India:A passenger train in eastern India crashed into a herd of elephants on late Wednesday, killing 5 and seriously injuring 10 others. Hiten Burman, forestry minister in West Bengal, explained that the train was travelling at 80 km/hour through the Chapramari Forest when it struck the herd of 40
he year up to April 2013 was a record year for endangered animal items seized in the UK border with more than 690 seizures, the Home Office announced. Immigration Minister Mark Harper said: “Organised criminal gangs will smuggle anything if they think there is a profit to be made and animal produc
BHUBANESWAR: Forest officials on Wednesday rescued three parakeets, eight munias and three maynas, which were being sold by two persons near Pipili about 20 km from Bhubaneswar. Following complaints from animal rights activists about rampant selling of birds to commuters at bypass of NH-203, the for
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna said on Wednesday that Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras are going to be installed in vulnerable areas of Corbett National Park (CNP) to prevent various endangered animals including tigers from being poached.
Bahuguna said commissioning o
BHOPAL: Mystery shrouds the death of a six-month-old tiger cub at Bandhavgarh National Park in Umeria district of Madhya Pradesh late on Saturday.
The carcass of the cub was found near Bhadrijheria area of Tala range by the patrol party, said state's chief wildlife warden Narendra Kumar.
"It w
