- HC seeks report on mobile zoos
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to apprise it of the proposed measures to check cruelty against animals lodged in mobile zoos across the country. A Division Bench comprising Justice Y K Sabharwal and C K Mahajan asked the Ministry to file …
- Bear sanctuary gets green signal
The Delhi Government has given the go-ahead to the project for rehabilitation of dancing bears in the Asola Bhatti forest without going into the technical or financial aspects.
-NGOs' meet calls for wildlife conservation
An orientation cum network meeting of NGOs involved in promoting wildlife conservation in North-east India was held in the conference hall of the Guwahati Planetarium here today.
-No Manjira water for all
HMWSSB: Officials of the Hyderabad metropolitan water supply and sewerage board (HMWSSB) have expressed their inability to supply the much-sought-after Manjira water to the bulk of the consumers in the twin cities.The board is not in a position to meet even valid demands of the people on the outskirts of …
- Sanctuary for black bucks
The Maharashtra government has declared 217.30 hectares of reserve forest at Rehekuri in Ahmednagar district as a san ctuary for the small Indian gazelle, a species of black buck locally known as kalvit.
Most endangered marine mammal found off Bet Dwarka
A group from the Centre for Environment Education sighted dugong (sea cow) near Bet Dwarka. Dugong is the most endangered marine mammal. There was a time when dugongs were found in abundance in the Red Sea, Gulf of Mannar and in a number of islands between Tuticorin and Sri Lanka. …
-Mixed reaction in Nepal over burning of wildlife trophies
Curious bystanders and local bigways look on with mixed expressions as a cache of wildlife trophies, including fake tiger skins, toe nails-and rhino horns, are doused with kerosene and set aloght.Sunday's exercise, the first of its kind in the country, was to discourage wildlife trade in Nepal - a major …
- Ranbaxy served legal notice
People for Animals, dubbed as the country's leargest animal welfare organisation, today served a legal notice on Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited for importing 50 Beagle dogs from the U.S.A. to conduct experiments "without obtaining the necessary permission". A member of the organisation, A Bansal, says that the notice was served after …
British military exercises in akamas are "postponed"
The Greenpeace Mediterranean office said it supports the efforts of the Cyprus government for achieving a "postponement" of the British military exercises planned to begin in the Akamas peninsula. The loggerhead turtles and the green turtles nest in the beaches of Akamas, an area where the flora and fauna is …
Infirmaries for animals ordered
The Mumbai High court has in an interim order directed the Maharashtra Government to appoint infirmaries all over the state to take care of sick and invalid animals.
- Man-animal conflict main cause for tiger deaths
Man-animal conflict, more so than poaching, has been cited as the primary cause for the steady depletion of the tiger population. Says the director of a tiger conservation programme at the World Wildlife Fund-India, Dr M.K. Ranjitsinh: "With the unabated increase in human and livestock populations, the protected areas (PAS) …
- Dolphin sanctuary proposed on Ganga in UP
The 160-km stretch in the upper part of the Ganga between Bijnor and Narora barrage in Uttar Pradesh is soon to be declared a dolphin sanctuary. According to World Wide Fund for Nature sources almost all the paper work in this regard was over and the new government at the …
- India faces major water crisis
Unicef : India, with close to 900 million people, has a major water crisis, according to Unicef reports. This was stated on the occasion of World Day for Water. The United Nations has marked March 22 as the World Day for Water and the theme for this year is Ground …
- UK expert protects rookeries
At last the Olive Ridley Turtles have found their saviour in Dr Robert Sutccliff, who had made his life mission to save this endangered species on the Orissa coastline, which is considered the largest rookery of these turtles. The rookeries of the turtles include the world famous Gahirmatha beach, and …
Wildlife history enacted at Lankan national park
A new chapter was written in the history of wildlife at Lanka's Uduwalawe National Park yesterday when an "artifical herd" of elephants was accepted by a natural herd almost an hour after it was released into the forest.
Leopards dwindle in Haryana forests
The population of leopards in different forest reserves of Haryana has dropped during the past four years. On the other hand, the population of other species of wild animals- Sambar, barking deer, goral and wild boar have registered an increase.
Concern over trawlers' killing of Olive Ridleys
A serious situation has emerged along the Orissa coast as wanton killing of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles by fishing trawlers continues unabated. According to a letter by the Dehra Dun-based Wildlife Institute of India to the state chief conservator of forests (CCF), wildlife, early last week, over 10,000 turtles …
Ex-forest officer stacked ivory
Secretary of the Wildlife Society of Orissa Biswajit Mohanty has petitioned both the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) and the Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) against S.C. Mohanty, retired divisonal forest officer, for illegally possessing 27 pieces of ivory tusk and 7 pieces of tiger skin.
