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Elephant poached in Buxa, poison pellet in chest
The Times of India , Monday, April 08, 2013

KOLKATA: A full-grown tusker was poached in North Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve late on Saturday. This is the second such incident in the forest in a span of little over a month. Forest guards reco ...More


Centre nod to CBI probe into rhino poaching in Assam
The Times of India , Monday, April 08, 2013

GUWAHATI: The Centre finally acceded to the state government's demand for a CBI probe into rhino poaching cases in Assam. State forest and environment minister RockybulHussain said here on Sunday that ...More


CBI takes up probe into rhino killings in Assam
The Hindu , Monday, April 08, 2013

CBI has taken up the probe into the killing of rhinos in Assam following unabated rise in such incidents even as the state government turns to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a bid to tackle illega ...More


Orphaned rhino calf rescued at Manas
The Assam Tribune , Monday, April 08, 2013

GUWAHATI, April 7 – The 15-day-old calf of the rhino that was killed by poachers on April 2 was successfully rescued at Manas National Park on Friday. In a rescue operation involving 30 frontline an ...More


Akhand Sikar puts forest staff on toes
The New Indian Express , Saturday, April 06, 2013

A combing operation has been started by the officials of Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) to prevent entry of tribals for Akhand Sikar (ceremonial mass hunting) ahead of ‘Bisuva Sankranti’. Combing oper ...More


Awards to speed up convictions under forest laws
Business Standard , Saturday, April 06, 2013

To speed up convictions under forest laws, the dismally low rate of which is seen as a major cause behind crimes like poaching, an organisation working in the area of wildlife has announced awards for ...More


Wary Manas cheers another birth
The Telegraph , Saturday, April 06, 2013

Guwahati, April 5: Manas today sighted another tiny tot — a female rhino calf born to Manasi — two days after the park lost an adult, the mother of a 10-day-old, to poachers. This is the fourth rhino ...More


Hand-reared rhino has a baby, a first for India
Saira Kurup
The Times of India , Saturday, April 06, 2013

Forest officials in India have notched up a proud first. Nine years after she was rescued from the swirling flood waters of the Brahmaputra in Kaziranga national park, Ganga has become the first hand- ...More


Chinese convicted for illegal trade in rhino horn
The Telegraph , Saturday, April 06, 2013

WASHINGTON, 6 APRIL: A Chinese national has pleaded guilty in a federal court in Miami to charges stemming from his involvement in smuggling of a carved rhinoceros horn from the USA to China. Mr Shu ...More


Game reserve poisons rhino horns to deter poachers
David Smith
The Hindu , Saturday, April 06, 2013

A game reserve in South Africa has taken the radical step of poisoning rhino horns so that people risk becoming “seriously ill” if they consume them. Sabi Sand said it had injected a mix of parasit ...More


Arrests fail to deter poachers
Naresh Mitra
Times of India , Friday, April 05, 2013

GUWAHATI: The arrest of suspected poachers in connection with recent rhino poaching in the state has failed to deter criminals from killing more rhinos. Many poachers, who had been arrested for poachi ...More


All Bodo Students' Union demands firm steps to stop rhino killings
The Times of India , Friday, April 05, 2013

GUWAHATI/KOKRAJHAR: The All Bodo Students' Union (Absu) has asked the state forest department and Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) to take stringent measures to stop killing of rhinos at Manas Natio ...More


Beware! The tiger is here!
Srinivasa Ramanujam
The Times of India , Friday, April 05, 2013

Tigers have fascinated Aishwarya Ramachandran since childhood. And that's probably why she has chosen to portray them in her latest series, titled Regal Stripes. "For the last couple of years, ever ...More


Elephant calf electrocuted in Nilgiris
The Hindu , Thursday, April 04, 2013

A wild elephant was electrocuted at Mavanhallah near the Sigur Range of the Nilgiris North Division. Two persons have been arrested in connection with this. The male calf, about eight years old, had ...More


Poachers continue killing spree - Translocated rhino killed at Manas in front of calf
The Telegraph , Thursday, April 04, 2013

Guwahati/Kokrajhar, April 3: Hainari had brought joy to Manas National Park when it gave birth to a calf just 10 days ago. Her own joy, however, was shortlived, as poachers shot her last night and too ...More


Corbett buffer zone expanded, tiger population goes up to 287
DS Kunwar
The Times of India , Wednesday, April 03, 2013

DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand forest department on Tuesday decided to bring Kotri and Duggada reserve forest areas spread over 160 square km from Lansdowne forest division to Corbett Tiger Reserve's buffe ...More


Greater Mekong countries 'lost one-third of forest cover in 40 years'
John Vidal
The Guardian , Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Five Asian countries have lost nearly one-third of their forests in the last 35 years and could be left with little more than 10-20% of their original cover by 2030 – with devastating effects on wildl ...More


Summer renders big cats vulnerable
Saswati Mukherjee B
The Times of India , Wednesday, April 03, 2013

BANGALORE: As summer peaks, the state forest department has something important to contend with -- vulnerability of big cats in Project Tiger areas.. Summers result in the tiger stripes showing: Wi ...More


Water wars, sugarcane and the adaptability of big cats
Jay Mazoomdaar
DNA , Wednesday, April 03, 2013

It makes for fascinating stories when large carnivores, such as tigers and leopards, cope with changes we make to natural landscapes. It makes for fascinating stories when large carnivores, such a ...More


Anti-poaching watchers get paid meager wages at erratic intervals
K A Shaji
The Times of India , Tuesday, April 02, 2013

COIMBATORE: While protection of the environment and preservation of wildlife is essential to survival, it does not seem to be an occupation that is valued. More than 1700 anti-poaching watchers associ ...More


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