Maneka Gandhi and Prakash Javadekar locked in debate over nilgai culling
Jun 09, 2016, at 06:21 pm
New Delhi, Jun 9 (IBNS): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and Union Women and Child Welfare Minister Maneka Gandhi are locked in debate over the culling of nilgais that have been identified as crop depredators, according to media reports.
Rhino poached in Kaziranga during Ministers' visit
Jun 08, 2016, at 05:38 pm
Guwahati, June 8 (IBNS) : Poachers killed another one-horned rhino in Assam's Kaziranga National Park (KNP) on Tuesday night when the state forest minister and two of his cabinet colleagues were present in the sanctuary.
UN reiterates need to tackle illegal wildlife trade after tiger cub bodies found in Thailand
Jun 04, 2016, at 03:02 pm
New York, June 4 (Just Earth News): Following the discovery earlier this week of 70 dead tiger cubs, as well as tiger skins, talismans and other wildlife parts, in a Buddhist temple in Thailand, two United Nations agencies have said those circumstances represent only a “tiny proportion†of the extent of an illegal trade in wildlife that is pushing species to the brink of extinction.
Thailand: 30 more tiger cubs found dead, toll reaches 70
Jun 03, 2016, at 05:01 pm
Bangkok, Jun 3 (IBNS) A day after wildlife officers found carcasses of 40 tiger cubs in a freezer in Thailand's Tiger Temple, they recovered 30 more along with two tiger pelts and talismans made from the animal's body parts, on Friday, according to reports.
Forty dead tiger cubs recovered from freezer in Thailand temple
Jun 02, 2016, at 06:21 pm
Bangkok, June 2 (IBNS) Wildlife officials have found 40 tiger cub carcasses in a freezer in Thailand’s Tiger Temple during a raid to remove live animals, The Guardian has reported.
Thailand: Tigers seized from Buddhist temple
May 31, 2016, at 11:09 pm
Kanchanaburi, May 31 (IBNS): Several tigers have been rescued and transferred during raids conducted by officials at the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi’s Sai Yok district in Thailand on Monday, media reports said on Tuesday.
Barasingha count in Kaziranga increases by 19
May 14, 2016, at 07:15 pm
Guwahati, May 14 (IBNS) Swamp deer population in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam has increased in by 19 in the past one year, according to media reports.
New toolkit developed to help zoos create healthy home for chimps
May 12, 2016, at 04:44 am
Birmingham, May 11 (IBNS): University of Birmingham scientists have developed a new online toolkit that could help zookeepers in India to keep their great apes happy, healthy and behaving as they would in the wild.
Seventh rhino poached in Kaziranga, four forest department staff arrested
May 03, 2016, at 12:55 am
Guwahati, May 2 (IBNS) One more rhino has been killed by poachers in Kaziranga National Park in Assam according to media reports on Monday, which has taken up the number of rhinos killed in Assam to eight in 2016 alone.
WTI secures corridor for elephants as villagers voluntarily relocate
May 02, 2016, at 10:00 pm
New Delhi/Guwahati, May 2 (IBNS) A leading nature conservation organisation, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), said that its efforts to create an elephant corridor in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam has met with success after villagers of Ram Terang voluntarily relocated out of the corridor.
Pakistan: Bengal tiger dies in Karachi zoo
Apr 30, 2016, at 01:55 am
Karachi, Apr 29 (IBNS) A Bengal tiger died at Karachi Zoological Gardens due to kidney failure on Friday, media reports said.
Injured police horse Shaktimaan dies
Apr 20, 2016, at 11:45 pm
New Delhi, Apr 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Police horse Shaktimaan, which was injured during a protest by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttarakhand on Mar 14, died on Wednesday.
Rhino killed with AK 47 in Kaziranga National Park
Apr 14, 2016, at 07:36 pm
Kaziranga, Assam, Apr 14 (IBNS) A rhino was killed as poachers struck with assault rifles in the Kaziranga National Park on Wednesday night, the day the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the abode of one-horned animals, reports said.
India to join South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network
Apr 13, 2016, at 07:29 pm
New Delhi, Apr 13 (IBNS) The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval on Wednesday for India adopting the Statute of the South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN).
