MUMBAI: Two men were arrested after they were caught with a creep of 300 star tortoises meant to be smuggled abroad. The star tortoises, also known as button tortoises, had been bundled in a very “claustrophobic” manner- some were stuffed into two tiny boxes and some in haversacks with hardly any ventilation. Also, the containers […]
There were around 15 family members in the house while at least 20 buffaloes and cattle were in the shed when the lion entered the farmer’s house. Dramatic scenes were witnessed in Patla village of Amreli district in Gujarat when an Asiatic lion entered a farmer’s house killing a buffalo calf and later sought refuge […]
BHUBANESWAR: Having evaded forest officials for over two weeks since its second suspected human kill, tigress Sundari was on Tuesday tranquillised and captured at Majhipada in Satkosia Tiger Reserve of Odisha. Kunki elephant Yoshada, who was brought to Satkosia from Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary for the purpose of tracking Sundari, helped the team of Wildlife Institute […]
NAGPUR: Prima facie findings of post mortem of T1 seem to indicate that Asghar Ali Khan, son of Hyderabad-based sharpshooter Nawab Shafath Ali Khan, may land in trouble for shooting down the tigress. A seven-member team was formed for the post-mortem. It included regional manager FDCM JP Tripathi, NTCA AIG Hemant Kamdi, wildlife biologist Milind Pariwakam, Wildlife […]
Highlights Gandhi in a series of tweets lashed out at the Maharashtra government for giving the orders to kill her despite opposition from several stakeholders She said she is going to take up the matter “very strongly” with Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis NEW DELHI: Women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi on Sunday lashed […]
Shot in cold blood, in violation of orders passed by the Supreme Court of India, and the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court. NO effort made to tranquilize her, NO vet accompanied shooter in violation of norms & court orders. Fate of her CUBS unknown. She ‘had’ to be killed, not because she is […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking directions for “drastic and tough steps” to protect leopards which have seen a sharp dip in population on account of poaching and man-animal conflict. A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur issued notice to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate […]
The ‘Forest Advisory Committee’ clears the diversion of 87.98 hectares of forest land – tiger country – worth over Rs. 100 crores, to an explosives (!) company for a mere 7.09 crores. Survey reports indicate the presence of six tigers, including two males and females with cubs, and an equal number of leopards besides spotted […]
AHMEDABAD: Even as Gujarat has come under international spotlight after the deaths of 23 lions recently due to canine distemper virus and babesiosis infections, analysis of lions death figures revealed that 20% of the 253 deaths between 2015 and 2018 were accidental and could have been avoided. Fifty lions had died after being run over […]
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