GUWAHATI: Despite Kaziranga National Park's mounting notoriety as a poaching haven, not a single poacher has been convicted since 2009. The unscientific way of collecting evidence, lack of coordination among security forces and their poor knowledge of wildlife laws have resulted in the abysmal track
BANGALORE: One fine morning a few years ago, a leopard emerged from Kaggalipura forest and strode onto the NICE Road stretch connecting Bannerghatta Road and Kanakapura Road. A leopard emerging from the nearby Kaggalipura forest area entered the road sectio
In no time, a speeding truck knocked it
BANGALORE: The number of tigers may see an upward trend in the National Tiger Census being conducted across the country with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) stating that the present exercise is covering more areas compared to the 2010 census.
The census, conducted once in four years, revealed a pop
NEW DELHI: Global conservation organization WWF today sounded an alarm over poaching of tigers and said that on average, two wild cats are killed per week due to high demand of their body parts in Asian countries.
It also said wild tigers were facing the risk of extinction in some countries d
An African white-bellied pangolin – poachers are turning to African pangolins because Asian populations have been denuded. Photograph: IUCN/ZSL
Pangolins are being "eaten to extinction" due to a demand for their meat at banquets in China and Vietnam and their scales for use in Chinese medicine,
