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 …
Banned in 1975, Shahtoosh shawl, made from the wool of endangered Tibetan antelope Chiru, has not lost its charm with a revival in its sale in the last decade, no matter how furtively. Tibetan antelope chiruThe Shahtoosh trade was banned globally in 1975 under the Convention on International Trade in …
The recent decision of the state government to allow hunting of blue bull, commonly known as nilgai, can spell disaster for the population of Asian antelope that is found only in northern India and Pakistan. The blue bull is an antelope species. The state government took decision to allow killing …
India and China have deferred signing an agreement for joint research on Himalayan glaciers till October-end. Union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said a comprehensive accord will be drawn up when a Chinese delegation visits New Delhi. While the signs of fast melting of glaciers which feed …
Mumbai: In what may be an outcome of the diminishing forest cover in the city, a group of animal lovers last week rescued an injured four-horned antelope at a busy street of Ulhasnagar and brought it to the Bombay Society of Prevention against Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA) for treatment. The …
The IUCN press release on conservation status of antelopes updated by Antelope Specialist Group (SSC/IUCN)as part of the Global Mammal Assessment. Twenty five of 91 antelope species, or about a quarter have been rated "endangered". A quarter of the world's antelope species is under threat of extinction due to hunting …
BARCELONA: Few people call it eco-friendly when a company like Royal Dutch Shell, to pump natural gas and make petroleum products, disturbs coral reefs and damages the habitats of rare desert truffles and vulnerable birds. But the energy giant may have found a way to turn local environmental losses into …
With the death last week of a blackbuck, the species' population at the Karachi Zoological Gardens has been reduced from 28 to a mere three over five years, and there is little hope of any increase since the remaining females have no mates. The female blackbuck was discovered dead about …
The number of antelopes is dwindling day by day in the district, thanks to nature's fury and the laxity of authorities. Hundreds of antelopes including Chinkara, Chousinga, Spotted Deer and Sambar were living in the islands of Godavari River including Narayanalanka, Addankivarilanka, Veedhivarilanka, Kedarulanka, Sathemmalanka and Nandapallilanka. The antelopes made …
The unique and beautiful Tibetan antelope, or chiru, is in imminent danger of extinction from illegal hunting. At current rates of hunting, the species may be extinct in the wild within two years. The chiru is hunted for its underfur, which is used to make a very fine wool called …
The government of the state of Jammu and Kashmir (j & k) is in a fix on the issue of trade in shahtoosh, high-quality wool from the neck-hair of the endangered Tibetan antelope, known as chiru. On May 1, 2000, the High Court of j & k had ruled that …
forest minister of Maharashtra Swarup Singh Naik has announced that the state government would allow farmers to kill wild boar and nilgai found damaging their crops. Both nilgai (the largest Asian antelope) and wild boar (the omnivorous animal is highly prolific and breeds in all seasons) fall under schedule iii …
Atul Kaushik Hats off to Anil Agarwal for his insightful piece on Kashmir and environment. It is such rational thinking that can resolve the trade-environment debate. Uday Turaga The column you wrote on the issue and the perspective that you brought to the Kashmir issue is immensly creative and appealing. …
in a bid to "protect the farmers' crops', the Digvijay Singh Cabinet has decided to give permission for the hunting and killing of neelgai (blue bulls) in some parts of Madhya Pradesh. The districts of Datia, Bhind, Morena, Gwalior, Chhattarpur and Tikamgarh have been increasingly coming under the attacks of …
the Jammu and Kashmir government severely criticised the worldwide ban on shahtoosh shawls saying it is "a deliberate attempt at discrimination against over 2,000 people of the state whose livelihood is totally dependent on this trade.' Minister for industries Mustafa Kamal said that there was no specific evidence that the …
the 600-year-old Shahtoosh shawl industry in Kashmir is on its last legs. Although not banned by the Jammu and Kashmir (j&k;) government, trade in Shahtoosh was banned by the Indian government in 1991. Instances of Shahtoosh shawls being seized by police outside the state are common. All this has led …
apart from the signboards directing the way to Son Chirya Sanctuary in Ghategaon, it is quite impossible to tell whether your destination has arrived. A railway line goes past the protected area, situated 60 km from the historic town of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. There is an irrigation dam, too, …
Led by the Worldwide Fund for Nature ( wwf ), conservationists have warned that if the growing trade in shahtoosh wool does not stop, the Tibetan antelope, known as chiru , will become extinct. There is a ban on the nefarious trade since 1979 under the Convention on International Trade …
