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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Applauding the Chinese Government"s closure of many of its ivory factories and retail outlets, the United Nations environment wing has called on other countries and territories to follow China"s example and improve the survival prospects for elephants across the world. The move, announced by the country"s State Forestry Administration, represents …
A wandering elephant on an Eastern Cape reserve owned by a wealthy Arab sheik, was shot dead at the weekend, sparking an outcry from conservationists. Claims were that if the authorities had clamped down harder and sooner on the owner after previous acts of alleged mismanagement — including not maintaining …
Nairobi - The price of ivory in China has dropped sharply as the country plans to end the legal trade in ivory later this year, a leading elephant conservation group said in a new report on Wednesday. Chinese demand for tusks has been driving African elephants toward extinction, experts say. …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Conservation of Endangered Species, 14/03/2017. Census of major flagship species is undertaken at the State-level by the respective State/Union Territory Governments periodically. However census of tiger and elephant is undertaken at the national level once every four and five years respectively. State-wise estimated population …
• African Parks will receive $65 million from the Wyss Foundation to bolster conservation efforts in Rwanda, Malawi, and beyond. • The funds will go toward African Parks' management of Liwonde National Park, Majete Wildlife Reserve and Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve in Malawi; Akagera National Park in Rwanda; and five still-to-be-identified …
BUON DON, Vietnam – Only around 80 elephants remain in the wild in Vietnam, as the threat of humans and deforestation becomes ever greater, pushing their population to the brink of imminent extinction if sufficient measures are not taken to protect their habitat. “There were at least 500 wild elephants …
TOMORROW is the United Nations world wildlife day and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism has dedicated it to the protection of rhinos and elephants whose survival is threatened by poachers. The ministry said in a statement on Tuesday the day is also dedicated to the proper management of human-wildlife …
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) will rely on data generated from the ongoing census on elephants and other large mammals to strengthen their protection amid multiple threats, officials told Xinhua. Shadrack Ngene, KWS Assistant Director in charge of Ecological Monitoring, said the aerial count of elephants that commenced last week …
A ten-day aerial elephant census was concluded over the weekend in the Tsavo Conservation Area. Though the full tally of elephants is yet to be announced, previous results of the exercise which is conducted every three years indicated elephant populations as 11,076 in 2014; 12,573 in 2011 and 11,733 in …
This is a small group of forest elephants in Gabon's Minkébé National Park. Poaching for the illegal ivory trade has reduced their numbers by 80 percent, according to a new study. Credit: John Poulsen, Duke University Forest elephant populations in one of Central Africa's largest and most important preserves have …
Elephant populations are in peril everywhere, but forest elephants in Central Africa have sustained alarming losses in the last decade. Large, remote protected areas are thought to best safeguard forest elephants by supporting large populations buffered from habitat fragmentation, edge effects and human pressures. One such area, the Minkébé National …
Wildfire broke out in Kalkere range, Bandipur Tiger Reserve, on Saturday A day after fire broke out in the Kalkere range of Bandipur Tiger Reserve (BTR) killing a forest guard, fire engulfed the Gundre range on Sunday morning. The two wildfires have been captured by Nasa’s satellites. A senior Forest …
Kampala - Ugandan authorities seized a ton of illegal ivory and arrested three west Africans they believe were plotting to ship it abroad, an official said Saturday. The seizure happened late Friday at an "opulent, expansive house" in a suburb of the capital, Kampala, where law enforcement officials had been …
