Order of the High Court of Tripura in the matter of Court on its own motion Vs The Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare & Others dated 09/01/2025. The HC was informed that National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has granted approval for establishing two new Facility-integrated ART Centres (Fi-ARTC) …
An adult male rhino was allegedly killed by some unidentified persons and its horn sawn off in Kaziranga National Park, the second killing in a week, park sources said today. Upon hearing gunshots on Saturday night, forest guards yesterday launched a search operation and found the carcass of the rhino …
The Assam government has sought opinion from the people on trimming rhino horns to save them from poachers. This year, poachers have killed 11 rhinos in the state and chopped off their horns. Two rhinos have been killed at Kaziranga National Park since Wednesday. "We are seeking the opinion of …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday directed the Assam government not to permit traffic on six sections along the 54-km stretch of National Highway 37 passing through the Kaziranga landscape. These are used by the animals as corridors from/to the Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong landscape during peak animal activity hours from …
The Assam government has set up a committee to ascertain the feasibility of the trimming horns of translocated and stray rhinoceros in the state. The committee has invited opinion from environmentalists and activists on the pros and cons of trimming of horns as an experimental measure to help save translocated …
A census of rhinoceros will begin at the Gorumara National Park in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district from Wednesday. The objective of the exercise is to assess their population and the male-female ratio, and monitor changes in the habitat of the animal listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation …
The Assam government's move to explore trimming of horns to save rhinos from poaching was opposed by an environmental activist body which said it will affect biological growth of the animal and the risk from poachers will continue. "The horn of a rhino is a part of its biological growth. …
Kaziranga National Park lost two rhinos on Thursday. While one was killed by poachers at Kukrakata reserve forest adjoining the park, the other one died after the animal fell into a muddy pit. With the latest deaths, the number of rhinos Kaziranga lost this year has gone up to 9. …
First, the bad news: Three elephants were killed when a local passenger train mowed through a herd in upper Assam's Jorhat district on Thursday. The good news: In Kaziranga National park, forest guards shot dead two poachers before they could kill any rhinos on Thursday. The Guwahati-Tinsukia Intercity Express hit …
The Review Committee set up by the National Tiger Conservation Authority of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to review the Assam Government report on the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) stretch of the National Highway-37, has underlined the need to arrest the growth of human settlement along the …
With an aim to check rhino poaching in the Kaziranga National Park, the State forest department has finally decided to implement the electronic eye system to save the unicornis. Initially eight towers would be fitted at different vulnerable locations, which would be further increased to 15. While declaring it as …
The killing of seven rhinos in the state within a span of a month-and-a-half has proved once again that poachers can still strike the one-horned pachyderm at will and almost with impunity. Of the seven rhinos killed since January this year, six were from Kaziranga National Park alone and one …
The killing of seven rhinos in the state within a span of a month-and-a-half has proved once again that poachers can still strike the one-horned pachyderm at will and almost with impunity. Of the seven rhinos killed since January this year, six were from Kaziranga National Park alone and one …
Amidst hectic deliberations on the merits and demerits of de-horning rhinos in the State’s reserved areas including the Kaziranga National Park, which has been mooted to enhance their chances of survival, serious reservations have been expressed by people from different walks of life, who have vehemently opposed the attempted move …
The Assam government is awaiting expert opinion on feasibility of trimming rhino horns to protect the pachyderms from poachers, Environment and Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain informed the Assembly on Wednesday. Poachers killed and dehorned 41 rhinos in the State, majority of them in the Kaziranga National Park in 2013. Poachers …
Barely a week after poachers killed an adult female rhino at Kaziranga National Park, another rhino was killed by poachers in the park's Agoratoli forest range on Saturday. Poachers shot dead the pachyderm and chopped off its horn before forest staff reached the spot. This is the fourth rhino killed …
The country lost 63 tigers in 2013 with Karnataka alone losing 16 big cats. The data released by the National Tiger Conservation Authority states that poachers accounted for the death of 48 tigers in different parts of the country last year. In comparison, 72 tiger deaths were reported in 2012. …
Poaching was the cause of most deaths, says National Tiger Conservation Authority The country lost 63 of its wild tigers in 2013. The first tiger death of the year was reported from the South Brahmapuri forest range of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, on January 6, 2013 caused by suspected poaching. The …
With the stretch of NH-37 that traverses through the Kaziranga National Park caught in a legal battle, the Union ministry for environment and forest (MoEF) has decided to form a committee to mitigate ecological impact. The decision was taken at an MoEF meet held in New Delhi recently held in …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has constituted a six-member committee to review the proposal of the Assam Government on safeguarding wildlife in relation with the National Highway-37 passing along the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve. The committee has also been assigned the task of reviewing the proposed …
With the rhino population sharply increasing in Kaziranga, authorities in Assam are having a tough time keeping them confined to the national park and other sanctuaries in the state. Of the three rhinos that had strayed from Kaziranga last week, one has returned and one is under watch; but a …
