The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has invited comments on the draft notification of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Dog Breeding and Marketing Rules), 2016. The Ministry will be notifying the proposed draft Rules in the Gazette more....

The government is exploring ways on how pet dogs can also play a role in providing security to the society including cases of terrorism and anti-women crimes, Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave said today. The ministry has issued a draft of rules more....

A rare bird was sighted in the Chilika lake, the biggest waterfowl habitat in the country, during the headcount of feathered guests conducted by the wildlife organisation in the entire lagoon. The common shelduck, a rare migratory bird was sighte more....

CHANDRAPUR: A spotted dove was severely injured after getting entwined in coated manja in Tukum here on Tuesday. After being rescued by a good Samaritan, avian activists rushed the dove for treatment. However, it is still uncertain whether the bird more....

In an extremely worrying trend to the start of the Olive Ridley Turtle nesting season, as many as 41 dead turtles have been found in the city’s beaches. Volunteers from the Students Sea Turtle Conservation Network (SSTCN), who were patrolling the be more....

The son of a Tamil Nadu Forest Department employee has been arrested while he was trying to illegally sell parakeet chicks to potential customers here. In the wake of previous such incidents in the city, the Forest Cell of the Criminal Investigation more....

BENGALURU: With the help of CID, the BBMP forest cell has cracked an online racket in selling parakeets and rescued eight Alexandrine parakeet chicks on Monday. With initial probe revealing a big racket, police say it has interstate ramifications. T more....

Students of several government and private colleges today took out rallies and staged protests in various districts, demanding that the Centre take urgent initiatives to vacate the Supreme Court ban on Jallikattu (bull taming). They threatened to def more....

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has formulated rules to make dog breeders and their marketers accountable and to prevent infliction of any cruelty in this process. The Anil Dave led ministry today put out in publ more....

BENGALURU: Hunting of Indian monitor lizards for its flesh and skin in the Western Ghats has been increasing as its protection has not attracted much attention despite its inclusion in Schedule 1 list of the Wildlife Protection Act. One of the most v more....

New Delhi: Environment minister Anil Madhav Dave on Tuesday unveiled draft rules for the prevention of cruelty to dogs, seeking to make dog breeders and sellers accountable. The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Dog Breeding and Marketing) Rules, 20 more....

Kozhikode: A group of scientists have spotted a new species of wasp in the forests of the Western Ghats. The new species is named parancistrocerusjaferpaloti after Mohammed JaferPalot, scientist at the Western Ghat Regional Centre of the Zoological more....

CHENNAI: The nesting season for olive ridley turtles has begun on a sad note, with conservationists sighting at least 13 dead turtles along the Marina-Neelankarai stretch on Monday night. This, many activists say, is mainly because the fisheries d more....

The rusty patched bumble bee, a prized but vanishing pollinator once familiar to much of North America, was listed on Tuesday as an endangered species, becoming the first wild bee in the continental United States to gain such federal protection. One more....

A new species of wasp has been discovered from the Western Ghats, one of the biodiversity hotspots of the country. MuhamedJaferPalot of Western Ghats Regional Centre (WGRC) of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kozhikode, said this wasp belonged more....

Six rare wild cats were rescued by the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Police on Tuesday while they were being smuggled to Hyderabad. Five Caracals and a Leopard Cat — both rare species protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 — were seized more....

AGRA: The Uttar Pradesh Police Department in a routine vehicle checking in Mirzapur discovered a shocking consignment concealed inside a SUV; Six rare wild cats (five 'Caracals' and one Leopard Cat) all protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Prot more....

The Forest and Wildlife Department, in association with the Hume Centre for Ecology and Wildlife Biology, is organising a State-level workshop on vulture conservation at Gaja Auditorium, SulthanBathery, on Thursday. Pramod G. Krishnan, Chief Conserv more....

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday ordered issue of notice to Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) on a petition filed by a group of idol makers seeking time till October this year to dispose/sell the unsold painted idols and those mad more....

Lucknow: What could easily be termed as the biggest catch, the police and the wildlife authorities on Tuesday arrested the kingpin of a wild animal smuggling gang and recovered 6430 tortoises concealed in 115 gunny bags from a village in Amethi distr more....

The high court on Tuesday ordered notice to the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) in a PIL filed by Ganesha idol makers challenging the ban imposed by the board on idols made of Plaster of Paris (PoP) and painted ones. KSPCB has imp more....

Scientists are creating a new silver catalyst to purify the air that can decompose toxic carbon monoxide and other harmful substances into harmless components, an advance that could help fight smog in cities like New Delhi and Beijing. This nanostru more....

Almost a month after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned the use of glass-coated manjha for flying kites, the sharp string continues to be sold in Jaipur ahead of the Makar Sankranti festival. Youngsters and adults fly kites during Makar Sankra more....

Over 1,300 companies have been punished in China's Shanxi Province, which suffered the worst smog this winter, for violating anti-pollution regulations with a fine of USD 3.1 million collected from them. The campaign by local environmental law en more....

The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday constituted a committee to inspect major waste generators in the national capital including 5-star hotels, malls, hospitals, educational institutions with hostels and housing societies. Noting that the proble more....

MUMBAI: In a welcome move for dogs across the country, the ministry of environment, forest & climate change (MoEFCC) has published draft rules to regulate dog breeding. Humane Society International/India and People for Animals have played a significa more....

New Delhi, Jan 10 (PTI) Amidst growing chorus for holding bull taming sport Jallikattu, the Centre today said it will take a stand on the issue once the matter is decided by Supreme Court while hoping that the apex court will "take care" of the senti more....

BHUBANESWAR: Contrary to notions that Chilika lagoon is almost free of metal contaminants, a latest scientific study has found continued presence of four different heavy metals which may affect the wetland’s eco-system and biodiversity in the long ru more....

With Pongal, the biggest agriculture-related festival of Tamil Nadu being round the corner, the controversy on Jallikattu, a bull-taming sport celebrated in Pongal, has once again come to the fore. What has been a tug of war between the traditional more....

Ruling out the possibility of any ordinance to permit the bull-taming sport of Jallikattu before Supreme Court announces its verdict on the issue, environment minister Anil Dave said on Tuesday that Centre's hands are tied. The minister though, hinte more....