CHANDIGARH: In a move to protect black bucks, officials of the wildlife department, Haryana, are removing barbed wires from agricultural fields in Hisar, Sirsa, Fatehabad, Jind and Bhiwani. There are around 2,785 black bucks in these districts. The wires, put up by local villagers to protect their fields from cattle, have injured several black bucks, which […]
MEERUT: Sixty-four-year old Bheema is a resident of Makhdoompur village on the banks of the Ganga near Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary. He has no illusions about the difficult life his fellow villagers and he have to navigate. But Bheema and others like him have found a new outlet for their faith and hopes — saving turtles in the river. “Our […]
SHAHJAHANPUR: Two weeks after golfer Jyoti Randhawa was arrested for poaching in Motipur range of Katarniaghat wildlife sanctuary of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, the forest department nabbed three poachers and two members of a timber mafia in the buffer area of the reserve on Saturday night. The poachers were caught while they were attempting to hunt […]
JOHANNESBURG: Several African countries with some of the largest elephant populations are calling for looser controls on legal ivory trade, while another group of countries on the continent say tighter controls are the best way to curb the illegal killing of elephants for their tusks. The dueling proposals reflect divisions within Africa over how to […]
NAGPUR: After banning cell phones during safari, the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) has come out with another stringent rule imposing a fine of Rs500 on tourist vehicles arriving 15 minutes late. The logic behind introducing the rule is that tourists arrive late and then speed up vehicles to complete the safari in short time. This […]
SHAHJAHANPUR: A bail application was filed in the case of ace golfer Jyoti Randhawa in the district court of Bahraich on Wednesday. The court is set to take a decision on January 7 as adjournment was sought by the forest department. The bail applications of 13 accused arrested in December by officials of Dudhwa tiger […]
GUWAHATI: The main reason for such increase in the level of conflict is due to rapid decline of forest cover in parts of Assam, loss of traditional elephant movement paths due to linear infra-structure development projects and also due to human encroachment. The most effective way to lessen the pressure on Kaziranga is to develop and […]
CHENNAI: Seven wolf puppies, which were released into the exhibit area are the new attraction in Vandalur zoo.
CHANDIGARH: The stuffed black partridge that Punjab local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu gifted to chief minister Amarinder Singh has become government property after the state forests and wildlife preservation department said that it could not be kept by an individual.
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