Forest officials stand near the carcass of a one-horned rhinoceros which was killed and de-horned by poachers in the Kahora range of Kaziranga. (AFP Photo) JORHAT: An adult rhino was killed by a group of suspected militants at Kaziranga National park on Sunday evening. The pachyderm's horn was ch

Police have arrested two men suspected of smuggling tiger cubs and hundreds of other animals in Thailand. They were discovered in the back of a truck in the north-east of the country, reportedly heading to neighbouring Laos. It is believed the animals were destined to be used in medicines and delic

RAJKOT: Another lion was hit by a goods train - this time near Bhammar in Gujarat's Savarkundla taluka of Amreli district on Saturday. "The two-and-a-half-year-old lion was crossing the railway track when it was hit by the train," said Anshuman Sharma, deputy conservator of Forests, Gir (East) divis

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand, known as one of the safest abodes of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) in Southeast Asia, is fast emerging as an important contributor to the illegal trade of ivory across the globe. With the seizure of 2.5 kg of ivory from Dehradun this week, the total quantity of the ille