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Who started the fire? |
M R Manjunath |
Deccan Herald , Tuesday, May 07, 2013 |
Come summer, and State’s reserves face the problem of forest fires. Most of these fires are manmade, and are triggered either by vested interests or by accident. The reasons are many, and so are the m ...More
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Bijoya takes up rhino poaching issue with Sonia |
Kalyan Barooah |
The Assam Tribune , Tuesday, May 07, 2013 |
NEW DELHI, May 6 – Unabated killing of rhinos in Assam could land the State Government in further trouble, with BJP MP Bijoya Chakravarty on Monday directly complaining to Congress president Sonia Gan ...More
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Leopardess found killed near Mysore |
Lawrence Milton |
The Times of India , Sunday, May 05, 2013 |
MYSORE: A two-year-old leopardess in Mysore appears to be killed and its paws have been removed by miscreants near Hunsur on Sunday.
The leopard was found dead at one Puttamma's land near Pakshirajap ...More
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Dinesh Goswami: Whale shark champion |
Maulik Pathak |
Live Mint , Saturday, May 04, 2013 |
Ahmedabad: Dinesh Goswami is an unlikely animal rights activist. He has a job that pays a daily wage at the Ambuja Cements Ltd factory on the outskirts of Porbandar in Gujarat. For a full day’s work, ...More
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Poaching scare after jumbo deaths at Hadagarh forest |
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The Times of India , Saturday, May 04, 2013 |
Keonjhar: After Similipal sanctuary in Mayurbhanj district, poachers now seem to be making inroads into the Hadagarh sanctuary. The fact came to light after wildlife division forest officials seized t ...More
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Forest dept, cops clueless about poachers |
Vimal Bhatia |
The Times of India , Saturday, May 04, 2013 |
JAISALMER: Two days after nine chinkaras were killed near Baytu in Barmer district, the police and forest departments are still clueless about the poachers. Out of the nine chinkaras, eight were femal ...More
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3 held for poaching chinkara near Tipeshwar |
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Times of India , Thursday, May 02, 2013 |
NAGPUR: Pandharkawda forest officials have nabbed three poachers for killing a chinkara (black buck) in Sakhra reserve forest in Mahandodi beat on Tuesday. The forest is 3-4 km from Tipeshwar wildlife ...More
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Govt to ban trade of peacock feathers |
Chetan Chauhan |
Hindustan Times , Thursday, May 02, 2013 |
Beautiful peacock feather handicraft or embroidery would soon be history with the government deciding to ban trade of their feathers to protect the national bird, nearly 50 years after it got the excl ...More
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Rhino carcass found |
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Business Standard , Wednesday, May 01, 2013 |
The carcass of a rhino
was recovered by forest guards inside the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam's Morigaon district today.
Forest officials said the rhino, which was an adult male, died ...More
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Who poached the whale shark? |
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DNA , Wednesday, May 01, 2013 |
'It was killed elsewhere, dumped near Madavad coast'' First instant of a whale shark being found with its liver missing after the programme to save fish began.
Utility value of the fish
The fins of ...More
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Whale shark poaching: Liver of the fish missing |
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Bhaskar , Tuesday, April 30, 2013 |
Ahmedabad: The carcass of a whale shark has got the forest department investigating as to how exactly it landed in the sea near Madavad coast in Kodinar taluka. Forest officials admitted that post-mor ...More
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Flocks find Point Calimere weather good for feather |
S Deepak Karthik |
The New Indian Express , Tuesday, April 30, 2013 |
Despite the hot summer, the Point Calimere Bird Sanctuary is buzzing with activity. The place has been attracting large number of migratory birds as the water level in the sanctuary is good due to uns ...More
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Having the dead alive |
PP Wangchuk |
Hindustan Times , Tuesday, April 30, 2013 |
Will it be ethical to recreate species gone extinct long ago? A recent development in Australia, in which scientists developed the embryos of the extinct gastric brooding frog, has yet again brought t ...More
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7 peacocks killed by poachers in Barmer in Jaipur |
Vimal Bhatia |
The Times of India , Monday, April 29, 2013 |
JAISALMER: Incidents of poaching are increasing in Barmer and it looks like the poachers are not scared of being caught. Two weeks ago, nine chinkaras were beaten to death with sticks and on Saturday ...More
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BJP condemns poaching of rhinos in Guwahati |
ANI |
News Track India , Sunday, April 28, 2013 |
Guwahati, April 28 (ANI): Assam state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged protests in Guwahati over the recurring poaching of one-horned rhinoceros in Kaziranga National park and other sanctua ...More
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