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 …
The state government will refer the forensic report in the Royal Bengal tiger killing case to the Goa State Wildlife Board. "The opinion of State Wildlife Board would be sought to resolve whether or not the animal remains should be sent for retesting in another government-approved forensic laboratory," State Forest …
Prithviraj Singh | Dehradun A makhna (tuskless bull elephant) was shot dead by poachers at village Dhaluwala of Khanpur forest range in Haridwar on Sunday night. The dead elephant sustained two gunshots to its forehead. A case of wildlife crime against unknown persons was registered by the forest department. The …
ORANG: Though the Forest department has initiated every possible measure to save the forest areas of the State including the sanctuaries by implementing Forest Act and forming various committees, etc., yet the problems of poachers and encroachment by the suspected Bangladeshi nationals, etc., have been posing a serious threat to …
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
Vadodara: Nine peacocks were found dead at Panelav village in Halol taluka on Wednesday evening. The national bird is believed to have been fallen prey to poisoning and forest department is conducting investigation. The peacocks were found in a fallow land by villagers, who spotted dogs eating the carcasses and …
Harish Joshi & Yogesh Pareek | TNN Bharuch: Setting traps for rare birds is turning out to be good business for poachers with customers lining up for the birds' meat every week in Hansot area of Bharuch district. While officials concerned are so far not aware of this, illegal trade …
It has been revealed that the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) has not been approached by the state government to probe a sensational tiger poaching case in Goa reported some months ago in Keri-Sattari forest. The WCCB dismissed reports in a section of the press (not Herald) that it had …
The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), which was set up to check organised poaching, has not been approached to probe a sensational tiger poaching case in Goa, though the state's forest department has made no headway in seven months. The WCCB dismissed recent reports in the local media that it …
Alarmed over rise in the poaching of highly endangered one-horned rhinos in the Orang National Park in lower Assam, the government has decided to set up five anti-poaching camps to protect the animals. One Horned RhinoThe state's Forest Minister, Rockybul Hussain, had ordered a high-level probe following which chief conservator …
DALGAON : The Government has formulated some anti-poaching measures for Orang National park in Darrang by forming a coordination committee with the deputy commissioners and superintendent of police of two surrounding districts, ie. Sonitpur and Morigaon along with Darrang district administration, including a few infrastructural developments in the interest of …
Rajesh Singh, the alleged mastermind behind the marmoset theft, had struck a deal with a 72-year-old man in Pune to sell the rare monkeys, police said on Monday.
With the world-famous Kaziranga National Park (KNP) getting maximum attention and focus for being home to the largest stock of one-horned Indian rhinoceros, poachers are increasingly shifting attention to its poor cousin Orang National Park in northern Assam, killing as many as five rhinos in the current year. If poaching …
Dhari (Amreli): A decomposed carcass of a male leopard was recovered from a river bed near Kotada village of Khambha taluka of Amreli district on Thursday evening. District forest officer (DFO) Maniswar Raja said,
Bhavnagar: In a major seizure, a team of special operations group (SOG) of Bhavnagar police caught illegally traded ivory and tusks worth Rs 9.78 lakh on Thursday evening. The trader dealing in the material was arrested from Radhanpuri bazaar of the city. Mahendra Maniyar owner of Chandrakant and Co. was …
With concerns mounting over rhinos killed by poachers in the Orang National Park, the Department of Forests has instituted a high-level inquiry into the matter. The inquiry committee will be headed by Daya Mangal Singh, CCF (Wildlife) and include BS Bonal, CCF (Monitoring and Evaluation), and AH Laskar, official sources …
LUCKNOW: The new tiger census will begin this October. But, a noticeable number of the big cats from the reported count of 2008 census will be missing from the exercise. Reason being that they have either been poached, died in an accident, or fell prey to ailments. The 28 tiger …
Seven of the eight marmosets stolen from Alipore Zoo on August 9 were recovered by a crime branch team of Durg in Chhattisgarh tonight. One person has been arrested and is being questioned by Chhattisgarh police. The newly elected director of Alipore Zoo, Raju Das, said:
Ananth Krishnan Joint expert working group to combat global warming through reforestation BEIJING: India and China have agreed to set up a joint expert working group on the environment, which will explore how the two countries can combat global warming through reforestation. China adds an estimated four million hectares of …
Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: India will on Wednesday call on China to increase its efforts to clamp down on trade in tiger parts even as Beijing mulls lifting a trade ban, a move conservationists say will deal a fatal blow to India
