Wildlife

Order of the National Green Tribunal on the demarcation of Nahargarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 27/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Kamal Tiwari Vs Union of India & Others dated 27/05/2025. The Principal Chief Conservator of Forest and Chief Wildlife Warden, Rajasthan stated that a high level meeting to review the progress on the demarcation of Nahargarh …

Plans for a refuge for pangolins in peril in SA

Monitored by a conservationist, a young pangolin slurped ants with a long tongue near a veterinary hospital that became a temporary home after the animal was found near the body of its mother, killed by a jolt from an electric fence. The six-month-old scaly anteater foraged on a hillside, building …

Madagascar: Yet another anti-trafficking activist convicted

Christopher Magnenjika, an activist working to stem corruption and wildlife trafficking in northeastern Madagascar, was tried, convicted, fined $9 and released earlier this month. The charges against Magnenjika include “rebellion” and insulting local officials. Magnenjika’s supporters say his arrest and conviction were a pretext for keeping him quiet about the …

Transboundary cooperation improves endangered species monitoring and conservation actions: A case study of the global population of Amur leopards

Political borders and natural boundaries of wildlife populations seldom coincide, often to the detriment of conservation objectives. Transnational monitoring of endangered carnivores is rare, but is necessary for accurate population monitoring and coordinated conservation policies. We investigate the benefits of collaboratively monitoring the abundance and survival of the critically endangered …

Population of endangered hirola antelope on the decline

The hirola population has continued to shrink despite efforts by conservationists to save the world’s rarest antelope. Hirolas, which are found only in Kenya and Somalia, and which are considered the world’s most endangered antelopes, have been plagued by disease and habitat loss. ALSO READ: Lake basin sites among world …

Malawi: Experts Differ On Levels of Poaching in the Country

Blantyre — Experts have expressed different views over the rate of illegal killing of wild animals in both government and privately managed game reserves and protected areas. On its part, government says the rate of poaching has reduced in all the game reserves especially in areas under the management of …

Tanzania: Serengeti Voted Africa's Best Safari Park

Tanzania's Serengeti National Park is Africa's best safari park because of to the sheer numbers, variety of wildlife, abundance of predators and spectacular wildebeest migration. According to the latest ratings by safari travellers and African travel experts, Serengeti National Park polled 4.9 out of 5, emerging the winner. In second …

At least fifth of British mammal species could be wiped out within a decade

Populations of much-loved British mammals including hedgehogs and water voles have dropped by up to two-thirds over the past 20 years, and many more are threatened with imminent extinction. Even some apparently common creatures such as rabbits have been driven into decline by human pressures such as harmful farming activities …

Vipers: Kenya, China sign pact to restrict illegal trade

Kenya and China have forged a partnership in restricting the illegal trade of rare vipers. The vipers are illegally trafficked and sold in China to cartels and criminals. The partnership has been influenced under the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). …

Experts to help tackle man-elephant conflict near border

“Need to clear encroachments inside Goalpara forest division” GUWAHATI: The Assam forest department will take the help of experts in mitigating human-elephant conflict along the Meghalaya border even as the root of the problem lies in the growing encroachment inside Goalpara forest division. A tusk-less male elephant, suspected to be …

Zambia Denies Authorising Culling of 2 000 Hippos

Lusaka — The Zambian government yesterday denied reports that it has authorised the culling of 2 000 hippopotamuses in a national park with a high population of the mammals. Born Free, a conservationist organisation, which two years ago led protests against plans by the government to cull elephants in the …

Newly discovered Orangutan species requires urgent habitat protection

Remaining habitat for P. tapanuliensis is threatened by forest fragmentation, habitat degradation, and conversion that are slated to continue. These are critical factors for the survival of large primates, and particularly Sumatran orangutans, including P. tapanuliensis. Presently, individuals of this species are divided among three forest fragments in the Batang …

NGO Eco-Pro marches 43km for wildlife safety

Chandrapur: Highlighting the increasing number of wild animals being killed on Chandrapur-Mul stretch of newly declared national highway No. 930, NGO Eco-Pro took out a 43-km-long march on Thursday. Over 50 volunteers of the NGO marched full 43km in a day demanding mitigation measures on Mul-Chandrapur road that has turned …

Mussoorie’s Jabarkhet Reserve reports big loss in forest fires

Mussoorie: The Jabarkhet Nature Reserve (JNR), a 100-acre privately-owned forest reserve popular with visitors to the hill town is the latest casualty in the recent spate of forest fires that have hit the state. According to reserve officials, almost 80% of the reserve has been affected in fires that have …

US, Angola confront Cooperation in Environmental Domain

The United States of America (USA) will continue to spur the co-operation with Angola for the encouragement of environmental tourism and wildlife in Angola. This intent was manifested last Tuesday, in Luanda, by the chairman of the Foreign Relations Commission of the USA House of Representatives, Ed Royce. ANGOP has …

How chopping off their horns helps save rhinos from poachers

Armed with a dart gun in a helicopter hovering above Somkhanda game reserve in South Africa, the vet Dr Mike Toft has just shot a powerful cocktail of drugs into the massive white rhino below. The 2,000kg (315st) bull starts to stagger and sinks slowly to its knees as the …

$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 funding by the Lion Recovery Fund. The funding targets saving African lions, one of the most iconic and revered …

Suspected poachers shot dead in Kenyan national park

Wildlife troopers shot dead three armed men in Kenya’s Mount Elgon National Park on Wednesday while two other suspected poachers were injured but escaped, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said. “The officers were on routine patrol inside the park when they encountered five poachers, two of whom were armed,” KWS …

Kony kills 100 elephants yearly

Kidega, who has been in captivity for 15 years, said after returning from their hunting zone, they hand over the consignment to Joseph Kony’s immediate team that delivers it to Dafur where he’s suspected to be hiding. After Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels losing grip on guerilla warfare in South …

Man-elephant conflict on rise in Udalguri

TANGLA, May 29: The Udalguri district, administered by the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), has witnessed a steady rise in human-elephant conflict over the past decade. The illegal human encroachment in the age-old elephant corridors of Udalguri district has posed serious threat to ecology of the district since long. The unabated …

Zambia denies reports of authorizing culling of 2,000 hippos

The Zambian government on Tuesday denied reports that it has authorized the culling of 2,000 hippopotamuses in a national park with a high population of the mammals. Born Free, a conservationist organization which two years ago led protests against plans by the government to cull elephants in the famous Luangwa …

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