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Stray Tiger found dead |
Press Trust of India |
Business Standard , Saturday, April 19, 2014 |
An eight-year-old tiger,
which triggered panic here by attacking a veterinarian earlier this week, was today found dead near Chethalayam forests in the district.
The tiger, who carcass was s ...More
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Leopard found dead on Manesar golf course |
Rao Jaswant Singh |
The Times of India , Saturday, April 19, 2014 |
GURGAON: The lifeless body of a female leopard with serious injuries was found on the golf course of a luxury resort on the foothills of the Aravallis in Manesar earlier this week. The forest depart ...More
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Dhara village is poachers’ refuge? |
Seema Sharma |
The Times of India , Saturday, April 19, 2014 |
DEHRADUN: Banshi, a poacher, was nabbed near Kalagarh by the forest department. Knives and steel traps that he used to trap and kill tigers were also recovered. The accused had arrived from Dhara vi ...More
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Rhinos may be extinct by 2020: Experts |
PTI |
The Economic Times , Thursday, April 17, 2014 |
LONDON: Rhinoceros in the wild may be pushed to extinction by the end of this decade if their unrelenting poaching continues at the present rate, experts have warned.
The poaching of black and w ...More
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World Should Follow NY to Clamp Down on Ivory |
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The New Indian Express , Thursday, April 17, 2014 |
An independent statewide survey shows that over 80 per cent of New York voters are in favour of a permanent state ban on the sale of ivory that is decimating elephants in Africa and Asia. The largest ...More
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Eco-tourism helps conserve Ladakh’s fragile environs |
ARIF SHAFI WANI |
Greater Kashmir , Tuesday, April 15, 2014 |
Srinagar, Apr 14: Jammu and Kashmir government's endeavor to conserve fragile eco-system of mountainous Ladakh region and endangered Snow Leopard through eco-tourism is turning out to be a successful ...More
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Efforts on to stop rhino poaching: CM |
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The Assam Times , Monday, April 14, 2014 |
The Assam government has stepped up efforts to stop rhino poaching in Kaziranga.
Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Sunday, chief minister Tarun Gogoi said that apart from imparting trainin ...More
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Rarest primate on verge of extinction |
IANS |
The Economic Times , Sunday, April 13, 2014 |
LONDON: Do you know the name of world's rarest primate? It's Hainan gibbon -- a species found only in a tiny corner of an island in the South China Sea.
However, its long-term survival is in jeo ...More
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Illegal bush meat trade of monkeys in Chhattisgarh |
Rashmi Drolia |
The Times of India , Sunday, April 13, 2014 |
RAIPUR: Illegal trade of bush meat, also known as wild meat has come to light in Chhattisgarh with shocking images of hundreds of slaughtered monkeys at Devvadvi region near Ambagarh Chowki in Rajan ...More
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Illegal monkey meat trade rampant in Chhattisgarh |
Rashmi Drolia |
The Times of India , Saturday, April 12, 2014 |
RAIPUR: Illegal trade of bush meat, also known as wild meat has come to light in Chhattisgarh with shocking images of hundreds of slaughtered monkeys at Devvadvi region near Ambagarh Chowki in Rajanan ...More
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CBI takes over tiger poaching probe |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Times of India , Saturday, April 12, 2014 |
NAGPUR: Eight months after it was approached to investigate poaching of tigers in the region, the Central Bureau of Investigation, took over the on Friday.
The state government had written to CBI ...More
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US Marines headed to Chad park to fight poaching |
AFP |
Business Standard , Friday, April 11, 2014 |
A small team of US Marines are to head soon to Chad's Zakouma National Park to train local forces in the fight against the poaching threatening the area's elephant herds.
Around 15 marines are to ...More
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Gautala sanctuary to get cameras for tracking animals |
Himanshu Nitnaware |
The Economic Times , Thursday, April 10, 2014 |
AURANGABAD: The Gautala Autrumghat wildlife sanctuary in Aurangabad district, a 250 sq km expanse of dense forest, will be first in the Marathwada region to get cameras to track the movement of animal ...More
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Illegal sand mining poses threat to Katlabodi tigers |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Economic Times , Wednesday, April 09, 2014 |
NAGPUR: Katlabodi tigress and her three sub-adult cubs seem to be under severe threat from brick kilns on the edge of reserve forest areas in Kalmeshwar range, 35km from Nagpur.
The Katlabodi tigress ...More
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Hugh Court rejects rhino poachers' bail pleas |
TNN |
The Times of India , Wednesday, April 09, 2014 |
GUWAHATI: The Guwahati high court on Monday rejected the bail pleas of three persons who were accused of rhino poaching. The accused, identified as Kashim Ali, Habibur Rahman and Yakub Ali, were arres ...More
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Assamese NRI group opposes rhino de-horning |
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The Assam Tribune , Tuesday, April 08, 2014 |
GUWAHATI, April 7 – The proposal of the State Forest Department to dehorn the translocated and stray rhinos has been met with opposition even from the people of the State-origin living in foreign coun ...More
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Parties unconcerned about wildlife: Animal welfare body |
TNN |
The Times of India , Tuesday, April 08, 2014 |
IMPHAL: People for Animals (PFA) Thoubal, an animal welfare organization, is unhappy that none of the political parties have mentioned animal conservation in their manifestos for the upcoming Lok Sabh ...More
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Parties unconcerned about wildlife: Animal welfare body |
TNN |
The Times of India , Tuesday, April 08, 2014 |
IMPHAL: People for Animals (PFA) Thoubal, an animal welfare organization, is unhappy that none of the political parties have mentioned animal conservation in their manifestos for the upcoming Lok Sabh ...More
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