Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
LUCKNOW: A telescopic gun worth over Rs 1.5 lakh, a huge searchlight, two professional shooters (read hunters) and a blue bull writhing in its own blood. And to hide it all, unholy act for many, two butchers at hand to dismember and pack away the day's spoil. It seems, illegal …
In order to mitigate the problem of crop damage due to the over abundant population of Nilgai antelopes (blue bulls) and wild boars, the Madhya Pradesh government has decided to allow the farmers to shoot down these animals. Madhya Pradesh forest minister Sartaj Singh informed the state Assembly about the …
Worried over the declining turtle population in the country, the Zoological Survey of India is in the process of undertaking a new survey of fresh water turtles inhabiting the Ganga to collect scientific knowledge on the current population and bio-ecology of the endangered species. The research is being led by …
A special report by Down To Earth on Koyna sanctuary situated in Satara district, Maharashtra, where the windmills and resorts replace wildlife with government's help. Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary is threatened by ceaseless loot of land, with government help.
Electricity wires hang dangerously over a bituminous road. Unending rows of gigantic windmills look down from where, perhaps, a tiger should have kept an eye on its territory. Instead of birds, turbines create a humming noise. Trees are hardly in sight and one has to be lucky to spot wildlife. …
Letter from Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Environment & Forests to Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on actions to avoid human deaths in Corbett area.
UTTARAKHAND government has opposed a recommendation by a Supreme Court committee to increase the area of Askot Musk Deer Wildlife sanctuary in Pithoragarh district. It said the extension would raise discontent among people living around the sanctuary. Activists allege the government is opposing widening of the sanctuary as it will …
This handbook combines all the existing and the newly added manual at one place as a handy tool for identification and familiarization of species. It comprises of mammals included in Schedule I, II,III, IV, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Butterfly, Fishes, Coral Fishes, Molluscs, Microscopic hair signature pattern. The flora section includes …
Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore, December 23, DHNS: The State Forest Department and the CID Forest Cell are at loggerheads with the Tamil Nadu Forest Department (TNFD) over illegal trade of quails. The State agencies have questioned the licence issued by Tamil Nadu to breed quails in farms. Three persons …
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 …
A sweeper was arrested by the Mumbai Police on Tuesday on charges of illegal possession and alleged trading a pair of elephant tusks. The accused, Ashok Maru, has been booked under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. An independent valuation done by the experts pegged the value of the tusks at …
A poor understanding of the relationship between animals and our ecology has led to a lackadaisical attitude towards wildlife conservation. INDIA'S national animal is a favourite with poachers. There is a large market for every body part of the Bengal tiger in South-East Asia. Its meat, tongue and bones are …
Tango with nature India has been using lakes, ponds and baolis (step wells) since ancient times ('What monsoon means', July 16-31, 2010). Delhi was once replete with water bodies. In the past 50 years, government agencies started disbanding natural ponds, lakes and baolis, declaring their water untested, and therefore, unfit …
Bindu Shajan Perappadan NEW DELHI: Traffic India, a wildlife trade monitoring network, has released four brand new public service announcements as part of its ongoing
Ajay Parmar | TNN Jodhpur: Despite the fact that population of vulture is constantly declining in the state, nothing substantial has been done so far to conserve these natural scavengers. Though they are being treated at the rescue centres of the zoos, researchers have stressed the need of creating separate …
Jaipur: Having successfully managed to escape conviction in a number of cases, luck ran out for notorious poacher Sansar Chand with a Delhi court holding him guilty of violation of the Wildlife Act. The poacher had been caught red-handed with a leopard skin about 15 years ago. The judgement was …
Indian wild ass, an equid species inhabits the saline-arid region of the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. The species is increasingly threatened by developmental activities leading to habitat loss and fragmentation. It is currently listed as endangered in the IUCN red list of threatened species and in Schedule I of …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Favouring replacement of animal dissections for experimentation in a phased manner with the acquisition of appropriate technology, an expert committee of the University Grants Commission(UGC) has suggested a reduction in the number of animals, and the kind of species used for dissection and experimentation, and said …
