In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
With China gearing up to mark 2010 as Year of the Golden Tiger when the demand for the animal parts and derivatives are expected to shoot up, forest reserves which are home to the big cats in India have been put on high alert against possible poaching. According to the …
Ananth Krishnan In the Year of the Tiger, efforts to save the endangered big cat have been given a much-needed boost. China, from where much of the demand for tiger parts is sourced, has announced new measures to clamp down on illegal trade in tiger parts, calling for improved anti-poaching …
Former Union minister and BJP MP Maneka Gandhi may claim that the Indian Railways is the "biggest smuggler" of the wildlife and cattle in the country. But Ms Gandhi's allegation was dubbed as unfair by railway minister Mamata Banerjee. Ms Gandhi made her charge during Question Hour in the Lok …
Melvyn Thomas | TNN Surat: Blind faith about medicinal and aphrodisiacal properties of an endangered non-poisonous snake Red Sand Boa (RSB) is endangering the species found in south Gujarat further. After southern India, smugglers have shifted focus to south Gujarat, reports suggest. Two days ago, four persons were caught by …
This document by the National Tiger Conservation Authority attempts to provide a roadmap at recognising and evaluating threats to any Tiger Reserve and formulating an appropriate response to such threats. Today, every living wild tiger is under threat, irrespective of where it is found. While the degrees of such threat …
A report on the national and continental conservation status of African and Asian rhinoceros species, trade in specimens of rhinoceros, stocks of specimens of rhinoceros and stock management, incidents of illegal killing of rhinoceroses, enforcement issues, and conservation actions and management strategies, with an evaluation of their effectiveness.
Seven men who were allegedly part of an international racket in the smuggling of wildlife articles have been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in Delhi and Nagpur. The agency has purportedly seized tiger, leopard and other skins and body parts from the accused. While developing a lead provided …
Ignatius Pereira KOLLAM: Captive elephants bought at the ongoing Sonepur mela in Bihar will not be permitted to enter Kerala. The Kerala Forest Department has been put on alert following an intelligence report that 20 elephant owners from the State are visiting Sonepur. Kerala
Tigers are symbols of all that is powerful, mystical, and beautiful in nature. As an apex species, they reflect the health of the ecosystems in which they live and on which people depend. Unfortunately, adverse human activities have driven wild tigers to the brink of extinction. Over the past century, …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala and Bihar Forest Departments have decided to join hands to prevent the inter-state smuggling of elephants. During the last many years, the elephant mafia in the State had been sourcing their elephants from the Sonepur Animal Fair held in Bihar during the first week of November. State …
Tigers are symbols of all that is powerful, mystical, and beautiful in nature. But wild tigers are in crisis, having fallen in numbers from about 100,000 in 1900 to just 3,200 today as a result of adverse human activities, including habitat destruction and a huge illegal trade in tiger parts. …
The African elephant's misfortune has been its teeth, in particular the well developed pair of upper incisors known as tusks for which it is being killed in large numbers. The visible ivory part of the tusks is made up of dentine with an outer layer of enamel, and when viewed …
Some states have shown that it can be done The reconstitution of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) earlier this month, within three years of its being set up, suggests that the government is unsure of how to fulfil this mandate. Actually, the solutions exist, and have been demonstrated on …
Bhavnagar: Forest department officials caught a 19-year-old class XII student with antlers and skull of a blackbuck, a protected wildlife species, on Monday evening. Police also recovered an antler of a nilgai from him. They said they caught him after setting a trap when he was trying to sell a …
Sept. 17: Housewives in several districts of Chittoor district are forcing their husbands to go into the forests in search of sand boa snakes. The snake has become a topic of discussion among women coming together in the rural areas. It is also believed if this snake is sacrificed it …
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
