Conservationists have praised a recent decision by China’s legislature to jail people who eat protected wild animals as an important step, but they note loopholes in other legal provisions that could undercut its effectiveness.
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Under a new interpretation of existing Chinese crim
KEONJHAR: Forest officials found 'pugmarks' of a Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT) in Hadagarh wildlife sanctuary in Keonjhar district during a recent survey.
A tiger and co-predator survey, as part of an all India exercise, was carried out in different forests of the state in March. The inputs of the surve
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Emigration officials at Trivandrum International Airport (TIA) on Monday intercepted an air passenger hailing from Tamil Nadu trying to smuggle 450 star back tortoises - estimated to fetch $500 in the illegal market - into Bangkok via Malaysia and Colombo.
The carrier, Abdul Rah
After the trafficking of rhino horns, tiger skins and elephant tusks; illegal trade of threatened marine species - especially sea horses and sea cucumbers - is emerging as the new wildlife crime.
India's coastal waters are fast becoming base for easy poaching by international gangs.
What is mo
India: Volunteers from Student Sea Turtle Conservation Network (SSTCN) and forest department staff have found and relocated more than 350 turtle nests this season, which is 100 more than the last nesting season. The number of nests found along the Chennai coast, between Neelankarai in the south an
