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 Dhole or Asiatic Wild dog Cuon alpinus is a highly social and cooperative animal, living in organised packs of around 10 individuals and occasionally over 30. The best remaining populations are probably confined to the wildlife reserves and protected areas in central and southern India, but even their stability …
Recent news that the Indian Central Government, in the first meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority, chaired by the Hon. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, had decided to declare the Ganges dolphin, Platanista gangetica gangetica, as national aquatic animal was most welcome to cetacean specialists and enthusiasts and environmentalists …
Five pairs of rare Himalayan ungulates arrived at the city airport early on Wednesday, on their way to the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling. The three pairs of Himalayan Thar and two pairs of Blue Sheep are gifts from Japan, which had received two young elephants
The forest department yesterday released a flock of rare parrots, a langur and a barking deer in the Dalma wildlife sanctuary. The red-vented parrots, which are protected under Schedule IV of the Wildlife Protection Act, were confiscated from a Sakchi pet shop where 28 birds were found crammed into a …
LUCKNOW: The state is set to get a new zoo in Gorakhpur. The supreme court nod on Friday cleared the decks for the third zoo in the state. It will not only be the biggest, including the two existing zoos, but also the first to come up in eastern UP. …
LUCKNOW: The recent starvation deaths of leopards in UP could be the latest manifestation of deteriorating forest quality. A four-month-old leopard cub died in June this year while another cub, about a-year-and-a-half old, died on Tuesday while it was undergoing treatment at Lucknow zoo. While the first death was reported …
Linah Baliga / DNA Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to protect the flora and fauna at the Veer Jijamata Udyan (Byculla zoo) using a new technique. This is a part of several measures being taken in the Rs434-crore zoo modernisation plan. The measure, called the hot grass …
The mysterious deaths of 14 deer in Kanpur's Allen Forests Zoo on September 12 was lost in Mayawati's latest statue-and-park drive. Even a missive from Union Minister for Forests and Environment Jairam Ramesh failed to evoke a response from the chief minister's office. Ramesh had written to Mayawati drawing attention …
In the wake of the increasing incidents of animal deaths in zoos, campaigners of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) today demonstrated in front of the Central Zoo Authority in the national Capital, and called for shutting down of all zoos in the country. During the protest, PETA …
Sept. 13: Seven officials of the Kanpur zoo have been suspended following the mysterious deaths of 13 spotted and one swamp deer on Saturday. The deer were found dead in their enclosures on Saturday and there was no visible sign of any injury on their bodies. The post-mortem carried out …
LUCKNOW: Thirteen cheetal and a swamp deer were found dead in mysterious circumstances on Saturday morning. All of them were fed the fodder on Friday evening and deaths reportedly took place on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. The month of September it seems goes down hard on the …
Nagpur: It was as brazen a violation of rules as you would ever see. A Maharashtra minister entered a cage of tiger cubs at the Maharajbagh zoo in Nagpur along with his supporters on Independence Day and petted the animals as TV cameras rolled. It made national headlines. Yet, with …
With the functioning and management of a majority of the 196 zoos of the country leaving much to be desired, the Centre is considering setting up a dedicated institution to provide them with scientific and technical assistance, both in order to bring about a turnaround as also to make them …
SHILLONG: The State Zoo to be constructed over 75 acres of land at Umtrew village in Ri-Bhoi district is likely to be completed by the end of 2011. Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) VK Nautiyal said the project would cost Rs 19 crore …
