India: Rajasthan government on Tuesday informed the State Assembly that five out of 43 tigers in Ranthambore National Park (RNP) were missing and the wildlife experts were tracing their hideouts. Replying to a special mention motion of NPP legislator K L Meena, Minister of State for Mines and Wildl
India: The Thrissur-based Heritage Animal Task Force has urged the government to cancel a reported move to parade large numbers of elephants during the ‘Kanana Sangamam 2015’ programme planned by the Forest Department in April in Thiruvananthapuram. Such parades inflict a high degree of tortur
India :With the seizure of a Royal Bengal Tiger hide by the forest personnel in Thakurmunda area of Mayurbhanj district on Wednesday, poaching in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) has come to the fore once again. Along with the tiger hide, the officials seized a leopard skin and arrested five persons
India: Information regarding the seizure of the terrapins has been passed on to the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, a statutory multi-disciplinary body established by the Government of India to combat organised wildlife crime.
Sources said the Forest Department officials would be conveying complete
India: Electric fences are wreaking havoc in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, killing four tuskers in the last six months. Erected illegally on private estates, agricultural farms and resorts, these fences are being seen as the biggest threat to elephants in the Reserve that is home to almost 25% of t
