Breed basket

Even when it comes to dogs, we still haven't got over the colonial hangover. We import breeds and give them English names. Rajat Ghai speaks to S …

TEARS FOR CROCODILES

Vanishing breeds

While people worry about patenting of upmarket plant products like neem because of transnational interest, India's unique biodiversity of …

3,000 crocodiles born in Bhitarkanika National Park

Forest officers saw 103 nests of saltwater crocodiles this breeding season

Hope for vultures

Left to die

The double-humped Yarkandi camels in Ladakh are on the route to extinction after the closure of the 'silk route'

Lock & hold

The jallikattu bull row in Tamil Nadu provokes the law v culture debate

26% of local livestock breeds face the risk of extinction

African wild ass and the wild Bactrian camel most endangered

Treated like cattle

A drawn out court case raises questions about India's animal quarantine managers

Poultry business too serious to be left to industry

Beastly Existence

Overcrowding and inbreeding are responsible for rising wildlife deaths in Indian zoological gardens

High-yield cattle breed less

Future jeopardised

Union ministers squabble over aphrodisiac musk

Food security for livestock

Focus must shift from supercows to cattlefeed  

A pair too rare

Gaolao breed of cattle is cherished for its capacity to carry load and quality milk, but only 3,000 of them are left

Why the attack on Kashmir's pastoralists is a big concern

Gujjars and Bakkerwals, the nomadic pastoralists of Jammu and Kashmir, now face a new deadly enemy: Gau Rakshaks

A problem of plenty

The increasing population of Antarctic fur seals threatens the ecology of the region

Republic of the Congo gets its first ever marine protected areas

Three zones include nesting grounds for leatherback turtles, critical habitats for Atlantic humpback whale

Wildlife harvesting

Sustainable harvesting of chiru may help save the Tibetan antelope

Pit bull attacks in South Africa — a historian sheds light on the issues

Breed specific legislation is being strongly pushed for currently, but history suggests it does not work

Spoilt for choice

Are cheap food prices reason to cheer?

Burden of beast

Mounting economic pressures cast a dark shadow on the future of camels and their traditional breeders in Rajasthan

The goat gamble

It has been a slow and steady shift over decades. Forced by declining returns from farming in ecologically fragile areas, small farmers have been …

The loss of our breeds

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