MYSORE: Deputy superintendent of police T K Dharmesh, who was arrested by Bandipur Tiger sanctuary officials for allegedly poaching in Bandipur National Park, was remanded to judicial custody till February 15.
However, the court permitted the police official to remain and get treatment at the ho
UN, 30th January 2014—The United Nations Security Council took a critical step today in tackling elephant poaching and illicit ivory trade by addressing the link between instability in the Democratic Republic of Congo and wildlife trafficking. In renewing the DRC sanctions regime, the resolution t
Conservation: All that thoughts of riches was shattered for a civil servant in Phuentsholing, who expected to earn millions from sale of three Tokay Geckos he reared for three months. Buyers from across the border rejected his lizards for they did not fit the size. The civil servant did not know wha
Jan 24 : The hill districts of the Far-Western Development Region have become a major transit point for smuggling wildlife body parts from India to China via Nepal. Recovered wildlife body parts such as tiger skins and bones by police in the region in the last one year are testimony to this.
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HONG KONG, China, January 24, 2014 (ENS) – The Hong Kong government has decided to destroy one of the world’s largest ivory stockpiles as a deterrent to poachers who kill up to 96 elephants a day across Africa. Acting against a centuries-old tradition of carving ivory into religious objects, the
