NEWS & UPDATES

GUWAHATI: The contention that forest areas around the city have been dwindling, thereby shrinking the prey base for carnivores appears to have been bolstered by the capture of two leopards which had strayed inside the city limits in the last five...

New Delhi: Eight people, including a forest guard, were injured by a tiger after terrified villagers tried to scare away the animal which had taken refuge in a bamboo thicket near Orang National Park in Upper Assam on...

New Delhi: Trading in hair of all species of the mongoose will be illegal from...

New Delhi: Dr V Krishnamurthy, a legend in elephant veterinary care, died in Chennai last evening. He was...

New Delhi: Yet another tusker has fallen prey to a speeding train. This time it was not in Rajaji National Park of Uttaranchal or any of the other notorious killer tracks like in North Bengal or...

New Delhi: There was a request from the Corbett Tiger Reserve for 15 life jackets and the repair of four patrolling boats. These life jackets and boat repairs are required as guards need to patrol the reserve even during monsoon in boats. As during the...

Arunachal Pradesh: Following the formation of “Ghora Aabhe” a committee comprising heads of sixteen villages for protection of the Pakke Tiger Reserve in the Eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, the protection of the reserve has vastly improved, an...

SONEPUR: The mammoth creatures that trundled into the rural jamboree were all but healthy. The least they could have asked for was being checked for ailments – and that they were. The Sonepur Mela health camp for elephants was a success for the second year...

BANGALORE: Freed from the clutches of their captors, these sloth bears will now have a chance to be as wild as they can get. A bear rehabilitation centre which will house 22 rescued bears was inaugurated today at the Bannerghatta Biological Park near...

New Delhi: For someone who had never even been to Ooty, a few hours from his hometown of Mudumalai, the three-day gruelling journey by train to New Delhi was indeed a long haul. That he would have at any cost, for he was here to receive the WTI Van Rakshak...

Pune: Theoretical classes, practical sessions, group discussions and a field trip marked the third annual wildlife rehabilitation workshop conducted under the aegis of the Wild Rescue programme of the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and Animals in Crisis and...

New Delhi: Two tiger skins were seized at Padrauna close to the border with Nepal. The Wildlife Trust of India assisted in this seizure, which took place on March 1,...

Last week, WTI’s undercover agent bid for a tiger skin on Bazee.com, which was up for auction at $1 million. Posing as Andrew Jhonson, of New York, WTI’s undercover agent bid for the skin and won the bid. WTI had pointed out this sale to ministry...

New Delhi: Olive Ridley sea turtles turned up for mass nesting this season, after having stayed away from the Rushikulya river mouth on the Orissa coast for two consecutive years. Mr Biswajit Mohanty, Secretary of the Wildlife Society of Orissa (WSO), which...

New Delhi: Reckless mining by companies for luxury items consumed in India and abroad are devastating a critical watershed forest for wildlife and local communities in the western state of Rajasthan in...

New Delhi: The Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2002 has been published in the gazette of India Extraordinary. The Central Government has decided April 1m 2003 as the date on which all provisions except Section 6 of the said Act shall come into...

NEW DELHI: Those of us who were concerned by the 15 leopard skin seizure on Indo-Nepal border on 1st April 2003 and larger seizures of leopard skins which have continued over the last few years will be shocked by the latest seizure of 109 leopard skins in...

VALMIKI NAGAR (BIHAR): The staff of Valmiki Tiger Reserve, till the other day, were hamstrung by their lack of adequate information about wildlife laws. Now they are a rejuvenated lot and are looking forward to using their knowledge in effectively dealing...

VALMIKINAGAR: The anti-poaching kits that they have received will go a long way in boosting the morale of the beleagured staff of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve in the northwest corner of...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on 30th April issued notices to more than 15 states on a public interest petition filed by the Wildlife Trust of India relating to the conservation of...