Order of the High Court of Kerala in the matter of Sangita Iyer Vs Guruvayur Devasom & Others dated 17/02/2025. The Kerala High Court directed the Deputy Administrator (Livestock) of Guruvayoor Devaswom to file a detailed affidavit explaining the procedures being followed in Guruvayur Devaswom for booking and transporting elephants …
ARUSHA Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Tanzania and Kenya have agreed to reinforce security in the Tsavo-Mkomazi ecosystem with a view of protecting wildlife in the area. Marko Meoli, chief park warden at Mkomazi National Park, made the remarks on Monday when speaking on what transpired at the recent meeting organized by …
DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (Xinhua) -- WWF on Monday welcomed a move by the Tanzanian government to stop mining in the Selous Game Reserve, home to elephants, lions, hippos and African wild dogs. A statement issued by WWF in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam said the Tanzanian government stated …
Bengaluru: With 30 years devoted for conservation of forests in Karnataka, electrical engineer-turned-wildlife biologist Sanjay Gubbi needs no introduction. Recently, he was honoured with the prestigious Whitley Award (Green Oscars) for his service in wildlife preservation and expanding the protected areas of Karnataka by 6.5 lakh acres. Fresh from a …
Windhoek — The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has revealed that they arrested more than 222 suspects for poaching and illegal possession of either rhino horns or elephant tusks in 2016. Minister of Environment and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta made the revelations on Friday during the ministry's belated annual staff meeting, …
Theresa May has been accused of quietly scrapping a Conservative pledge to ban the ivory trade in the UK. Former Prime Minister David Cameron vowed to “press for a total ban on ivory sales” in his 2015 manifesto, echoing a previous promise made in 2010 to eradicate the bloodthirsty practice. …
Elephant census is not just about numbers, but a mode to understand the habitat and issues pertaining to its fragmentation, said R K Srivastava, Inspector General of Forests and director, Project Elephant, New Delhi. Speaking to DH on Day One of the census, he said the ministry of environment and …
CHENNAI: The four-day all-India elephant census begins in this part of the country from Tuesday . The census of the pachyderms that is carried out every five years, gives an estimate of their distribution and population in a particular area. The numbers will help track their movement and plan conservation. …
Last census, in 2012, had put the number of elephants at 6,177 in the State An elephant census will be held in southern India from May 17 to May 19. It is estimated that there are more than 6,000 elephants in the Wayanad, Nilambur, Anamudi, and Periyar elephant reserves of …
Ranchi: The Jharkhand forest, wildlife and environment department began a state-wide survey on Wednesday to determine the population of wild elephants in the state. Forest guards, officers and trackers, who have been specially trained for the census, will carry out the census in all forest divisions, including eight wildlife sanctuaries …
A park ranger was killed and two conservation workers were briefly abducted when bandits ambushed a convoy of rangers from the Itombwe reserve in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Anselme Matabaro, an ICCN staff member and deputy chief of the Itombwe reserve was seriously injured in the attack on …
Lusaka -The worldwide ban on the trade of both legal and illegally acquired ivory has left Zambia stuck with more than 52 tonnes of both legal and illegal ivory worth over US$100 million because of the worldwide trade ban of the commodity. According to government data, if Zambia was allowed …
Harare - Researchers in Zimbabwe and South Africa have embarked on a quest to unlock the make-up of elephant milk – and hopefully come up with a baby "formula" to keep orphan elephants alive. The difficulties of hand-rearing baby elephants are well-known: close to half die in captivity, many from …
ARUSHA, Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Authorities in southern Tanzania on Friday said they have arrested four people suspected to be poachers for allegedly killing two elephants, and removing its tusks. Henry Mwaibambe, Assistant Commissioner of police (in charge of anti-poaching), said the killings of the two jumbos occurred in a remote …
उत्तराखंड में राजाजी व कार्बेट टाइगर रिजर्व के साथ ही 11 वन प्रभागों में फैले हाथियों के वासस्थलों में 23 मई से गजराज की गणना होगी, जो 27 मई तक चलेगी। उत्तराखंड में राजाजी व कार्बेट टाइगर रिजर्व के साथ ही 11 वन प्रभागों में फैले हाथियों के वासस्थलों में …
Africa’s elephant population has fallen by a massive 30% since 2007. A comprehensive country-by-country analysis examines the substantial differences in elephant decline in the 10 major safari countries. The largest online marketplace for African safari tours conducted a country-by-country analysis to gain a better understanding of the rapid decline in …
With people and wildlife co-existing ever more closely, conflict situations often arise. What to do? Shooting animals is a frequent solution. In Nepal, an alternative approach is tried. The Himalayan Tiger Foundation is working with the National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC), WWF-Nepal and the authorities of Bardiya National Park …
Almost half of the Unesco world heritage sites designated for their importance to nature are threatened by the illegal wildlife trade, a WWF report has said. Poaching, illegal logging and fishing, and the trafficking of rare species are plaguing 45% of the world’s most precious natural areas, the report from …
As I pushed through thick, towering reeds in the Bangweulu Swamps of northern Zambia, my heart pounded in anticipation of what creature I might find in the clearing beyond. But it was empty. Only a single set of huge, round impressions trailed through the soft mud—the tracks of an elephant …
Many conservationists are becoming increasingly alarmed about a spate of controversial proposals by Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa they feel could jeopardise attempts to conserve the Big Five animals. Over the past two months Molewa has published draft regulations which, if approved, would allow the export of 800 lion skeletons …
Kenya is now the third highest ranked sub-Saharan African country in terms of its travel and tourism competitiveness, according to a World Economic Forum report released last week. The report says Kenya has moved ahead of Namibia into the third position in the ranking which includes factors such as the …
