Apart from poaching and habitat loss, climate change-induced droughts have been threatening the rhino population in Africa, pointed out a new report. On the other hand, climate disruptions in Asia can lead to the deaths of rhinos. Increased precipitation, longer monsoons and seasonal floods are already resulting in stranding, drowning …
KATHMANDU, MAY 06 - Nepal is now home to 645 endangered one-horned rhinoceros. That number represents an increase of 111 rhinos from 2011, according to the findings of a nation-wide rhino count released on Tuesday. A month-long rhino count taken across the rhino habitats in the country—at Chitwan National Park …
Large grass-eating animals including elephants, rhinos and hippos are facing extinction, a new study has warned. As many as 60 per cent of large herbivores are struggling to survive, with all of the threatened species living in the developing nations in Africa and Asia, with the exception of the European …
The winner of a major conservation prize has called on the Indonesian government to halt a road-building plan that threatens the last place on Earth where elephants, rhinoceros, tigers and orangutans live together. The plan for the Ladia Galaska road network has been approved by the Aceh government, but requires …
Poaching went down almost by half last year compared to 2013, latest government figures show. The figures are expected to drop further this year, Kenya Wildlife Service says. KWS acting director general William Kiprono said poaching of elephants has gone down by 47 per cent. About 302 elephants were killed …
Namibia's Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) will apply a zero tolerance policy in dealing with the threat of rhino and elephant poaching in the Etosha National Park (ENP) and some parts of Kunene Region (province). A total of 31 rhino carcasses with horns and some without horns were discovered …
The National Green Tribunal has issued notices to 71 hotels, dhabas and resorts for encroaching into the national park after CAG’s damning report After shocking revelations of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India about the dire state of management of Kaziranga National Park, home to one-horned rhinoceros, the National …
The National Green Tribunal has slammed the Assam government over a CAG report which has detected a number of lapses and anomalies by the state in maintenance of the Kaziranga National Park. “Our attention is drawn to the report of CAG published by the government of Assam… according to the …
Three out of the five remaining rhinos in the world are found in Sudan, where they are heavily protected against poachers. The possibility of the three (Sudan, 42; Fatu, 15; and Najin, 25) procreating naturally is doubtful as they had failed severally even when aided. Though the three northern white …
THE threat looming over Namibia's rhinoceros population is even bigger than previously thought, with 38 rhino carcasses having been discovered in the Etosha National Park so far this year. The Ministry of Environment and Tourism announced in a media statement on Friday that another 31 rhino carcasses have been found …
Windhoek — Rhinos continue to die at the hands of suspected poachers in the country's national parks, especially in Etosha. The Director of Regional Services and Parks Management, Colgar Sikopo, yesterday confirmed the crisis. He said some of the carcasses are old, while some have horns. "We have a team …
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar's claim that all's well with the country's rhinoceros population is only half the story. While the population of the onehorned rhinoceros is on the rise -2,401 at the most recent count undertaken in March -instances of poaching too have increased, with nine rhinos being killed by …
Poachers killed 12 rhinos in Namibia’s Etosha National Park and in north-western Kunene region so far this year, authorities said. Seven rhino carcasses were discovered in Etosha, a prime tourist attraction, between February and April 7. “These cases bring the total of eleven poached rhinos in Etosha since October to …
CHITWAN: Officials and experts have started counting one-horned rhinoceros in Parsa from today. The main objective of the project is to ascertain the exact population of rhinos potential threats to them. The last rhino census was conducted in 2011. Minister for Soil Conservation and Forest Mahesh Acharya today inaugurated the …
Poachers are using photographs taken by safari tourists to hunt down and kill incredibly rare lions, tigers and elephants by downloading digital data attached to the images revealing the exact locations of animals. Many modern cameras and smartphones automatically record the exact time and location where an image is taken …
Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa has published the Biodiversity Management Plan for white rhinoceros in the Government Gazette No. 38619, for public comment. "The gazetting of the management plan is in terms of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 and was developed in accordance with the National Norms …
South Africa National Parks says its plan to sell and relocate 286 white rhinos is almost complete as it seeks to save the animals from poachers. The rhinos will be moved to private properties with their suitability for keeping the endangered animals in an “advanced stage” of assessment, Kuseni Dlamini, …
Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has invited the public to comment on amendments to the Threatened or Protected Species (TOPS) Regulations and species list. "The Department of Environmental Affairs has undertaken a substantial review of the TOPS Regulations, as well as the list of threatened or protected species that was …
In the last decade the African continent has been facing a number of incidences on rhino poaching and we may be heading to rhino extinction. A number of strategies have been tried and tested to protect the rhinos in Africa. However, rhinos killed by poaching are ever increasing. Based on …
Large-scale encroachment, aging guards, defective weapons, zero conviction of poachers are bane of KNP The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) had found loopholes in the management plans in Kaziranga National Park which have been abetting poaching activities in the Unesco World Heritage Site. “Deficiencies in funding adversely affected …
