Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
BY AMIT S. UPADHYE Oct. 1: It had all the elements of human drama - courage, ingenuity, grit and imagination. Except, in this case, in a scene straight out of Jungle Book, a herd of elephants came to the rescue of a calf that fell into a well at Bannerghatta …
When it comes to Karnataka's forest cover, even a brigand like Veerappan had his uses. His dreaded presence in the jungles in advertantly served to preserve the state's green cover, even though the bandit himself was an unrepentant poacher of elephants. "He kept encroachers at bay," admits ^ ornithologist and …
green flag to blue lady: The Supreme Court, on June 5, 2006, gave the green light to the French cruise liner S S Norway, a k a Blue Lady, to enter Indian territorial waters and permitted it to anchor near the Alang coast in Gujarat. The ship allegedly contains 1,200 …
The Karnataka high court has directed the Union and Karnataka governments to take action against two persons who have been illegally quarrying within the
known for its lion safaris, the Bannerghatta National Park in Karnataka will now be home to 100 lions and tigers. They will be acquired from circuses. This follows the Supreme Court ban on the use of animals for public entertainment. About 70 lions and 30 tigers will be housed in …
