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 …
KARIMNAGAR: In a bizarre incident, hunters killed 19 peacocks by sprinkling poison-laced seed at a water point on the outskirts of Kalwakota village of Medipalli mandal of Karimnagar district on Sunday. According to reports reaching here, every day 40 to 50 peacocks visit the water point to quench their thirst …
Concerted efforts would be would be made for the conservation and development of wildlife under Wildlife Protocol in Madhya Pradesh. It was expressed by the Additional Chief Secretary (Forest) Prashant Mehta at a two-day convention of Chief Conservator Forest, which was organised in the state capital from Saturday to Sunday. …
AHMEDABAD: The exquisite coral in your aquarium, tiger nails and beautiful ivory idols that you proudly display may land you in jail. In fact, this is the subject of a newly-released series of posters by World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature, India. Officials from Traffic, WWF's programme to prevent wildlife …
Mumbai: If it isn't bad enough that various poachers enter various national parks to kill wild animals to sell the body parts, some villagers residing in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park too have been involved in poaching the animals, including endangered species. In the latest incident, forest department officials say …
In an unusual twist to the alleged killing of tiger at Keri-Sattari, four locals are reported to have been brutally assaulted by forest department officers and are admitted at GMC Bambolim. Suryakarnt Majik, a victim of the brutality, has submitted a written complaint to the Valpoi police accusing Tulsidas Wadkar, …
Australia lifted protection levels on Friday for the world's largest surviving marsupial carnivore, the Tasmanian devil, listing the animal as endangered due to a deadly facial tumour outbreak. Devils, the size of a small dog and made famous by the fierce Looney Tunes cartoon character known as "Taz", have been …
Mumbai: Environmentalists are worried about the turn of things in the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), considered the best tiger reserve in Maharashtra. The man-tiger conflict in this Chandrapur forest area, which had grown alarmingly in the last three years, has suddenly come to an end in the past five …
Manoj Anand The WWF authorities, who are now experimenting with translocation of rhinos, pointed out that Pobitora wildlife sanctuary has the highest density of rhinos in the world. The rhino may not be as glamorous as the tiger, but they are equally sought-after in international markets, which makes the animal …
A circus elephant has become a poster pachyderm against poaching of his endangered Asian species, capturing the hearts of many Vietnamese after an old wound caused by a trap flared up. The fate of Kham Bun made headlines in Vietnam recently after the Hanoi circus said the elephant, who was …
NAVI MUMBAI: The Vashi police on Thursday arrested two persons for trying to sell the skin of a leopard- a species protected under the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972. Officials believe the animal must have been killed recently as the skin gave off a strong odour. The duo- Pen-resident …
Rampant poaching threatens wildlife in Manas National Park twelve persons were arrested for smuggling skins and bones of wild animals near the Manas National Park in Assam
BALASORE: How did the young Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT) die inside the Kuldiha reserve forest in Balasore district? The million dollar question has now started haunting the forest officials and wildlife lovers as well. While the forest officials claim that the tiger might have died due to heat or poisoning, …
KOKRAJHAR, May 10: The Department of Forest on Saturday arrested two persons for poaching wild bison at Jharbari Forest under Haltugaon Division. The arrested persons have been identified as
BHUBANESWAR: The suspected killing of a Royal Bengal Tiger and the recent Maoist onslaught at Similipal has prompted the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) to take note of the situation. A top WCCB official today met Chief Wildlife Warden BK Patnaik and proposed capacity building measures for both police and …
A Ukraine tourist and his Sri Lankan guide were taken into custody by Wildlife Conservation officials in Minneriya for allegedly collecting butterflies and several species of other insects endemic to Sri Lanka. The officials carried out the raid on information from the public and arrested the suspects who were catching …
Wildlife traffickers are exploiting loopholes in the mechanism for the international trade of critically endangered wildlife species, thus making a windfall through the illegal cross-border movement of animals, Dawn has learnt. According to highly-placed sources, the trans-boundary movement of endangered wildlife species is monitored by the Convention on International Trade …
- Forest department plans slew of measures in three districts to check ivory smuggling Jamshedpur: The job of tracking tusker poachers could not have been more rewarding. Literally. The state forest department is planning to bestow cash prizes on those who will be able to provide specific information about elephant …
R Ayyappan THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Forest Department has wound up further investigation into the serial deaths of seven wild elephants in Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) before it could come to a firm conclusion on the cause of the deaths. The findings of the inter-disciplinary team constituted to probe the deaths seem …
The Goa forest department is groping in the dark over the death of a tiger reported from Mhadei Wild Life Sanctuary dotting Goa-Maharashtra. The investigation, which began after a photograph of a tiger trapped and dead appeared in some media, has not seen much headway even after the arrest of …
