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 …
Conservation is a fundamentally spatial pursuit. Human–elephant conflict (HEC), in particular crop-raiding, is a significant and complex conservation problem wherever elephants and people occupy the same space. Conservationists and wildlife managers build electrified fences as a technical solution to this problem. Fences provide a spatial means of controlling human–elephant interactions …
MARGHERITA, January 31: Upper Dehing Forest Reserve of Digboi Forest Division under Tinsukia has more or less depleted as precious trees are being allegedly chopped illegally by timber smugglers every day. Senior forest department officials allegedly receive a lot of commission from these timber smugglers. Animals such elephants, leopard, deer, …
Yahoo Japan said Wednesday it is strengthening policing of illegal ivory on its online commerce site as criticism grows it is supporting a trade that fuels the slaughter of wild elephants. A spokeswoman for the company said it prohibits sales of raw ivory and ivory products that breach a 1989 …
CITES called on Tanzania and Mozambique – both of which have lost more than half their elephants since 2009 – to take critical steps against ivory trafficking before its next meeting in September. Meanwhile, the committee recommended that Angola, Laos and Nigeria should face sanctions on trade in CITES-listed species …
Lions are getting pregnant and the waterbuck population is soaring at one of Mozambique’s main national parks, once the scene of fighting during a civil war which virtually wiped out the park’s lions, elephants and many other species. The 15-year conflict that killed up to 1 million people ended in …
KOLKATA: West Bengal is finally making efforts to reintroduce big cats in north Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve, where no tiger sightings have been reported in the past two decades. The proposal was submitted to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) recently. Though state chief wildlife warden Pradip Shukla gave a …
Rubirizi — Six elephants were killed by poachers in Queen Elizabeth National Park in September, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has said, describing it as a setback in efforts to conserve the animals that are facing extinction. The manager Queen Elizabeth protected area, Mr Nelson Guma, said the killing of …
The Zoological Society London (ZSL), whose mission is to promote and achieve the world-wide conservation of animals and their habitats, says it may have taken a step closer to fulfilling that with the development of a new camera, which it calls Instant Detect. Developed in partnership with other companies like …
Elephants may be keeping up with their social networks despite being hunted. Scientists have found that while these animals are under pressure, they still have rich social networks among groups. Poachers killed about 100,000 Africa's elephants for their ivory between 2010 and 2012. Older and more experienced individuals were at …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Compilation of damage due to man-elephant conflict , 21/12/2015. The data on damage, to crops and properties as well as human deaths due to human elephant conflicts, is compiled regularly by Central and State Governments. State-wise information on crop, property damages and human casualties …
The social lives of elephants have remained strong, despite huge population losses from poachers, say researchers. The study found that the social networks between African elephants remained positive; even as complex as those of humans. The researchers, from Colorado State University, found that the daughters of elephant mothers who have …
Could putting vibrations into the ground be a way to keep elephants from coming into conflict with humans? Already, attempts have been made to scare the animals away from villages using their own very low-frequency alarm calls - with partial success. Now scientists are studying whether even better results could …
A new scanner could help Thai law enforcement tell right away whether an object for sale is sourced illegally. It has long been illegal to trade internationally in ivory from Asian elephants. Only about 43,000 are left in the wild, and they face threats from habitat loss and conflicts with …
Elephants are very intelligent animals. They share and pass on information to others and young ones based on experiences and adaptations. The difference between Asian and African elephants are not just their ears and tusks, but also their genes and interestingly their sense of smell. A team of researchers from …
Singapore authorities have impounded half a tonne of elephant tusks in one of the largest ivory seizures made in the city-state in over a decade. The tusks, weighing 505 kg (1,100 pounds), were found along with 324 kg of pangolin scales in an air shipment on its way to Laos …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rohit Choudhury Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 16/12/2015 regarding obstruction of Upper Dihing East Elephant Corridor by building a golf course, Kaziranga National Park, Assam. Mr. Samardit Sharma is present before the Tribunal and he submits that he …
Japan is fuelling the trade in illegal ivory and undermining international efforts to protect Africa’s elephants by failing to crack down on illegal registration practices, according to a report released today. Although Japan signed a 1989 convention banning the global trade in ivory, traders are registering tusks that are of …
The central African state of Gabon, home to half of Africa’s endangered forest elephants, has impounded more than 200kg (440lb) of ivory in what may be its largest seizure ever. Gabon is seeking to promote ecotourism and has poured money into protecting its 50,000 forest elephants, prized by ivory poachers …
Government is now conceding that elephant poaching has reached unprecedented levels in Malawi national parks and game reserves forcing a high drop in tourism population in these sites. Director of Wildlife and Parks Brighton Kunchedwa said this on Monday in Blantyre during the opening of a two week workshop to …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Biodiversity Areas, 08/12/2015. Details of funds released to State/ UT Governments under these Centrally Sponsored Schemes of ‘Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats’ (IDWH) ‘Project Tiger’ and ‘Project Elephant’ during 2014-15 is given in the Annexure.
