INDORE: Six newborn tiger cubs at Panna Tiger Reserve have become a major attraction for forest department officials these days giving a new direction to tiger conservation in the state as well as the country. Tigresses — T-4 and T-2 — have given birth to three cubs each.
Forest minister S
India has banned shark finning in its waters and lawbreakers now face up to 7 years in prison.
About 70 million sharks are slaughtered every year around the world. The new law is an attempt to protect endangered species such as hammerheads and whale sharks from extinction.
Shark finning cons
Kaziranga National Park in the state of Assam, India, last week lost its 18th rhino so far this year.
Authorities believe 4 to 6 poachers were involved in the killing of two rhinos this past Wednesday early morning. Only one of them had its horn sawed off.
According to official estimates,
Mitchel Kalmanson, tiger supplier for the UniverSoul Circus, has been cited by the USDA for the third time in less than 6 months, reported PETA today. The UniverSoul Circus doesn't have an exhibitor license, so it contracts with many animal exhibitors. Their tiger act is provided by Kalmanson. K
ITANAGAR: A new species of Labeonine fish, locally known as 'Ngop', has been found in Arunachal Pradesh by an amateur naturalist.
The medium-sized fish of the genus 'Garra' was found in Upper Siang district by Lakpa Tamang, a former staff of the Northeast unit of the G B Pant Institute of Himala
