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 …
Endangered lemur species found only in Madagascar are being slaughtered and served up in local restaurants as poachers take advantage of a security vacuum on the island after a coup earlier this year. Pictures of the blackened remains of scores of crowned lemurs and golden crowned sifakas, smoked in preparation …
New Delhi: Tiger deaths continue at an alarming rate. Statistics collated from different parts of India by a prominent wildlife NGO show that between January 1 and August 19 this year, at least 66 tigers lost their lives. Of these, 23 died due to poaching. The list includes seizures of …
Search on for a 33-year-old man of Maraimalai Nagar Precious seizure: Personnel of the Forest Department inspecting the seized items on Thursday. TAMBARAM: Personnel of the Tambaram Range of Tamil Nadu Forest Department on Thursday seized the skin and antlers of spotted deer in Maraimalai Nagar and are searching for …
Those in Bangladesh who argue that the death four years ago of two Sundarbans tigers was due to reckless research have found support for their contention in the findings of an official Indian investigation into the deaths of Panna tigers in Madhya Pradesh. It is now thought increasingly likely that …
THE country's record on environment is pathetic, Union Minister of Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh has admitted. Speaking to reporters after the public consultation meeting on amendments required in strengthening the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification of 1991 here, the minister said, "There is nothing much about the record since …
When it was found there were no tigers in the Panna Tiger Reserve, P K Sen was called to join the government special investigation team. Former head of Project Tiger, he told Sumana Narayanan the department
The postmortem report of a sambar killed in Sattari has confirmed it as a case of poaching. The Forest Department officials who received the postmortem report on Wednesday said that the sambar has two holes in its neck, which are due to passing of gun shots. What
THE officials of the Forest Department arrested three persons while trying to sell deer skins and tiger paw, which are yet to be confirmed as original, in Coimbatore on Monday. Acting on a tip-off that skins were being illegally sold in the RS Puram area, a team of of ficials …
Kolkata: Eight Brazilian monkeys found in only two zoos in India were stolen on Saturday night from Alipore Zoological Gardens. The theft of the Common Marmosets
R. Ilangovan Government to upgrade weaponry of forest guards, rangers concern: Forests Minister N. Selvaraj enquiring about the health of P.Govindan, who was shot by poachers, at the Government Medical College Hospital in Salem on Tuesday. Dean P. Shanmugam is on his right. SALEM: To strengthen anti-poaching drive in the …
The City Market police raided three lodges in their limits recently and recovered ivory pieces, skins of fox and python and two-headed snake, all valued at Rs 74.50 lakh. The police arrested seven persons, while five other accused fled. Acting on a tip off, the police raided Navarang lodge on …
VELLORE: Two of a gang of 40 wildlife poachers who fired at a forest watcher, resulting in bullet wounds on him in the Paravamalai Reserve Forest (RF) in the Odugathur forest range in Vellore district on July 23 were arrested during a search operation by the forest department personnel in …
KRISHNAGIRI: A forest watcher was injured in firing by an unidentified gang in the reserve forests near Krishnagiri, bordering Andhra Pradesh, in the early hours of Sunday. A gang suspected to be involved in poaching small animals and smuggling sandalwood from the reserve forests was spotted by forest watchers and …
Although the State Government has enhanced the term for a person convicted of poaching by several years and even to life imprisonment in the case of a second offence, the situation vis-
