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Call for caution on birds' protection |
From our Correspondent |
The Sentinel , Thursday, January 03, 2013 |
Itanagar, Jan 2: Following the total restriction on trespassing, hunting and poaching at the Dying Ering Wildlife Sanctuary (DEWS) imposed by the authorities, some hunters are reportedly hunting not b ...More
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One trampled by elephants, another injured |
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The Hindu , Thursday, January 03, 2013 |
This is the second incident involving wild elephants in the region in the last 72 hours
One person was trampled to death and another sustained injuries when they were attacked by a herd of two eleph ...More
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Mammoth effort to save African elephants |
Jeffrey Gettleman |
The Hindu , Tuesday, January 01, 2013 |
AP Ivory carvings on display at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in Albany recently. To shutter the U.S. as a modern elephant graveyard, investigators recently confiscated t ...More
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Saving elephants a mammoth task |
Jeffrey Gettleman |
Deccan Herald , Tuesday, January 01, 2013 |
Gabon, a lush country, often called a “forest republic,” used to stand proudly apart from its shaky neighbours, like the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic, tropical disast ...More
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Power to the tiger |
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Deccan Herald , Tuesday, January 01, 2013 |
Tourism is the main tool to make conservation sustainable. The lifting of the ban on tourism in core areas brings a sigh of relief. Traffic needs to be regularised, not banned. If we want to save the ...More
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Now, the tragedy of the common species |
Neha Sinha |
The Hindu , Tuesday, January 01, 2013 |
India needs to shed its blinkers and recognise that the widespread hunting and trapping of species not on the mainstream protection radar is being grossly ignored
Last month, a video set in Nagaland ...More
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Now, the tragedy of the common species |
Neha Sinha |
The Hindu , Tuesday, January 01, 2013 |
India needs to shed its blinkers and recognise that the widespread hunting and trapping of species not on the mainstream protection radar is being grossly ignored
Last month, a video set in Nagaland ...More
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Saving elephants a mammoth task |
The New York Times |
Deccan Herald , Tuesday, January 01, 2013 |
Gabon, a lush country, often called a “forest republic,” used to stand proudly apart from its shaky neighbours, like the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic, tropical disast ...More
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Three poachers held in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve |
PNS | New Delhi |
The Pioneer , Tuesday, January 01, 2013 |
Three notorious poachers have been nabbed in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh, in the last two days. Of the three, one was involved in tiger poaching cases since 2001 belonging to the controversi ...More
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A place of hope amid the elephant poaching crisis |
Jeffrey Gettleman |
CBS News , Tuesday, January 01, 2013 |
(CBS News) NAIROBI, Kenya -- There is an elephant poaching crisis in Africa: 25,000 are killed a year.
There is, however, one place of hope near Nairobi.
The orphaned elephants there are getting a ...More
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Islanders face tough fish poaching battle |
Serafina Silaitoga |
Fiji Times , Sunday, December 30, 2012 |
POACHING has become a challenge for villagers of Yanuca Island who have noted an increase in illegal fishing activities.
Village elder Lui Bale said they had noted a decrease in fish stock.
"In the ...More
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Tiger deaths reach all-time high of 88 |
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The Asian Age , Saturday, December 29, 2012 |
India saw a sharp increase in tiger deaths, which reached an all-time high of 88 tigers dead in 2012, according to data released by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).
This is the highe ...More
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Saving the rhino with surveillance drones |
• David Smith in Johannesburg |
The Guardian , Thursday, December 27, 2012 |
A rhino farmer in South Africa is planning to use surveillance drones designed for the US military to combat poachers who are driving the animals towards extinction.
Clive Vivier, cofounder of the Zu ...More
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Tiger found dead in Ranthambore tiger reserve |
TNN |
The Times of India , Monday, December 24, 2012 |
JAIPUR: A mutilated, maggot-eaten carcass of a tiger was recovered the Gilai Saga-Khadar area of the Ranthambore tiger reserve in Sawai Madhopur district on Sunday morning. Officials claimed that the ...More
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Tiger found dead in Ranthambore tiger reserve |
TNN |
Times of India , Monday, December 24, 2012 |
JAIPUR: A mutilated, maggot-eaten carcass of a tiger was recovered the Gilai Saga-Khadar area of the Ranthambore tiger reserve in Sawai Madhopur district on Sunday morning. Officials claimed that the ...More
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