Five reasons people buy illegal wildlife products – and how to stop them

By understanding what drives people to buy wild species, we can figure out how best to stop them

World Pangolin Day: Adorable ant eaters face obliteration

With Asian species critically endangered, poaching and illegal trade in pangolin meat and scales has shifted to Africa

Burdened beast: India’s donkeys are disappearing; here is why

A fall in demand as a beast of burden, and illegal meat and skin trade have caused a critical decline in donkey numbers

Myanmar, a country in turmoil, emerging as key transit hub for wildlife trade: Report

Traffickers are using Mizoram as a new route to smuggle animals to supply the growing and thriving exotic pet market in India

Leopard skin, 2 elephant tusks seized by police in Odisha’s Nayagarh

Authorities in Odisha have seized 20 leopard skins in the state during the past year  

World Pangolin Day: Madhya Pradesh radio-tags first-ever Indian Pangolin

Step in order to know species’ ecology and develop an effective conservation plan

124 tigers poached every year for 18 years in Asia: Report

Most of the seizures of tiger body parts occurred in India, finds a report released by TRAFFIC

Elephant tusks seized, four arrested in Bihar

The prime accused repeatedly claimed that he was the proud owner of two captive elephants that died four years ago and that their tusks were kept …

2 leopard skins, bones recovered in Odisha, 1 arrested

At least 155 leopards have been poached across Odisha in the last 10 years

Worldwide legal wildlife trade increased by 2,000% since 1980

The trade has become highly unsustainable, a report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services …

Animal group urges PM Modi: Raise wildlife trade ban issue in G20 meet

The organisation also floated a petition, which, it claims, has received over one million signatures globally

Global Eco Watch: Polar bears could become extinct by 2100, says study

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Four leopards killed every week in India: WWF

Report warns that the endangered cat may reach near extinction as happened with tiger