Jungle kings languishing in cages
They are supposed to be the kings of jungles. But, for a star crossed bunch of four lions, abandoned by a circus company in the dusty small town of Sattur in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu life
They are supposed to be the kings of jungles. But, for a star crossed bunch of four lions, abandoned by a circus company in the dusty small town of Sattur in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu life
Death of a lion may not be unnatural in Gir. But, when a pair of males died recently, it left forest officials and ecologists completely foxed. They showed no signs of pain, no death pangs though
In a far sighted decision, Chhatbir Zoo authorities have decided to cremate the bodies of animals and birds that die in the zoo, and not just tigers, leopards and lions, so as to avoid pilferage and
A RECENT study conducted by a Delhi- based NGO, Vatavaran, revealed that there iva blatant plundering of the Nilgiri bioreserve by the international wildlife trade cartel. The
ANIMAL welfare activists in India have never adopted the path of physical violence taken by a section of those who protested against live cattle exports in England earlier this February. They do,
Skinning of animal creates a stink
In February this year, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar announced that the country could export wheat in the near future. "If the current weather persists and the country's wheat production
the newly-elected Punjab chief minister Prakash Singh Badal's move to provide free irrigation water and electricity to farmers will only harm the economy and the environment, without helping those
The concern over protecting the Asiatic lion relegated forestdwellers to secondary status in Gir
The pressure on land threatens the vivid and spectacular biodiversity of these hills
We are ready to give rights to animals. It sounds and looks good. The question is where do we draw the line?
At a time when plantation companies are under pressure for financial irregularities, they are also facing severe criticism from the ministry of environment and forests which has castigated them for
SLOTH bears riding bicycles, leopards jumping through hoops of fire and elephants playing football in the circus ring will soon be a thing of the past. A staggered phase-out of these animals will be
The South African National Parks Board has approved a revised management plan for the Kruger National Park ( knp ), near Johannesburg. The two main objectives of the plan are protecting the
Environmental degradation causes a plethora of problems. Mismanagement and destruction of natural resources leave people even more vulnerable
A plan to reintroduce wolves in Scotland s forests runs into rough weather
Translocation as a way of dealing with leopard human conflicts is completely wrong
Only poachers profit from rules and regulations that alienate local people from natural resources
Around 1,300 industrial units in Delhi have been given closure orders by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee for their failure to meet environmental standards. These industries had not completed
Certain rocks, discovered literally in the pits of the earth, could substantially change the prevailing tectonic theory