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 …
Efforts to curb the deadly trade in rhino horn appear to be gaining traction, with a poll finding that demand for the animal part in Vietnam has dropped by more than a third over the past year. After a year-long public information campaign in Vietnam, only 2.6% of people in …
Dudhwa National Park, located in Uttar Pradesh, became the first park in India to see the relocation of several Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus 1758) in 1984. Nine rhinos were brought in from Assam and Nepal and released in an electrified fence over two years. While the forest department …
THE number of endangered black rhinos has reduced by one after armed poachers killed a rhino at the raided the privately owned Solio ranch in Nyeri county. The unknown number of armed poachers cut through an electric fence at the expansive ranch on Tuesday night before killing the rhino with …
It has been observed that the number of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish across the globe are declining in numbers day by day due to various reasons. According to a recent survey by World Wildlife Fund (WWF), over 3,000 animal species have plunged by more than half in just …
The International police organisation Interpol announced Tuesday (October 7th) it would establish a team to target ivory trafficking and more generally, environmental crime, in Africa. The new team, based in Nairobi, will help further Interpol's Project Wisdom, which combats elephant and rhinoceros poaching and the illegal trade of ivory, AFP …
Authorities say they have made progress in the fight against environmental crimes in the 2013/2014 financial year. This is according to the National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Report released on Wednesday in Pretoria. "An overview of the criminal enforcement activities for the 2013/14 period shows an increase in the number …
Demonstrators in 136 cities and towns across six continents joined the Global March for Elephants and Rhinos Thousands marched in Africa and around the world Saturday to pressure governments to do more to stop the poaching industry that many fear is driving rhinos and elephants to the brink of extinction. …
Illegal rhino horn trade has reached the highest levels since the early 1990s, and illegal trade in ivory increased by nearly 300 percent from 1998 to 2011, according to a new report by USAID partner TRAFFIC. This report provides critical insights into often violent and complex trade networks that will …
Guwahati: On completion of his two-day ‘Mission Kaziranga’ visit, Union Minister of State (Independent) for Environment and Forest, Prakash Javadekar Saturday said here, “There will be zero tolerance to rhino poaching from now onwards in respect of Kaziranga National Park and other wildlife protection areas and a task force to …
HC orders government to clear KNP encroachments State Environment and Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain on Tuesday informed that there was no encroachment in the notified areas of the Kaziranga National Park, but admitted that the additional areas of the park are witnessing some amount of encroachment. The additional areas meant …
Even as Assam battles floods, the swollen Brahmaputra has created havoc inside the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), the abode of one-horned rhinoceros. KNP Director MK Yadav said the flood water had inundated over 85 per cent area of the national park, forcing the animals to flee to the hilly areas …
One of the world’s leading orangutan experts has called on Australian food manufacturers to speed up efforts to ditch unsustainable palm oil, warning that the situation “has never been so desperate” for the threatened primates. Dr Ian Singleton, head of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program, said the apes, with the …
Despite the huge death numbers, experts believe elephants can survive if countries are willing to invest in wildlife security Poachers killed an estimated 100,000 elephants across Africa between 2010 and 2012, a huge spike in the continent’s death rate of the world’s largest mammals because of an increased demand for …
Guwahati: Flood waters from the Brahmaputra have entered Assam’s Kaziranga national park, inundating almost 80 percent of its 858 sq km area. The park is famous for its one-horned rhinos. It is divided into five ranges — Kohora forest range, Bagori forest range, Agratoli forest range, Burha Pahar and the …
The highest number of 41 rhinos poached in 2013 Poachers have killed and dehorned 193 rhinos in Assam over the past 13 years and seven months from 2001 to August 3. During this period, the highest number of 126 rhinos was killed in the Kaziranga national park, followed by 31 …
Despite Kaziranga National Park's mounting notoriety as a poaching haven, not a single poacher has been convicted since 2009. The unscientific way of collecting evidence, lack of coordination among security forces and their poor knowledge of wildlife laws have resulted in the abysmal track record. As per official figures, between …
Global conservation organization WWF today sounded an alarm over poaching of tigers and said that on average, two wild cats are killed per week due to high demand of their body parts in Asian countries. It also said wild tigers were facing the risk of extinction in some countries due …
South Africa's Kruger national park is considering a plan to move some rhinos out of the wildlife reserve in an attempt to protect them from poachers. The goal is to "spread the risk" by evacuating rhinos to other game reserves because Kruger park is heavily targeted by poachers, park spokesman …
LUCKNOW: Dudhwa tiger reserve in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district has been made ready to be new home for rhinoceros. At present the entire rhino population of the reserve is sheltered in a fenced 27 sq km area in Sonaripur range of the reserve. There are at least 30-odd rhinos …
Patna: Forest cover in Bihar has increased to 12.86 per cent even as extensive afforestation campaign was on to achieve the target of 15 per cent by 2017, state forest and environment minister P K Shahi said today. "We are on course to achieve forest cover target of 15 per …
