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 …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre and ors. vs. Union of India and Ors. dated 18/08/2015 regarding cruelties meted to the elephants in the State of Kerala and how they are required to be curbed. The Apex Court directed that …
The Edamalayar elephant poaching case in Kerala has triggered alarm bells in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve where anti-poaching camps have been put on high alert. Though there is no contiguity of habitat or forests linking south Kerala with Bandipur, the officials are not taking any chances. H.C. Kantharaj, Director, Bandipur …
The one-off sale of ivory from Southern African nations to China and Japan in 2009 has caused an explosion of demand for ivory, skyrocketing prices, and a slaughter of elephants across the continent. The best estimate of the rate of killing is based on the number of tusks seized and …
The Kenyan elephants are at great risk due to massive poaching in the neighbouring Tanzania, experts have warned. Last year, Kenya lost 167 elephants to poachers while Tanzania lost more than 10,000 jumbos. WildlifeDirect CEO Paula Kahumbu said though the elephant population at the park had stabilised between 1,500 to …
WORST JUMBO CARNAGE SINCE VEERAPPAN RUN Kunjumon has lived most of his adult life in the forests of Kerala -as a government watchman and then as a cook for poachers.That transition made little difference, he told cops. It was the killing of a baby elephant last year that changed his …
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has suspended hunting of wildlife in three park estates and introduced stringent conditions for lion, leopard and elephant hunts. This follows the killing of a popular lion, Cecil, by an American dentist Walter Palmer using a bow and arrow earlier this month after …
Parliamentary standing committee on science and technology, environment and forests urges the environment ministry to give funds to Tamil Nadu to rejuvenate all the lakes including the one at Ooty under the National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & …
Population of wild animals like lions, tigers and elephants have increased over the years across the country, Rajya Sabha was informed today. "Estimates of population of major wild animals indicate that there has been an increase in their numbers. The number of Asiatic lion has increased from 304 in 1995 …
GOVERNMENT has embarked on investigations into a scandal relating to a large haul of ivory, worth over US 400,000 dollars (over 800m/-) on the black market, that was seized at Zurich airport last month on its way to China from Tanzania. A statement from the Ministry of Natural Resource and …
To help combat rhino and elephant poaching, members of the Namibia Professional Hunting Association (NAPHA) donated goods valued at N$1.987 million for auction. Although no incidence of rhino and elephant poaching has been recorded in the country since May, the statistics are still alarming, with 60 rhinos poached and 23 …
Delta Air Lines Inc banned shipments of lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo trophies on its aircraft on Monday amid international outrage over the killing of Zimbabwe's most famous lion by an American hunter. The No. 2 U.S. passenger carrier is the only American airline to fly directly between the …
Vigilant people living in fringe areas of the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Assam, are making a significant contribution in protecting endangered one-horned rhinoceros from poachers. Faced with relentless threat from poachers, the KNP authorities in coordination with the Assam police have mobilised local villagers …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on human-animal conflict, 04/08/2015. Incidences of loss of human lives and damage to crops by wild animals are reported in various parts of the country from time to time. Management of forest and wildlife is the responsibility of State Governments. As such State-wise and year-wise …
Faced with an unprecedented surge in wildlife crime, the UN this week adopted a historic resolution committing all countries to ramp up their collective efforts to end the global poaching crisis and tackle the vast illegal wildlife trade. Initiated by Gabon and Germany and co-sponsored by 84 other nations, the …
Effective wildlife conservation requires understanding and integration of cultural values and practices among communities within wildlife range areas. In Africa, elephants still roam outside protected areas and frequently interact with local people. Maasai-land in East Africa has a considerable elephant population, estimated to number 20,000 individuals, yet there is little …
Two suspects have been arrested over the killing of five elephants at Tsavo West National Park, the Kenya Wildlife Service has said. KWS said the carcasses of a female adult and four sub-adults were found at Losoita area at about 11am on Tuesday. The suspects were tracked to nearby Manyatta …
In this work, we developed an automated system to detect potentially illegal elephant ivory items for sale on eBay. Two law enforcement experts, with specific knowledge of elephant ivory identification, manually classified items on sale in the Antiques section of eBay UK over an 8 week period. This set the …
Eight lives were lost in 2014 and four till now in Sathyamangalam, Hassanur and Erode Erode accounts for a high number of deaths in man-animal conflicts. Eight lives were lost in 2014 and four till now in attacks by wild animals in the forest divisions of Sathyamangalam, Hassanur and Erode. …
The officials of Rani Divisional Forest Office have started digging drains in the Rani area to save paddy plants from herds of wild elephants. Rani DFO Arup Kumar Chaliha said: “We have taken various steps to save the people and their paddy fields from elephant attacks and under this, we …
The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, has signed up as a founding member of the pan-African Giants Club, joining political and business leaders to combat an illegal wildlife trade that has devastated Africa’s elephant herds. In a long-awaited move, he also committed to the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI), which was …
