The killing of an alpha elephant bull at Omatjete last week has been highly criticised by Namibian conservation and tourism groups. The elephant, named 'Voortrekker' of the rare Ugab desert-adapted herd, was put down last Tuesday by a government-appointed hunter for N$120 000. To Omatjete's Ohungu Conservancy, who claim to …
It isn't often that conservation groups urge hunting game as a way to save wildlife, but according to one such group, Namibia could conserve its nature better by doing exactly that. A report by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, proposed on Wednesday expanding the practice on farmlands in the …
Federal Minister for Environment, Samina Khalid Ghurki has said that wildlife is a beauty of the nature and all possible resources must be used for its conservation. National Council for Conservation of Wildlife (NCCW) should play its pro-active role to manage the issues of wildlife throughout the country by implementing …
The state of Idaho has authorized sheriff's deputies in a tiny mountain town to kill wolves blamed for preying on pets and elk, a spokesman for the state fish and game department said on Tuesday. The move marks the second of two wolf kills sanctioned by Idaho less than two …
Illegal hunting and inadequate resources available to the Wildlife Department are threatening the existence of `chinakara`, a beautiful antelope species of Indian gazelle or in Thar desert. Frequent droughts and loss of habitats are other problems the endangered species of gazelle is facing. There appears to be no well-defined conservation …
Predatory and scavenging birds may be exposed to high levels of lead when they ingest shot or bullet fragments embedded in the tissues of animals injured or killed with lead ammunition. Lead poisoning was a contributing factor in the decline of the endangered California condor population in the 1980s, and …
Predatory and scavenging birds are at risk of lead exposure when they feed on animals injured or killed by lead ammunition. While lead ammunition has been banned from waterfowl hunting in North America for almost two decades, lead ammunition is still widely used for hunting big game and small game …
Although widely distributed, little is known about the dugong in most of the areas of occurrence. In India, information about the animal is patchy and restricted to sighting, stranding and mortality records. Historically dugongs were abundant in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, but hunting and habitat loss has led to …
Every November angling enthusiasts journey to three fishing camps on the banks of the Cauvery river near the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka. The trip for them is an annual pilgrimage. The anglers come to pit their wits against India's mighty fish, the mahseer. This tiger fish is angled on …
Much of human-carnivore conflict is supposed to be either accidental or caused by old/injured animals, but how do we explain deliberate attacks on people by healthy, mature carnivores?
A hundred years ago, humans almost exterminated all large mammals in Norway. Government protection has since ensured the overwhelming return of species, only to result in a newer problem: CONFLICT.
The mayor of a Japanese town, which conducts an annual dolphin hunt, has protested the Academy Award given to The Cove, a documentary on grisly slaughter. The film follows activists who struggle with the Japanese police and fishermen to reach a secluded cove in Taiji in southern Japan, where dolphins …
In 1986, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) implemented a moratorium on commercial whaling. Many people believed that this would save the whales and end forever the industrial slaughter that had decimated entire species. Not so. A proposal before the IWC could lead to the resumption of commercial whaling as early …
Almost after a century of experimenting, Kaziranga National Park is now a well-known example of the success of wildlife conservation. Conservationists have no hesitation in ascribing the success of this story to the careful application of the science of wildlife conservation. A large section of the Assamese middle class would …
The politics and the underlying reasons behind the recovery of the Scandinavian wolf population are increasingly contested. According to official policy, wolves should be guaranteed a place in the Swedish natural world. However, the conflict over whether Sweden should host a wolf population sets views on biodiversity and sustainable development …
While wild chimpanzees are experiencing drastic population declines, their numbers at African rescue and rehabilitation projects are growing rapidly. Chimpanzees follow complex routes to these refuges; and their geographic origins are often unclear. Identifying areas where hunting occurs can help law enforcement authorities focus scarce resources for wildlife protection planning. …
One of the largest populations of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the world spends at least part of its life cycle in the remote Torres Strait between Australia and Papua New Guinea. This population is subjected to traditional harvests from geographically dispersed communities including along the northern and eastern coasts …
Poaching, trapping and sale of peachicks is going on in district Tharparkar despite a ban on hunting and poaching in the district where peacock, deer and other rare species are on the verge of extinction. A survey conducted by this reporter showed that influential hunters and poachers trapped a considerable …
Illegal hunting is going on in the country and even the sanctuaries and Wildlife department reserves are no longer safe for animals. Animal Safety Organisation Pakistan President Muhammad Usman said this at a rally held here on Sunday to mark the World Animals Day. The organisation also set up a …
