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 …
KAZIRANGA, Sept 26 – A female rhinoceros was left bleeding after poachers sawed off its horn and cut off a part of its right ear after shooting it, while the carcass of another with its horn removed was found today at the Kaziranga National Park. The female rhinoceros had strayed …
Jorhat, Sept. 16: Heightened security measures in rhino habitats of the state came to naught with poachers killing a female rhino at Kaziranga National Park, the home to the one-horned species, in the wee hours today. The carcass of the rhino was recovered from the Baghmari chapori area under the …
Great Indian Bustard, White-bellied Heron on the brink The White-bellied Heron, the Great Indian Bustard, the Peacock Tarantula and the Spoon-billed Sandpiper of India are among the 100 most threatened species of the planet and “closest to extinction.” The Javan Rhino and Sumatran Rhino — considered extinct in India — …
There are only 35 rhinos left in one wild population, and none in captivity. But conservationists hope they can increase the numbers of what is possibly the rarest large mammal on Earth For most people in south-east Asia, the Javan rhino is effectively already a relic from the past. The …
Nepal, Bhutan and India have agreed to work together to allow the free movement of animal species and address problems of poaching, overgrazing, forest fires and the spread of livestock diseases by developing biodiversity corridors along Mount Kanchanjunga. Rich landscape around the Kanchanjunga range includes 15 protected areas spread across …
JORHAT: One rhino was killed by poacher in Jorhat district and the horn, nails were taken away by the poacher. As per report received, the Jorhat forest department officials patrolling around the sides of Brahmaputra and in Majuli found the body of a male rhino at Kartik Chapori amidst Brahmaputra …
Conspicuous consumption from a growing middle class in Vietnam is driving the catastrophic poaching of rhino horns in South Africa, conservationists warned on Monday. While the country's appetite for rhino horn was in recent years largely driven by the mistaken belief it was a cure for cancer, lately it has …
Assam has seen more devastating floods, the worst coming in 1988. This time, though, technology and unrelenting mass media coverage have magnified the destruction as never before. As many as 125 people have lost their lives so far; 4,500 villages spread over 9.35 lakh hectares across 25 districts have been …
As many as 595 animals, including 17 single-horned rhinos, in the Kaziranga National Park died in the recent floods in the state, the environment ministry said on Monday. National Tiger Conservation Authority member M Firoz Ahmad, sent by the ministry to make a spot appraisal of Kaziranga in the wake …
Guwahati: Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain Saturday said the government had asked experts to work out a mechanism to reduce animal deaths during floods. “Floods are a natural phenomenon. Every year, the (Kaziranga) national park gets flooded. However, we have asked people involved with wildlife preservation and protection to see …
India, Nepal, BanglaDesh and Paksitan have agreed to develop a joint institutional mechanism to protect the growing threat to wildlife in their region. This joint mechanism has been developed because presently, wildlife is being poached in one country, stockpiled in another and then traded across the South Asia region. This …
Poor performances by key countries are threatening the survival of wild rhinos, tigers and elephants, finds this WWF report. It discusses range of issues on wildlife trade, rates 23 of the top African and Asian nations facing high levels of poaching and trafficking in ivory, rhino horn & tiger parts. …
Nearly 70 per cent of the Kaziranga National Park was flooded in the current spell of rains, which claimed the lives of two rhinos and 22 hog deer. Speeding vehicles killed 17 hog deer till Friday. The park authorities have so far rescued and released 56 hog deer and eight …
Guwahati: Forest officials in most rhino habitats in Assam have been working through the night to save wildlife severely affected after flood waters submerged vast areas of sanctuaries. The flood season is crucial for the animals in protected areas as poachers take advantage of the situation to hunt, particularly the …
From tigers to rhinos — the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) alerting the rhino range States of Assam, West-Bengal and UP, has written to the Chief Wildlife wardens for “institutionalising the monitoring mechanism of individual rhinos” and recording their daily location using GPS. This is in view of rising incidents …
Amid growing threat to the existence of rhinoceros species in rhino range countries, including in Africa and Asia, Indonesia has declared 2012 as International Rhino Year. Indonesia is among 11 countries supporting the declaration. Other supporters of Rhino Year include Nepal, India, Bhutan, Malaysia, South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe. …
Chandigarh: The Punjab government is planning to start eco-tourism trail in Shivalik Hills where fossils of wild camel, horses and bulls dating back to nearly three million years have been found. The fossils, found during excavations in 20 villages in Mirzapur and Siswan area near Chandigarh, were sent to Wadia …
In 2010, Assam had set a trend by giving forest officials the licence to fire on poachers without fear of criminal proceedings. And Maharashtra, says Assam’s Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain, had taken copies of the Assam provisions for framing its new measures. When poaching went up a few years ago …
With rich forest and wildlife the Northeast is known as ‘Green Lungs of India’. The region is one of the seven original biodiversity hotspots in the world, but most of its animals and birds are increasingly ending on food tables not only of the tribals who traditionally take such food …
