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Manas Reserve Forest (Assam), August 7, 2012: An armed poacher who was apprehended inside Manas Reserve Forest, Bodoland Territorial Council, last month, is currently under custody, while two of his accomplices who escaped are still at...

Dehradun, December 21, 2011: Launching the drive to take ‘Gajah to Prajah’ for conservation and welfare of elephants in the country, an awareness programme was organised at the 19th All India Forest Sports Meet held last week in Dehradun, as part of the...

Nagaon (Assam), October 29, 2010: The Assam Forest Department has initiated a probe into the recent death of a sub-adult elephant in Nagaon district of the state. Dr Anil Deka, veterinarian at the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) – Wildlife...

New Delhi, October 20, 2010: The Supreme Court of India this morning upheld the judgment of subordinate courts in Rajasthan on the conviction of notorious wildlife trader Sansar Chand in a case pertaining to the seizure of leopard parts in 2003. Two leopard...

New Delhi, October 15, 2010: Having evaded baited traps and tranquiliser darts for months, the tiger that caused eight human casualties in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh was captured yesterday by a team of Forest Department officials and Wildlife...

New Delhi, October 4, 2010: More than five million school children from 15 countries including India will learn about the plight of tigers through fun-filled educational activities organised as part of the Animal Action Week (AAW), an annual animal-focussed...

New Delhi, March 25, 2010: While a number of decisions in the 15th CITES Conference of the Parties (CoP 15) in Doha, Qatar, swayed against conservation, elephants and tigers were a little less unfortunate with the parties voting against ivory trade and...

-By Jose Louies, Assistant Manager, WTI Kuttampuza Forest Range (Kerala), July 30, 2009: “I stood here, hidden behind this tree. The tusker came to the clearings from the bushes, about 15 metres from me. I pulled the trigger”  Aji confessed without...

Bihar, January 6, 2009: Sloth bear conservation in Bihar received a shot in the arm with a ‘refresher’ training on forest protection for frontline field staff of various Protected Areas in the...

Jodhpur, April 10, 2006: The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Jodhpur, Brijendra Kumar Jain today convicted Bollywood actor Salman Khan and a co-accused Govardhan, in the second case of Chinkara (Gazella gazelle) hunting under sections 51 and 52 of the Wildlife...