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Mukundra reserve to get tigers from MP, Maharashtra |
Rachna Singh |
The Times of India , Tuesday, January 20, 2015 |
JAIPUR: The Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve, a sanctuary without tigers so far, will now get big cats from Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra for genetic diversity. The fifth meeting of the state board for ...More
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Out: List of Kaziranga's most wanted |
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The Telegraph , Monday, January 19, 2015 |
Guwahati, Jan. 18: Kaziranga National Park authorities have for the first time made public a list of 323 poachers.
Assam chief wildlife warden R.P. Agarwalla told The Telegraph that the whole idea ...More
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Poachers train their guns on lesser-known wild species |
Nihi Sharma Sahani |
The Hindustan Times , Saturday, January 17, 2015 |
Lesser-known wild species like pangolins, monitor lizards, mongoose, porcupine, civet cat, spiny-tailed lizards, and mariner turtles are falling prey to poaching and quietly vanishing from the for ...More
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Poachers train their guns on lesser-known wild species |
Nihi Sharma Sahani |
The Hindustan Times , Saturday, January 17, 2015 |
Lesser-known wild species like pangolins, monitor lizards, mongoose, porcupine, civet cat, spiny-tailed lizards, and mariner turtles are falling prey to poaching and quietly vanishing from the for ...More
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Lions of the rainforest |
Ananda Banerjee |
Live Mint , Friday, January 16, 2015 |
It was a brief stop by the side of a rainforest patch adjoining the Puthuthottam Tea Estate in Valparai town, Tamil Nadu. Suddenly, a small black lion-tailed macaque appeared from nowhere. It was chec ...More
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Three poachers killed in Kaziranga National Park |
MANOJ ANAND |
The Asian Age , Thursday, January 15, 2015 |
In a major breakthrough, the forest guards of Kaziranga National Park on Wednesday shot dead at least three poachers and foiled their attempt to kill rhino.
Informing that wildlife authorities have a ...More
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5 peacocks die in Alirajpur |
TNN |
The Times of India , Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
INDORE: Five peacocks were found dead in Dheeral village of Alirajpur district on Monday after consuming flowers laced with pesticide in a cotton field. Forest officials said more than poaching and sh ...More
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Move to stop poaching of migratory birds |
Chandra Bhushan Pandey |
The Times of India , Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
Motihari: Divisional forest officer (DFO), East Champaran, Mokhtarul Haque has launched a special drive against poaching, trapping, killing and marketing of migratory birds in the district this winter ...More
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Leopards fast losing battle of survival in Madhya Pradesh |
Neeraj Santoshi |
The Hindustan Times , Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
Leopards are fast losing the battle of survival in Madhya Pradesh. More than 140 leopards died in the period between 2008 and 2013, as per information accessed under the Right to Information Act.
Wil ...More
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Anti-poaching watchtower near Mettur proposed |
SYED MUTHAHAR SAQAF |
The Hindu , Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
The State Forest Department has proposed to set up an anti-poaching watchtower near Mettur on the Tamil Nadu – Karnataka border with the twin objectives of watching the activities of the anti-social e ...More
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2 injured flamingos rescued near Uran wetlands |
Vijay Singh |
The Times of India , Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
NAVI MUMBAI: Two flamingos were rescued by villagers in Dongri near Uran wetlands on Monday.
"Normally, flamingos are seen in flocks but these were on the ground by themselves. On closer examinatio ...More
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Tribal arrested for electrocuting two spotted deer |
Press Trust of India |
Business Standard , Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
A tribal was arrested today for allegedly electrocuting two spotted deer at Nandikheda village near here, a forest official said.
Based on a tip-off, a forest department squad reached the farm of ...More
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Move to stop poaching of migratory birds |
Chandra Bhushan Pandey |
The Times of India , Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
Motihari: Divisional forest officer (DFO), East Champaran, Mokhtarul Haque has launched a special drive against poaching, trapping, killing and marketing of migratory birds in the district this winter ...More
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Assam taps army on rhino poaching |
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The Telegraph , Monday, January 12, 2015 |
Jorhat, Jan. 11: Poachers killed another rhino at Kaziranga National Park in the early hours today while revealing an arsenal that now also boasts light machine guns, prompting the government to turn ...More
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State to seek Army help to check poaching |
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The Assam Tribune , Monday, January 12, 2015 |
GUWAHATI, Jan 11 – In view of the recurring incidents of rhino poaching in Kaziranga National Park and the involvement of extremist outfits, the State Government has decided to engage the Army to assi ...More
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Poachers electrocuted 88 animals, SC told |
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Deccan Herald , Monday, January 12, 2015 |
In an alarming admission, the Centre has told the Supreme Court that at least 88 wild animals, mostly elephants, sambar, boar and endangered ones like rhino, were poached by drawing lines from high te ...More
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Poacher killed in Orang National Park |
TNN |
The Times of India , Monday, January 12, 2015 |
Guwahati: A team from Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, about 150 km from here, foiled a poaching attempt and gunned down one poacher from a three-member gang early on Sunday morning.
The poachers ...More
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2 rhinos poached in Assam, toll rises to 3 |
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The Assam Tribune , Monday, January 12, 2015 |
Guwahati, Jan 11 (IANS): Within days of the year's first killing of a rhino at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, carcasses of two more rhinos have been found, their horns sawed off, authorities sa ...More
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