'Forensics can easily be used in wildlife'

Nigeria and Senegal raise concern about NDF for trade in hunting trophies at CMS CoP 13

A study on ‘Non-Detriment Findings’ (NDF) on trophy-hunting was flagged by Nigeria and Senegal

India Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (Apr 1-7)

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How two-year-old Una flogging incident is killing Gir lions today

Most of the dead Gir lions were suffering from canine distemper, which spreads from dogs to bovines and water bodies before reaching big cats

'Lt. Col. John Henry Patterson’s accuracy of description is very much in question'

Bruce D. Patterson is the MacArthur Curator of Mammals at the Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH) in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is also an …

`Religion is not doing enough to help wildlife'

George Schaller is one of the first scientists to study and rediscover several rare and charismatic species. These include the mountain gorillas …

Shrinking lion numbers in Africa: 40% geographic populations have 50 or fewer big cats

Somalian and Malawian lion populations most fragile; Paper points to need for including socio-political aspects along with ecology for lion …

As told to Parliament (December 7, 2023): 397 Asiatic lions died in Gujarat from 2019-22

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Academia can help humans and large carnivores coexist

It can help foster better institutional arrangements, especially in places like Romania, India and Brazil, where there are substantial …

India Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (Feb 18-24)

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'Lions’ presence in human-dominated areas is neither new nor surprising'

Wildlife expert and authority on Gir lions Ravi Chellam, who is currently the executive director of Greenpeace India, talks about attacks on humans

91 lions died in Gujarat last year, the highest in three years: Javadekar

In 2013, 76 lions had died in Gujarat. The number increased to 78 in 2014

Violations, poor management threaten Gujarat sanctuaries: CAG

Poor spending of funds has led to mismanagement, leaving the forests open for encroachment, mining and deforestation

Livestock are threatened by predators — but old-fashioned shepherding may be an effective solution

Killing predators may decrease their numbers in the short term, but there is no evidence that it is an effective way to protect livestock in the …

Web of relationships: How pumas hold together America ecosystems

The predator, exclusive to the Americas, maintains ties with nearly 500 living species, find study

Pumas adapt behaviour to save energy for mountain survival: Study

Finding important as many top predators are being forced to move into areas where they have to expend more energy to travel

Peru investigating death of 500 sea lions

While the government has accused fishers of poisoning them, environmentalists are probing other causes, including ingestion of plastic and disease

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (June 17 - June 23)

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