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| Wildlife group wants Thailand to ban ivory trade |
| AP |
| Times of India , Tuesday, January 15, 2013 |
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BANGKOK: An international conservation group is calling on Thailand to ban trade in ivory to help stop an unprecedented rise in elephant poaching in Africa.
The World Wildlife Fund says ``massive ...More
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| One -horned rhino poached yet again |
| Anup Sharma |
| The Pioneer , Tuesday, January 15, 2013 |
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Barely 72 hours after the recovery of two rhino carcasses at Morigaon and Sonitpur district on Friday, suspected poachers have killed yet another one-horned rhino in Manas National Park of Assam — lea ...More
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| African elephant poaching threatens wildlife future |
| By Gabriel Gatehouse BBC News, Kenya/Nigeria |
| BBC News , Tuesday, January 15, 2013 |
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Kenya has strong anti-poaching regulations - yet still elephants die
Three elephant corpses lay piled on top of one another under the scorching Kenyan sun.
In their terror, the elephants must have ...More
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| Official cautions against poaching |
| By Zephania Ubwani |
| The Citizen , Tuesday, January 15, 2013 |
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The Citizen Bureau Chief
Arusha. Indiscriminate killing of animals has to be stopped in order to sustain national parks and their ecosystems, the director general of the Tanzania National Parks (Ta ...More
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| WWF concerned over poaching of translocated rhinos in Assam |
| Press Trust of India |
| Business Standard , Tuesday, January 15, 2013 |
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International conservation NGO WWF today expressed concern on the poaching of rhinoceros in Manas National Park in Assam where a pachyderm translocated from the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary was killed ...More
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| Ek tha tiger, ek tha Rathore |
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| The Asian Age , Sunday, January 13, 2013 |
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I am blessed as I got an opportunity to work with “Boss” (as I used to fondly call Fateh Singh Rathore) during his last decade at Ranthambhore and until he passed away in March 2011. Tiger Warrior is ...More
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| Long-distance fliers land at Malyadi |
| Ashok Kumar |
| Deccan herald , Tuesday, January 08, 2013 |
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Malyadi, a small town near Udupi, attracts a wide variety of birds including egrets, crested larks and little cormorants. The sight of these birds in flight makes the place worth a visit. The downside ...More
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| Tribal relocation proves tricky |
| K. Jeevan Chinnappa |
| The hindu , Tuesday, January 08, 2013 |
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As the debate on the pros and cons of tribal relocation from different ranges in the Nagarahole National Park goes on, 487 tribal families have moved out of the Park areas since the relocation scheme ...More
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| Presence of poachers worries Manas authorities |
| Correspondent |
| The Assam Tribune , Monday, January 07, 2013 |
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BARPETA, Jan 6 – Though the Manas National Park-cum -Tiger Project is gradually reviving and is all set to regain its past glory yet the presence of unwanted elements within the park is a cause of ...More
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| Wildlife crime unit faces extinction over funding crisis |
| Concern about future of crucial work preventing smuggling and cruelty against animals |
| The Independent , Friday, January 04, 2013 |
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Britain's National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU), which leads the fight against the burgeoning illegal wildlife trade, may be facing the axe.
Concern is growing about the future of the widely praised un ...More
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| ‘Hike informer incentive in poaching, forest theft’ |
| PNS | BHUBANESWAR |
| The Pioneer , Friday, January 04, 2013 |
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Close on the heels of the recent massacre of five elephants and a foetus in a rail accident in Brahmapur, former MLA and the Odisha Krushak Manch president Bibhudhendra Pratap Das has given a few sugg ...More
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| 15 tigers died in State during 2012 NTCA report |
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| Deccan Herald , Thursday, January 03, 2013 |
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The year bygone has proved to be unsafe for wildlife in Karnataka. As many as 15 tigers died in the State’s protected forests in 2012, according to a report of the National Tiger Conservation Authorit ...More
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| Wildlife crime bureau can’t access call details |
| Neha Sethi |
| Live Mint , Thursday, January 03, 2013 |
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New Delhi: The home ministry has rejected the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau’s demand for access to phone call details of suspected poachers and traders in illegal products, raising a debate about the ...More
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| Jumbo deaths: It is time to act |
| Debabrata Mohanty |
| The Indian Express , Thursday, January 03, 2013 |
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Home to almost 80 per cent elephants in eastern India until not so long ago, Orissa is struggling against being tagged as the most unsafe place for the national heritage animal. The latest blow came o ...More
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