Apart from poaching and habitat loss, climate change-induced droughts have been threatening the rhino population in Africa, pointed out a new report. On the other hand, climate disruptions in Asia can lead to the deaths of rhinos. Increased precipitation, longer monsoons and seasonal floods are already resulting in stranding, drowning …
Five pieces of ivory worth Rs 1 crore were seized from a house at Shantipara, a remote tribal hamlet in North Tripura district, police said. Acting on a tip-off, police raided the house of one Birsen Reang at Shantipara and recovered the ivory yesterday. Birsen and another person, Padmajoy Reang, …
That poaching is rampant in India is hardly news and it would be an understatement to say that the menace is on the rise. But a recent news about a one-horned rhinoceros being killed at the Rajiv Gandhi Orang Wildlife Sanctuary, on the northern banks of the Brahmaputra, 140 km …
Udhagamandalam: A large number of wildlife trophies were seized from a club here on Tuesday night in a raid conducted by Forest Department officials. It was stated that the 176-year old Ootacamund Club was in possession of a number of trophies and that many of them had been kept without …
Aarti Dhar KATHMANDU: Nepal is seriously engaged in taking the on-going peace process to a positive conclusion, writing a new democratic Constitution within the stipulated time-frame, and meeting the rising aspirations of the Nepalese people. Inaugurating the Kathmandu Global Tiger Workshop here on Tuesday, Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal …
A day after India and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding on environment and climate change, including management of forests, a new investigation has revealed that skins and other body parts of Indian wild tigers and leopards are being sold openly in China and at much higher prices than before. …
A population assessment survey of the endangered Ganges river dolphin was made between February and Apil 2005 in the Brahmaputra River starting from Assam-Arunachal border to the India-Bangladesh border. One hundred and ninety seven dolphins were recorded in the entire 856 km river stretch with an encounter rate of 0.23 …
Hyderabad, Oct. 19: Tiger poaching tribes that had virtually wiped out big cats from Sariska and Panna tiger reserves are now eyeing sanctuaries of Andhra Pradesh. Officials of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau said that poachers of Bawaria tribe supported by organised smuggling gangs have arrived in the state and …
Brig (Retd) C S Thapa The latest method of tiger census by Wildlife Institute of India (WII) is throwing up surprises. It was earlier reported that Rajaji National Park had 24 tigers. By photo-mapping, this figure has come down to 10-12 tigers. A recent report published by the Wildlife Institute …
Amit S. Upadhye and Madhumitha B. Oct. 18: As India gears for the first-ever sampling survey of its tiger population in place of the conventional total count method, the state too is busy finalising a schedule to kickstart the project. The previous censuses (except in 2006) were based on the …
THE Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) on Saturday nabbed three poachers with iron traps in Panna Tiger Reserve. All three belonged to the Pardhi community. "These people had come from Maharashtra and would have tried to trap a tiger or a deer," said a WCCB official. There are currently two …
Poaching, trapping and sale of peachicks is going on in district Tharparkar despite a ban on hunting and poaching in the district where peacock, deer and other rare species are on the verge of extinction. A survey conducted by this reporter showed that influential hunters and poachers trapped a considerable …
Dehra Dun: Nearly 12 tigers have gone missing from the Rajaji National Park, forest department officials said on Monday. According to official sources here, the latest estimate suggests that there are only 10-12 tigers left in the area, which had a total population of 24 according to the 2005 census. …
The suspense on tiger killing at Keri village continues as the forest department awaits the final report from Wildlife Institute of India which will cap the entire controversy. The preliminary report submitted by Wildlife Institute of India, after conducting forensic tests on the remains had ruled out that the animal …
After poachers were suspected to be responsible for the death of one of the rhinoceros at Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary in north Bengal, senior forest officials have decided to fill up the post of security guards that are lying vacant for the past few years. Mr SB Mondal, principal chief conservator …
Poachers, suspected to be from Assam, had shot at the male rhino that died in Jaldapara yesterday with festering wounds. A post-mortem report has confirmed the presence of a bullet in the animal
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 …
