UN wildlife conservation agency on Monday called for strong global recognition of the need for increased international collaboration and coordination to combat illicit trafficking in wildlife.
According to the secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna a
India: Kerala forests have become a 'graveyard' of wild elephants with as many as 270 deaths being reported this year since January, according to an animal rights campaigner, a figure contested by government which has termed the numbers as 'exaggerated'. As many as 40 per cent of the dead animals we
India: A tusker was run over by a goods train between Madarihat and Dalgaon stations of northern West Bengal's Alipurduar district in the early hours of Sunday, forest officials said.
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The Guwahati-bound goods train coming from New Jalpaiguri station mauled the tusker around 2.30 a.m.
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India: A day after two elephants died of suspected electrocution at Tithipali reserve forest in Odisha’s Sonepur district, two forest officials were today placed under suspension for dereliction of duty.
The Sonepur Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) suspended a Forester and a Forest guard for dereli
France:  France has banned the import of lion heads, paws and skins as hunters’ trophies, nearly four months after the killing of Zimbabwe’s most famous lion by an American trophy hunter sparked international outrage.
In a letter to the actor and animals rights activist Brigitte Bardot, Franceâ
