KARACHI: Pakistan has requested CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora)-Management Authority of Thailand to provide details on seizures of turtles and tortoises that have been made over the past few years which according to press reports were smuggled
VISAKHAPATNAM-India: In a bizarre incident that involves ecological concerns, a group of villagers killed a panther and fought over sharing its meat. As the fight turned murkier, forest officials came to know of the incident leading to the arrest of three persons.
Officials are looking for more
India: Illegal international trade of the black spotted turtle has escalated rapidly over the past two years, says a recently published report. The main trade chain for these turtles, according to the report, appears to start in South Asia (Bangladesh, India and Pakistan), where animals are collec
BHOPAL: An adult leopard was run over by a vehicle at Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh (MP) on Wednesday night.
The big cat, fifth to have been killed in vehicular collision in last six months, was hit while it was dragging its kill, a half-eaten cow, off the Bhopal-Silwani road, around 80 km
BHUBANESWAR-INDIA: A new species of snake, found by a group of herpetologists and snake lovers in Odisha last year, has been named after the eastern state as Lycodon Odishii, becoming the latest addition to the list of 297 species of snakes found in the country.
The Russian Journal of Herpetology
