KATHMANDU, MAY 17 -
A leopard was killed on Saturday in Kapan in the northern outskirts of Kathmandu Valley, after it entered human settlement and attacked locals. Police gunned down the big cat hiding near a private compound in Shiva Mandir area since early morning. It had attacked two persons—a
Nepal: A recent statistics show that the Kathmandu Valley is still a major hub for trading and smuggling of body parts of endangered wild animals. According to the data of Kathmandu District Forest Office, 75 persons involved in wildlife crimes were rounded up till mid-April of the current fiscal ye
South Africa's Kruger national park, which is battling a high number of rhino killings, has recorded its first case of elephant poaching in more than a decade, a spokesman has said. A dead bull elephant whose tusk had been hacked off was discovered by rangers on Thursday. "It is the first case of iv
HONG KONG, China, May 15, 2014 (ENS) – The Hong Kong government today began the destruction of its giant ivory stockpile in a message to elephant poachers and illegal ivory traders that illegal ivory has no commercial value and their activities will not be tolerated. The first batch of the city’
DEHRADUN: A major obstacle in the formation of Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) has finally been removed with the Uttarakhand government giving in to a key demand of the forest department by issuing a notification granting 'immunity' to the officials against poachers.
Now, forest officials w
