing extinction to an unprecedented level at the peak of the breeding season in Tamil Nadu. In the past two months several hundred carcasses of the adult green turtles have been found littered along the coastline in the State. That this endangered has found a place in the Red List speaks volumes about its inevitable role in preserving ecology, according to S. Murugan of the Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology of Annamalai University.
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First seahorses bred in captivity
Syed Akbar IN A major ecological exercise a team of scientists at the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, has successfully produced seahorses in captivity. The success of NIO
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Elephant sensors may come up on railway line to Sikkim
To avoid accidents on upcoming Sevoke-Rangpo line To get started a project that has been hanging for four years now for want of environment and forest clearance, the Railways have decided to install sensors to track the pachyderms present on or near rail tracks. The Railway Ministry has sought a detailed report on the feasibility of the project in order to get approval for the construction of the first rail link to Sikkim which is estimated to cost Rs.1,340 crore.
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Russia opens tiger summit to save the big cat
Russia on Sunday called for global efforts to avert extinction of tigers as wildlife activists and officials from 13 countries, including India, opened a summit today in St. Petersburg to discuss ways to double the population of the endangered animal from the existing 3,200.
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White tigers not to be shifted to Madhua forest: HC
BHOPAL: The white tiger will not be shifted to Madhua forest. A division bench of Madhya Pradesh high court comprising Chief Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde and Justice Ajit Singh overruled the possibility
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Rare poisonous spider found
Hyderabad, Sept. 2: A rare Black Widow spider was found at L B Nagar and Meerpet in the outskirts of the city recently. The spider is venomous and has been responsible for several deaths in America and Australia. Wildlife biologists have approached the National History Museums in America and Australia to identify the species.
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India and Nepal begin Royal Bengal tiger census
Forest and nature protection officials from Nepal and India have started their first ever joint survey of tigers. The survey will take place in a dozen or more wildlife preserves and forests spread
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Plan to minimise man-tiger conflicts
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has instructed the PCCF/HOFF(s) and Chief Wildlife Wardens of all “Tiger Range States” to adhere to a clearly defined Standard Operation Procedure (SOP)
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Continuing controversy over ridleys in Orissa: cui bono?
India hosts major aggregations of turtles, especially olive ridleys. The present debate over the construction of a port at Dhamra and other ports along the Orissa coast is part of long-standing controversy about turtles in this region.
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Nationwide tiger census from Monday
The government will conduct a three-month-long tiger count beginning Monday across all tiger habitats in the country, officials have said. Unlike previous counts, the tiger population will be counted in
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US wildlife officials propose endangered status for wolverines
Only 250 to 300 wolverines roam the US, but the species' habitats are threatened by climate change The tenacious wolverine, a snow-loving carnivore sometimes called the "mountain devil," is being added
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Maharashtra moves to protect tigers from electrocution by poachers
Poachers have devised an ingenious way of killing tigers by electrocuting the big cats in the remote and wild areas of Maharashtra. Taking a serious note of the deliberate electrocution of tigers, Chief
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Tigers under threat from disappearing mangrove forest
Report shows vast forest, shared by India and Bangladesh, is being rapidly destroyed by environmental change A vast mangrove forest shared by India and Bangladesh that is home to possibly 500 Bengal