Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nityanand Mishra Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 04/07/2019 regarding conservation of Son Gharial Sanctuary. The NGT in its previous order had directed the state of Madhya Pradesh to take immediate steps for implementing the Action Plan, as …
LUCKNOW: The ghariyal and 35% of India's turtle species are considered by the IUCN to be endangered or critically endangered and under threat of extinction unless prompt and decisive conservation action is taken. The threatened status of aquatic reptiles was discussed at a workshop on their safe capture and handling …
LUCKNOW: Ghariyals might be in for a new-age monitoring in the state through a technique called biologging. In fact, it would entirely be a new experience for the artificially reared reptilian breed. The state forest department is planning to release ghariyals implanted with a camera and sensory devices in the …
It is bonanza breeding time at the Bhitarkanika National Park in Orissa this year as 63 of the 79 eggs laid by endangered gharials have hatched. The eggs of the gharials, members of the crocodile family, were collected from the wild and hatched artificially at the crocodile research farm. "This …
LUCKNOW: A crocodile rescued from outskirts of city was handed over to ghariyal rehabilitation centre at Kukrail on Wednesday. The semi-adult female crocodile has already been put in isolation at the centre to come to terms with its new surroundings. The isolation will continue for about 10 days. The forest …
LUCKNOW: The young ghariyal hatchlings are thankful to monsoon clouds that fly away without a downpour. Spread over their sanctuary at Girwa river of Katarniaghat the young reptiles must be watchful of every cloud that hovers over, praying `oh rain gods let us grow a little older to swim before …
The country may be facing dire wildlife conservation crises on several fronts, but it turns out that its apex conservation board, chaired by no less than the prime minister, has little time to even meet. Few of its decisions are implemented on the ground anyway. This has prompted many of …
For a species classified as critically endangered, Gavialis gangeticus, or the gharial, has had it good over the years at Patna zoo. From just 11 in 2002, there are now over 130 gharials in the zoo, officially called the Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park. And the number is only set to …
Katarniyaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, a unit of the Dudhwa Tiger reserve, remains the safest haven for the wildlife in the state. While the last census carried out by Project Tiger gave an estimated count of 110 big cats in the entire Dudhwa National Park, the state census in 2005 put the …
The alligator-breeding scheme of Van Vihar is hanging in balance as the Jaipur sanctuary has refused to provide male alligator to Van Vihar. Keeping in mind the decreasing number of alligators the former director of Van Vihar, Dr AK Bhattacharya had prepared this scheme. In this connection letters have been …
The alligator-breeding scheme of Van Vihar is hanging in balance as the Jaipur sanctuary has refused to provide male alligator to Van Vihar. Keeping in mind the decreasing number of alligators the former director of Van Vihar, Dr AK Bhattacharya had prepared this scheme. In this connection letters have been …
Jamshedpur, Mar 9: After the death of two leopards during the flash floods last year, Tata Steel Zoological Park is better prepared for the coming monsoon this time round. Authorities have started extending the main enclosure for the leopards by 2m to take it above the 14ft-mark.
A BBC film, 'Crocodile Blues', telecast in the Animal Planet series on Monday, gave credit to city wildlife activist Suresh Chowdhary for providing footage. The film made by Icon films was directed by Bel Roy and it was premiered in London on December 4. Chowdhary told The Pioneer that he …
TIMES NEWS NETWORK Lucknow: Winters are turning inauspicious for ghariyals in Uttar Pradesh. More than 100 ghariyals died in the winter months last year at the National Chambal Sanctuary. This winter 1,000 ghariyals of Kukrail Rehabilitation Centre might perish due to hunger. The fishermen supplying fishes to the rehabilitation centre …
Patna, PTI: What would have been a dream come true for conservationists has turned out to be a nightmare for the authorities of Patna Zoo. The burgeoning population of gharials or "gavialis gangeticus" at the Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park is giving a headache to the authorities who are planning to …
Lucknow: Exactly after a gap of ten days since an adult crocodile was caught from a pond in Fattepurwa village of Chinhat locality, forest team rescued another such crocodile from a pond in Bhakamau village. The crocodile was spotted on Sunday morning and the matter was brought to the notice …
"Study will yield vital new information on their habitats " NEW DELHI: "We could be closer than ever before in understanding the real cause of the death of more than a hundred gharials at the National Chambal Sanctuary since December 2007," said Gharial Crisis Management Group chairman Ravi Singh here …
If all goes according to plan, the country's only crocodile farm in Phuentsholing will move to a more spacious location, further from the urban centre and allowing elbowroom for its inmates. An acute lack of space has been a longstanding problem for the farm, which was set up in 1976 …
The Prague zoo has launched a test programme to save the Indian crocodile-like gharial from the brink of extinction with a million-dollar pavilion for the animals to bask, and hopefully reproduce, in. There are only between 150 and 200 of this species, the Gavialis gangeticus, also known as the gavial, …