India houses 70 percent of global tiger population: Prakash Javdekar
Apr 13, 2016, at 06:20 pm
New Delhi, Apr 13 (IBNS) As the global population of tigers showed an increase in the recently tabulated report, India's Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javdekar said that the nation houses 70 percent of the world's tiger.
Global wild Tiger population increases: WWF
Apr 12, 2016, at 03:25 am
New Delhi, Apr 11 (IBNS) The number of wild tigers has been revised to 3,890, based on the best available data, said WWF and the Global Tiger Forum (GTF) ahead of a major tiger conservation meeting tomorrow in New Delhi to be opened by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Prime Minister Modi to Inaugurate Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation on Tuesday
Apr 11, 2016, at 06:17 pm
New Delhi, Apr 11 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the three-day Third Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation on Tuesday in New Delhi.
New golden frog species discovered in Colombia
Mar 22, 2016, at 02:47 am
New York, Mar 21 (IBNS) A team of scientists including a Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) research associate announced the discovery of a new species of pale-gold colored frog from the cloud forests of the high Andes in Colombia.
Marking World Wildlife Day, UN calls for global actions to save planet’s most iconic species
Mar 04, 2016, at 02:41 pm
New York, Mar 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): “Time is running out†to end wildlife poaching that threatens some of the world’s most iconic species, such as elephants, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday as the United Nations marked World Wildlife Day.
Leopards spotted again near Bangalore school
Feb 10, 2016, at 05:21 pm
Bangalore, Feb 10 (IBNS) Two more leopards were seen roaming near the Vibgyor school at Varthur in Bangalore on Tuesday, only two days after a leopard had entered the school premises and was captured later, said media reports quoting forest officials.
Poachers kill rhino in Kaziranga
Feb 10, 2016, at 01:42 am
Guwahati, Feb 9 (IBNS) : Poachers have killed another one horned rhinoceros in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park (KNP) on Tuesday, officials said.
Leopard enters Bangalore school, tranquilized
Feb 08, 2016, at 04:20 am
Bangalore, Feb 7 (IBNS) Ending a long operation, officials captured a leopard which had entered a school close to Bangalore city in Karnataka on Sunday.
Mumbai: Dead whale washes ashore Juhu beach
Jan 29, 2016, at 03:03 pm
Mumbai, Jan 29 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A dead 30-feet whale has washed ashore Mumbai's Juhu beach on Thursday, reports said.
Presence of the elusive snow leopard in Sikkim now confirmed through photographic evidence
Jan 28, 2016, at 01:06 am
Gangtok, Jan 27 (IBNS): Snow leopard conservation and study gets a fillip with the first photographic proof of the animal's presence in the Sikkim Himalayas obtained by World Wide Fund for Nature - India (WWF-India) through camera traps.
Second rhino killed in Kaziranga in less than 48 hours
Jan 27, 2016, at 07:57 pm
Guwahati Jan 27 (IBNS) Two rhinos have been found dead in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam in a span of less than 48 hours, reports said.
Jan 25, 2016, at 12:29 am
Guwahati, Jan 24 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Poachers killed another one-horned rhinoceros in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park (KNP) on the wee hours of Sunday and managed to flee with its horn.
A common Himalayan bird identified as new species
Jan 22, 2016, at 12:29 am
Mumbai, Jan 21 (IBNS): A bird species, common in the eastern Himalaya and overlooked until now, has been identified as a new species by a team of scientists from India, Sweden, China, US and Russia,and named after the famous ornithologist, Dr Salim Ali.
Poachers kill a rhino in Kaziranga
Dec 28, 2015, at 01:04 am
Guwahati, Dec 27 (IBNS) : Poachers killed an one horned rhinoceros in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park (KNP) on Saturday night, officials said.
WWF-India and Apollo Hospitals join hands for welfare of forest staff
Oct 27, 2015, at 02:43 am
Kolkata, Oct 26 (IBNS): Forest guards play an indispensable role in protecting the forest habitats and species that WWF-India strives to conserve.
Narrow escape for bikers in Bengal elephant attack
Sep 14, 2015, at 07:05 pm
Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, Sept 14 (IBNS) It was close shave for two men who were attacked by an elephant in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district after they tried to sneak past it on their motorcyle.