Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Kanhaiya Kumar Vs Central Zoo Authority & Others dated 16/08/2022. The petitioner prays that in the interest of the public and the wildlife and animals, Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre (respondent 2) should be banned from acquiring animals …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Kanhaiya Kumar Vs Central Zoo Authority & Others dated 16/08/2022. The petitioner prays that in the interest of the public and the wildlife and animals, Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre (respondent 2) should be banned from acquiring animals …
The annual economic value of ecosystem services provided by the Delhi zoo works out to be ₹426 crore, an assessment by the The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and commissioned by the Central Zoo Authority has found. These ‘ecosystem services’ constitute heads such as biodiversity conservation, employment generation, education and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Paryavaran Bachav Samity Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/04/2019 regarding approval for Ambardi Wildlife Interpretation Zone (Ambardi Safari Park) at Dhari in Amreli District, Gujarat under Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. NGT directs the State of Gujarat to seek …
Union environment minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday released a manual containing guidelines to be followed while setting up zoos in the country, and asked the authorities concerned to develop courses on zoo management. These courses would help the personnel, trained in zoo management, sensitise the visitors as regards various aspects …
Harare - A video has emerged of Zimbabwean parks rangers in the main Hwange National Park capturing young wild elephants, allegedly for export to China. The video, published by Britain’s Guardian newspaper, provides a rare insight into a practice that has been condemned by animal rights groups. The paper claimed …
RUMAH KINANGKUNG — Authorities were explaining the rules governing protected animals to residents of this North Sumatran village when a man appeared, carrying a small, scaly creature by the tail. It was a live pangolin, the world’s most trafficked mammal. The man had been catching them in the forest and …
The Nashville Zoo's newest clouded leopard is not only one-of-a-kind, it's the result of a scientific breakthrough that will aide in global conservation efforts. The zoo's newest clouded leopard cub is the first to be born via an artificial insemination procedure using thawed or frozen semen, according to a Nashville …
Taronga Zoo's proposal to build a four to five storey "eco resort" on its plum harbourside site has been slammed as a thinly disguised development bid pitched at wealthy visitors to Sydney. In a submission to the NSW Department of Planning, Mosman Council says the planned $45 million resort appears …
GWALIOR: Six more painted storks died between last night and this morning at the municipal zoo here taking the number of birds which died due to a suspected new sub-type of bird flu at the zoo to 24. With this, the entire population of painted storks numbering 24 at the …
In the wake of the death of nine water birds due to H5 avian influenza, the Delhi government on Wednesday announced shutting down of the National Zoological Park. Delhi development minister Gopal Rai said the government will hold a meeting with doctors and experts to analyse the situation after three …
Just like humans, monkeys in zoos are not eating enough fruits and vegetables. This may have led to them having "humanized" gut flora. Everyone knows that monkeys are among humans' closest relatives. But currently making news are claims that they are becoming more human-like. This is especially true for captive …
Some 50 animals have starved to death in the last six months at one of Venezuela's main zoos, according to a union leader, due to chronic food shortages that have plagued the crisis-stricken South American nation. The fatalities at the Caricuao zoo in Caracas include Vietnamese pigs, tapirs, rabbits and …
Kanpur: A team of UP Pollution Control Board officials from Lucknow arrived at Kanpur zoo on Sunday and collected water samples from the zoo lake to study them in the lab. A total of four samples were collected from different locations. On Saturday, thouands of fish had died in the …
KANPUR: Thousands of fishes of different species including 'Chilwa' and cat fish died in the lake of Kanpur zoo following dip in the level of dissolved oxygen in the lake water. The dead fishes were found floating on the water surface in the lake spread in an area of 10 …
Hyderabad: The month of May claimed three more lives at the Nehru Zoological Park. A barking deer, a spotted deer and a swamp deer fell victim to the adverse impact of highly polluted water of the adjoining Mir Alam Tank that seeps into the moats within the zoo premises. The …
BAREILLY: In an ongoing research titled 'Great Asian One Horned Rhinoceros dying in Indian Zoos' by a wildlife expert has revealed that 110 rhinos have died in Indian zoos during the period from 1965 to 2015. The research stated that out of these 110 rhinos, only 34 were born in …
Close to 50 starved and sick monkeys were rescued from filthy living conditions in a South African private zoo on Saturday, and were whisked away to a care facility, an international animal rights group said. International Primates Rescue (IPR) founder Sue Mousley said after failed attempts by the owner of …
A project to study the impact of pollution on the acoustic quality of birds is being undertaken at the National Zoological Park. The project is being undertaken by the students of the Delhi University at the zoo that houses around 642 birds of 51 different species (as per 2015 inventory …
Nagpur: The forest department has issued a fresh order regarding shifting of Maharajbagh tigers to the newly-inaugurated Gorewada rescue centre. The revised order, which was issued by principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) Shree Bhagwan on Thursday, states that the disabled male tiger 'Sahebrao' and one tigress from the zoo …
A northern white rhinoceros, one of just four left on Earth, died on Sunday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park after suffering from a bacterial infection and age-related health issues, zoo officials said. Nola, a 41-year-old rhino brought to the Southern California park in 1989 as part of a …
