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 […]
In 2014, a man was attacked by a tiger when he fell into its enclosure. He eventually succumbed to his injuries. NEW DELHI: Almost four years after a man fell inside the white tiger enclosure at the Delhi zoo and was mauled to death, the authorities are taking steps to prevent any such event in […]
It was a disaster that left wildlife lovers around the globe appalled and baffled. Eleven of Kenya’s precious black rhinos were transferred to a new home in what was supposed to be a routine operation in a country fabled for its conservation. So how did all of them end up dead? The primary cause of […]
BEIJING: A lion, tigers and spotted hyenas are growing up alongside Golden Retriever puppies at a Beijing zoo after being abandoned by their mothers. The Beijing Wildlife Park put the eight cubs, including Siberian tigers, a white tiger, spotted hyenas and an African lion, to nurse with a Golden Retriever, alongside her own puppies. Wang […]
AGRA: India-based wildlife conservation charity ‘Wildlife SOS’ has been felicitated with Lifetime Achievement Award and ‘Conservation Medal’ by San Diego Zoo Global at their annual ‘Friends of the Animals’ event. The award was presented by San Diego Zoo Global’s President / CEO Douglas G Myers for their “dedicated conservation efforts” since 1995 when Wildlife SOS […]
Two tiger cubs, which were born in Delhi Zoo to ‘mixed’ pair after 27 years on August 15 has died within ten days, the Zoo officials have said. The cubs were born to three-year-old white tigress Nirbhaya and five-year-old Royal Bengal tiger Karan. The first cub, a female died on August 18 while the second […]
Morning after losing oldest tigress, Delhi zoo wakes up to 2 new cubs. After death came new life. Gloom had descended on Delhi zoo after its oldest tigress, Priya, died of old age-related problems on Tuesday. She was 25 years old. On the morning of 72nd Independence Day, sadness had been replaced by delight when […]
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