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 …
GUWAHATI, Sept 30 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said that the Government would set up anti-poaching camps in areas outside Kaziranga National Park, especially on the hilly stretches of the nearby Karbi Anglong forests where wildlife from Kaziranga invariably take shelter during the annual floods. Gogoi also announced that …
GUWAHATI, 30 SEPT : Following directions from Union Environment and Forest Minister Jayanthi Natarajan a team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has arrived in Kaziranga to investigate the recent killings of rhinos by poachers. The team comprising of Mr C Behera, Mr A K Jha, Mr L Kuruvilla and Mr …
Two rhinos fleeing the flood-hit Kaziranga park were shot at by poachers Thursday, leading to the death of one rhino. The incident, third in two days, prompted Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to hand over the probe into rhino killings in the past three years to the CBI. The state …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said that the government would bring in amendments to the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 to make it stringent and increase its penal provisions for wildlife crimes as well as introduce roles for the gram sabhas and the panchayats in the declaration and management of …
Imphal, Aug. 3: Tokay gecko (gekko gecko), a harmless Asian lizard, suddenly finds itself being hunted by poachers and traders, who, in turn, are being trailed by wildlife officials and police. Eight tokay geckos were rescued by police from Bishnupur and Thoubal districts in three cases in the past few …
With instances of poaching and illegal trade of animal parts increasing in the subcontinent, India has asked for a financial assistance of around $30 million from the World Bank for protection of wildlife and habitat management through regional cooperation with other South Asian neighbours. The money, requested as a loan …
The Government on Monday blamed the shortage of adequate manpower for the inaction against poachers of endangered species of wildlife and admitted it has to depend on States for the job. This is despite that CBI has been empowered to apprehend and prosecute wildlife offenders. “Unfortunately, there is a major …
BHUBANESWAR: In a significant breakthrough in elephant poaching case, the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) joint team on Monday arrested four persons, including the kingpin, for their involvement in the jumbo killings. The team arrested the kingpin, Mohan Majhi, his two associates and Sarfaraz, who …
BHUBANESWAR: The Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) authorities have sought the help of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) to track those behind the latest elephant poaching in the national park. Regional Deputy Director of WCCB Chaturbhuj Behera will arrive on Monday to assist the STR officials in the investigation into elephant …
ALWAR/JAIPUR: The state forest department, in a move to safeguard wild animals, will form protection groups comprising villagers living in the core areas of forests. The project will first be carried out with the help of villagers living near the Sariska tiger reserve. Officials of the department said that the …
BHUBANESWAR: Though elephants are getting increasingly electrocuted in the State, thanks to leaning poles and shagging supply lines, the Energy Department seems to have given up. Reason: Funds shortage. The Forest Department, on its part, has offered financial help to its counterpart. At the Elephant Management Plan review meeting chaired …
Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh is to write to his civil aviation counterpart about private airlines being used for smuggling wildlife products. Jairam Ramesh He said he
Priscilla JebarajNEW DELHI: It was labelled as a rug, being sent from the United States to India through the U.S. Postal Service. But when the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) officials opened the parcel at Kolkata's Foreign Post Office on August 7 they discovered the full skin of what is …
The minister of environment and forest (MoEF) plans to expand the activities of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau to ensure that the present judicial system is made more sensitive to wildlife crimes.Speaking at a conference of field directors of tiger reserves on enforcement, Rina Mitra, additional director, WCCB, pointed out …
KOLKATA, 16 JULY: While wildlife wing officials of the Forest Department are unsure of the status of threatened wildlife species, hundreds of rare birds are being sold at a fair, currently in progress at the Ramleela Maidan in Moulali (in SNS photo). Several makeshift stalls along the footpath sell birds …
Hyderabad, June 30: The Union ministry of environment and forests has proposed severe penalties for wildlife offenders making almost all the offences under the Wildlife Protection Act non-bailable and imposing a punishment of not less than five to seven years
The government has ordered a CBI probe into the seizure of 20 kg of tiger parts and skeletons worth Rs 5 crore from Guwahati airport, which were allegedly meant for flourishing traditional medicine market in China and Far East Asia. Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh has directed a CBI …
Shillong, June 21 (IANS): Assam's Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport appears to have become one of the main transit points for smugglers to transport wildlife products to China and Far East Asia. In less than a week, customs seized tiger skeletons and pangolin scales worth more than Rs.5 crore (over …
Soon, a goldfish in a bowl may be a thing of the past. Goldfish, and indeed all fish, must only be kept in rectangular tanks, not bowls, and as a starting point, aquarium animals should never be
