It's official: Tiger has entered lions' kingdom
AHMEDABAD: It's officially confirmed now. A tiger has indeed entered the lions' den in Gujarat - which is home to the Asiatic lion's last abode. Six days after a school teacher clicked a tiger on his
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49 elephants killed in Railway accidents between 2016-18: MoEFCC
In addition, 11 tigers and 13 lions died in railway and road accidents in the past three years In 2016, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC) released ‘Eco-friendly measures
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All Asiatic lions in state to be screened
Rajkot: The reason for deaths of 11 lions in just eight days in Dalkhaniya Range of Gir (east) still remains a mystery. A day after forests minister Ganpat Vasava categorically stated that only three
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Tourists to South Africa warned 'orphan' lion cub farms are a scam driving big cats to extinction
Holidaymakers are being warned against scam “orphan” lion cub attractions that are a front for the lucrative trade in shooting the animals dead. Parks in South Africa where tourists can take selfies
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Africa: Lion Poaching the Brutal New Threat to Africa's Prides
Kampala, Uganda — That's fresh, just a few hours old," says Kris Everatt, pointing at a clear print of a lion's paw in the hot dust. "It's the ghost pride." The print is female. A bigger male print is
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South Africa to Export 1,500 Lion Skeletons Per Year—Legally
Lions, already in decline throughout Africa, face a new threat: growing demand for their body parts, including bones, teeth, and claws. These are sought after for use in traditional medicines and trinkets,
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Death of wild animals in rail and road accidents, 07/01/2019
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Death of wild animals in rail and road accidents, 07/01/2019. The number of death of wild animals in road and rail accidents in the country are not collated by the Ministry.
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$0.5m funding to stop the decline in the population of African lions
Big Life Foundation, which operates in northern Tanzania where human-wildlife conflict has resulted in retaliatory killing of lions, is among six organisations in Africa that have been selected for a $500,000
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A ‘perfect policy storm’ cuts puma numbers by almost half near Jackson, Wyoming
Several decades of seemingly unrelated policies, ranging from increases in elk hunting to the reintroduction of wolves, have combined to cut a population of mountain lions in the western United States
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Trends in global CO2 and total greenhouse gas emissions: 2018 report
In 2017, the warmest year on record of years without the occurrence of El Niño, and a year with normal global economic growth, the increase in global greenhouse gas emissions resumed at a rate of 1.3%
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East African lions dying of poisoning
Inside East Africa’s largest national park, Ruaha in Tanzania, stands a group of conservationists with six carcasses of dead lions before them. Beside the lions is another carcass of a cow, which they
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The Lion in West Africa Is critically endangered
<p>The African lion has declined to <35,000 individuals occupying 25% of its historic range. The situation is most critical for the geographically isolated populations in West Africa, where the species
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Will SA's estimated 7 000 canned lions all end up this way?
Cape Town - The issue of canned lion hunting has never received as much attention than before the death of Cecil the lion or the controversial SA based-documentary Blood Lions. And while many strides
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Maasai warriors prepare for revenge attack against lions
Residents of Empakasi village in Kitengela at the scene where six lions struck for a second time, killing 15 sheep and goats. [Peterson Githaiga, Standard] Maasai morans plan to storm the Nairobi National
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Keeping lions at bay to keep them going
Conflict between local pastoralists and lions remains a tricky problem in lion conservation, but reinforcing traditional fencing structures called “bomas” may provide a cost-effective solution. A
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HC issues notices to Gujarat, Centre on death of 184 lions in 2 years
AHMEDABAD: Taking a serious note of the death of 184 lions in the state in the last two years, the Gujarat High Court today sought explanations of the Union and the state governments over the disturbing
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Many lions killed in recent human-wildlife conflict in Namibia
Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC) has become frequent over recent weeks in Namibia and lions are at the short end of the stick, as up to 25 lions have died so far this year, an official said Monday. Namibia’s
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32 lions died accidental deaths in Gir in last two years
GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat government today admitted in the Legislative Assembly that 32 Asiatic lions died due to "unnatural causes" such as falling into wells in the last two years in and around Gir Wildlife
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More than 6,000 SA lion skeletons exported to Southeast Asia
More than 6‚000 lion skeletons have been exported from SA to Southeast Asia in the last decade. The bones come mainly from lions killed in canned hunting — animals bred in captivity and shot by paying
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Trump wildlife protection board has many trophy hunters
Washington – A new US advisory board created to help rewrite federal rules for importing the heads and hides of African elephants, lions and rhinos is stacked with trophy hunters, including some members