After a surge in rhino poaching this year at Kaziranga National Park the forestry department has released a paper to allay fears for the species. The paper shows that despite an increase in poaching of the one-horned rhino the population in Assam is up by 27% since 2006 and the state is on target to

The tortoises could have been brought from the forests of either Tamil Nadu or Andhra Pradesh, said authorities. Photo: M. Prabhu An attempt to smuggle star tortoises by train to Surat, Gujarat, was foiled by officials of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WLCCB), Southern Region, in Chennai

KOLKATA: Illegal trafficking syndicates of wild animals in Dum Dum, Baguiati and Rajarhat areas have resurfaced once again after the traffickers lied low for some time following the arrest of a trader from Baguiati in January. Only two days back around thousand Hamilton turtles, listed vulnerable b