India: Nine poachers, including three forest department staff, have been arrested for killing a one-horned rhinoceros in Kaziranga National Park. Acting on a tip-off, police on Monday night arrested the nine. They include three forest department employees from Burapahar Range office. They have bee
Nepal: The Chitwan National Park on Sunday completed two years of zero rhino poaching.
A one-horn rhino was killed on May 2, 2014, which is the last recorded poaching in the Park.
The Park attributed a modern and scientific security strategy to the success in marking zero poaching year for the secon
Nairobi : Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta set fire on Saturday to the world's biggest ivory bonfire, after demanding a total ban on trade in tusks and horns to end "murderous" trafficking and prevent the extinction of elephants in the wild. "The height of the pile of ivory before us marks the stre
Pakistan: The Sindh wildlife department recovered on Thursday 170 black-horn turtles during a raid near Northern Bypass on the Super Highway.
Unfortunately, 11 of the 170 turtles had died of suffocation as they were packed inside wheat bags, said Sindh wildlife department marine conservation in-cha
India: Countries with wild tiger populations have agreed to do more to protect tiger habitats that are shrinking drastically because of deforestation and urban sprawl, conservationists said on Friday.Representatives from the 13 Asian countries with tigers, meeting this week in New Delhi, issued a
