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 …
In a bold attempt to rehabilitate hand-raised clouded leopards, two cubs looked after by the Bodoland Territorial Council, International Fund for Animal Welfare and Wildlife Trust of India in Kokrajhar, were transferred to a forest rehabilitation site last morning. The relocation was supported by the Eco-Task Force of the Indian …
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: Over 50 wild animals, including several rare ones, were recovered in a raid conducted by officials of the Forest department at a private collector
Mumbai Nearly a week after animal hides were confiscated from a duo selling them at Andheri (West), the Amboli police have confirmed that one of the skins was of a Blackbuck, an animal protected in India under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972. The other skin was identified to be
India, which has lost 99 per cent of the four-crore population of vultures in the last three decades and continues to witness the decline of the existing ones at the rate of 40 per cent annually, will make a
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA One of the accused in the theft of eight exotic monkeys from the Alipore Zoological Garden on August 9 was remanded in police custody for 10 days here on Sunday. Sujoy Das, alias Bubai, was apprehended from his Dum Dum residence late on Saturday evening and produced …
These rules may be called the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Wild Life (Protection) Rules-2008. They shall extend to the whole of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. They shall come into force from such date as these may be issued by notification in official Gazette.
LUCKNOW: The young ghariyal hatchlings are thankful to monsoon clouds that fly away without a downpour. Spread over their sanctuary at Girwa river of Katarniaghat the young reptiles must be watchful of every cloud that hovers over, praying `oh rain gods let us grow a little older to swim before …
Recognition of title subject to final orders THE High Court of Andhra Pradesh on May 1 gave permission to the state government to issue pattas (title deeds) against forestland to 114,000 tribals and forest dwellers who depend on forests for livelihood. They had filed claims under the Forest Rights Act …
There is an urgent need for an amendment to the Forest and the Wildlife Act of India for the safety of the endangered forests and wildlife of Assam. Wild animals belonging to various species including their habitats have been decreasing for which problems like global warming, various unseen diseases etc …
Himalayan Black Bear: Threat to survival Darjeeling, May 21: For the first time in India, heat sensor cameras will be used in a survey to count Himalayan Black Bear in a wildlife sanctuary here. The two-year survey, started recently by the WWF-India and the state forest department in Senchel Wildlife …
NAVI MUMBAI: The Vashi police on Thursday arrested two persons for trying to sell the skin of a leopard- a species protected under the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972. Officials believe the animal must have been killed recently as the skin gave off a strong odour. The duo- Pen-resident …
Blinkered conservation policies and neglected grasslands have reduced the population of the Great Indian Bustard to just over 500, says Kalyani N t he Great Indian Bustard used to be the king of the grasslands in the country
R Venkatramani NAGAPATTINAM: Hundreds of rare species of conches, kept in 191 gunny bags for smuggling, were seized by the Forest Department officials at Nagapattinam on Saturday. The officials are on the look out for the persons who were allegedly involved in the smuggling attempt. Addressing reporters, Nagai District Wildlife …
An interview with Bal Mukund Arora, the first veterinarian to be appointed wildlife epidemiologist in India. In his three decades at the Indian Veterinary Research Institute at Izzatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, he founded a centre for wildlife diseases. He has recently published the country
