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International Tiger Day 2023: Panthera study finds Bangladesh ‘unexpectedly’ driving poaching for tiger parts

Wealthy Bangladeshi citizens seek tiger parts for medicinal, spiritual and ornamental purposes, including tiger bones, canines, meat, milk, …

World Dhole Day 2023: India, Nepal, Bhutan and Thailand doing well on conserving enigmatic canid, says expert

Down To Earth speaks to Arjun Srivathsa, a wildlife biologist who works on large carnivore ecology and conservation about the situation regarding …

Protection assistant shot at by poachers in Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve, injured

Sunaram Singh consequently suffered two bullet injuries to his right leg as he and other guards tried to nab armed poachers

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  

Bihar plans migratory bird festival to raise awareness about them

The festival organisers hope the event will help in keeping a check on bird poaching incidents by making citizens value them

30,382 wildlife crimes recorded in India

Poaching and wildlife crimes have increased 52 per cent in India even though the environment ministry claims otherwise

Corbett Tiger Reserve issues shoot-at-sight order to tackle poaching

The authorities have also issued order for extensive frisking of visitors to the park and barring villagers in the vicinity from entering the …

Hong Kong to ban ivory trade

The city is a key link in the ivory trafficking trade and provides a strategic transit hub into mainland China

Claims that poaching funds terror groups in East Africa may not be true

Accusations on tribals will divert attention from the illegal trade’s main facilitators, says a new report

40% fire incidents not responded to by officials, Odisha govt admits

People arrested in several forest areas for starting fires

International Red Panda Day: How safe are India's Red Pandas?

The cute and cuddly carnivore is threatened by a host of factors 

Towards a tusk-less future

The role of tusks in sexual selection questioned

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Action against poaching: Odisha plans DNA profiling for leopards

The exercise will help ascertain and trace the origin of the crime in case of leopard deaths

Racket trafficking Bengal monitor lizards busted in Odisha

The species is one of the most illegally traded reptiles and its population is dwindling

Why we need to listen to hunters

Biologists have often used the hunter's knowledge for wildlife studies. But strict laws have silenced their voice

African countries square up for battle over future of ivory trade ban

Southern African nations are seeking permission to trade inivory, in direct opposition to the wishes of their northern neighbours

SDGs: Governments' commitment to battle illegal wildlife trade applauded

The inclusion of targets to protect endangered species and end wildlife trafficking in the global goals is a strategic step, says an expert

Three in every five wildlife crimes in Europe go unpunished: Report

Birds were the species most targeted in wildlife crimes

When forest officials help poachers hunt down protected animals

A government report has exposed Rajaji Tiger Reserve's most gory secret

Why the new UN resolution to fight illegal wildlife trade is historic

For the first time, every country has acknowledged the seriousness of wildlife crime