A wild chase
Based on a 2015 probe that bust a major ivory smuggling racket in india, ‘Poacher’ provides a rare glimpse into the work of forest …
This World Wildlife Day let’s take a look at wildlife crimes in India
The Union government has cut the funds released under three flagship wildlife schemes even though poaching remains rampant
Turn off taps on poachers: Financial crimes linked to illegal wildlife, timber trade in EU going unpunished, flags report
Criminal assets remaining in the hands of poachers, giving them the liberty to invest in more illicit operations
Lions, leopards have made a comeback in Africa’s 3rd-largest national park, says report
Rigorous anti-poaching measures including patrolling, effective prosecution and cultural sensitisation led to the rebound in populations, says …
Hundreds of elephants are mysteriously dying in Botswana – a conservationist explains what we know
Poaching, revenge killing by locals and natural death do not seem to be the case. Could it then be disease? The information is still …
Half of Africa’s white rhino population is in private hands — It’s time for a new conservation approach
Additional revenue streams are needed to incentivise private and community rhino custodians
Elephant found dead in Odisha’s Keonjhar, third within a month
Forest officials believe the dead elephant belonged to a herd of elephants roaming in the area
Parties to CITES urged to take stringent steps on jaguar, big cat conservation
The decisions were proposed and recommended at the CITES standing committee meeting
Sturgeon poaching for meat, caviar rampant in lower Danube: WWF report
The report is the first market survey that quantifies the scale of the illegal trade
Elephant shot, tusks hacked off in Odisha’s Dhenkanal forest division
Poachers armed with guns drive away forest guards
On same day, 3 elephants die in 2 Odisha districts
The development has raised concerns among forest officials and animal conservationists
Plight of the vaquita forces International Whaling Commission to issue first extinction alert
There are just 10 vaquita, a type of porpoise, left in the world; all in the northern part of the Gulf of California or Sea of Cortez
Odisha bird poaching: 2 arrested with carcass of migratory birds in Chilika
Around 5 poachers have been arrested in the state since October
New study reveals sturgeon caviar sourced from illegal trade, labelled to mislead
Researchers found international market flouted CITES and EU wildlife regulations, other laws
Debate: Should forest guards in India be armed with firearms?
Will giving guns to forest guards make them secure in their job? Or will it lead to tragic consequences for forest dwellers? Down To Earth puts …
Should we celebrate the spread of peafowl in India
Their population dispersion in Kerala, a wet state, points to climate change and the drying up of formerly wet areas like the southern Western Ghats
A losing battle to protect forest elephants in Central Africa
Unless urgent conservation action is taken, the world stands to lose this charismatic species
Elephants found dead in Odisha’s Keonjhar with tusks removed; activists allege poaching
Odisha forest department comes under fire by locals, activists; locals allege neglect
Our laser technique can tell apart elephant and mammoth ivory – here’s how it may disrupt the ivory trade
Annually, over 20,000 elephants are poached for ivory, primarily in Africa
Rhino horn consumers reveal why a legal trade alone won’t save rhinos
Consumers show a strong preference for wild rhinos and do not believe that horns from semi-wild or farmed rhinos have the same medicinal effects
Leopards: How India can learn to live with them
Their easy adaptability brings them close to human settlements. Can we coexist?
Bihar forest department recovers 155 skinned migratory birds from poacher
The man used to supply meat of migratory birds to various parts of north Bihar
Elephant carcass with missing tusks found in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj
It is the second dead elephant found in Odisha in a week
Two elephants found dead in Odisha’s Keonjhar
At least 7 elephants have died under unnatural circumstances in Odisha in the last 7 months
How forest elephants move depends on water, humans and also their personality
A new study offers some answers for forest elephant management, but also highlights complicating challenges