NOIDA: Three months after it was set up, the Uttar Pradesh Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (UPWCCB) has cracked its first case — the brutal killing of a 25-year-old female elephant in Bijnor early this year. Four people have been arrested for the crime, officials said on Wednesday. However, 12 others are still at large. HV Girish, head of UPWCCB, told TOI […]
MUMBAI: New pet shop rules setting standards for animal housing and care are now in place in India. The ministry of environment, forests and climate change has now notified the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Pet Shop) rules, 2018, in the wake of a series of representations made by animal rights groups Humane Society International/India […]
PANDHARKAWADA: The first victim was an older woman, discovered facedown in a cotton field with huge claw marks dug into her back. The next was an older male farmer, his left leg torn off. The killings have gone on for more than two years, sowing panic in the hills around Pandharkawada, a town in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal […]
Challenging star Darshan has taken up the initiative to raise awareness among people to protect the environment and wildlife. The actor, who is a brand ambassador of the Forest Department, has sought to raise awareness about the conservation and protection of wildlife in his own way. According to reports, the star will be photographing animals in the wild […]
MUMBAI: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 8,000kg shark fins worth Rs 45 crore and arrested four persons who were running an export racket. A DRI official said around 16,000 sharks would have been killed to obtain the 8-tonne consignment, which was declared as dried ray skin. In 2015, India prohibited export of shark […]
NEW DELHI: The Centre has brought out a policy for eco-tourism in forest and wildlife areas, seeking to develop tourism in wildlife sanctuaries, national parks and other conservation reserves and encourage “homestead-based” hospitality enterprises in protected areas to create jobs for forest dwellers and other local people. The eco-tourism policy formalises the ‘homestead’ concept which allows […]
The lions laze in the sun, unconcerned with the group of tourists.There is a feeling of quiet power in their eyes.
The mating rounds Spread over a period of four to five days, lion and lioness come together to mate, several times a day. The mating game lasts only a few minutes each time. The GESTATION period for a FEMALE lion is ABOUT 105 – 110 days. The LIONESS will have a LITTER of about 2 […]
Lions are the only big cats to live in groups, called prides. Prides are close family groups. Despite the big cats’ ferocity, a lion pride operates as a true family & lionesses often give birth at the same time, raising & even nursing all the cubs communally, showing no favoritism for their own offspring.
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