NEWS & UPDATES

Kaziranga, Assam: After several days of incessant rain about 80% of Kaziranga National Park in North-eastern India has once again been inundated. The level of water in the park is around knee-high in some areas and higher in...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday gave its forest conservation watchdog body a fresh lease of life in the face of strong opposition from Ministry of Environment and Forests.Ensuring that proper disposal of petitions dealing with violation of laws protecting...

New Delhi: Charges wereframed against notorious wildlife criminal Sansar Chand on Thursday, September 6 in a leopard skin seizure case that came up for hearing after 12...

New Delhi: In what promises to be a victory for the cause of controlling the trade of Shahtoosh, the Delhi High Court on Monday, September 3 dismissed the petition of the Cottage Industries Exposition (CIE), caught exporting Shahtoosh shawls to a London firm....

Bokakhat (Assam): The Police patrolling team arrested five alleged rhino poachers at about 9.30 pm on August 30 after receiving a tip off. The men were arrested in front of the Bokakhat police station on the highway near Kaziranga national Park in the north...

Kaziranga (Assam): Over 3000 Indian bull-frog (Rana tigrina) packed in 14 gunny sacks were found lying next to the National Highway 37 in near Kaziranga by a police patrolling team Wednesday, official sources...

Jodhpur (Rajasthan): The Rajasthan High Court Friday granted bail to Bollywood actor Salman Khan nearly after a week at the Jodhpur Central Jail where he was serving a five-year jail term for killing an endangered...

Lakhimpur (Uttar Pradesh): Alarmed by the rising number of snake bites in the villages adjoining the Dudhwa National Park, the forest officials organized a workshop to sensitize people to deal with the situation.  57 people have already died of snake bites...

Itanagar: Two sub-adult Royal Bengal tigers, being hand-raised for rehabilitation back to the wild, have been safely shifted from Mini Zoo-Roing (AP) to Biological Park Itanagarby IFAW-WTI team assisting the Forest Department and the...

Jodhpur (Rajasthan): A Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court Wednesday deferred the hearing of Salman Khan’s bail appeal and asked his lawyers to approach the Registry for listing the case. Khan’s lawyers approached the bench of Justice H. R. Pawar...

Jodhpur (Rajasthan):Salman Khan finally surrendered before police Saturday following a non-bailable warrant issued by the Jodhpur session court Friday after he failed to attend the court proceedings where his five-year jail term was upheld by the...

Jodhpur (Rajasthan): The district sessions court today upheld the five year-jail term awarded to the popular Bollywood actor, Salman Khan, who had been convicted for poaching a Chinkara, an endangered species of...

A month has slipped by with preparations for the elephant congress that will happen in Delhi taking me from Thailand to Cambodia, Germany to the UK, and in all places beset by meetings and...

Wayanad (Kerala): In a significant step for protecting the Brahmagiri – Tirunelli elephant corridor in Southern India, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has acquired a part of the Valiya Emmadi village as part of its efforts to relocate the five villages which...

Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh): Acting on a tip-off given by Wildlife trust of India, forest officials confiscated a five-year-old sloth bear from a house in Azamgarh District in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh last Thursday. The Divisional Forest...

Delhi: In one of the biggest haul of shahtoosh shawls in recent history, a CBI team (Central Bureau of Investigation) seized 57 shahtoosh shawls Monday from three different traders from an upmarket hotel in south Delhi. All three accused, Rashid Khan, Mushtaq...

Panitola (Assam): An inebriated captive elephant was hit by a train and killed Wednesday as it strayed on to the tracks after killing one of its keepers in a fit of anger, officials said. The elephant, which was intoxicated after it drank rice-beer that its...

Tokyo: A Japanese court let go the country’s worst ivory smuggler with a most lenient penalty, while officials at the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry scheme to market his three tons of contraband into legal trade. Japan’s press...

Pobitora (Assam):Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, which has the highest concentration of highly endangered Greater one horned rhinocerous, has been completely submerged by the current flood in the north-east Indian Assam state. The sanctuary has at least 70...

) The District Forest Officer (DFO) at Haridwar in Uttaranchal State, is facing an acute shortage of funds in the wake of the formation of the new State, and needs financial support to maintain the effectiveness of anti-poaching and patrolling operations. WTI...