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New Delhi: The Government of India has amended the Drugs and Cosmetics Act to affirm the existing ban on diclofenac, giving a major boost to vulture conservation efforts in the...

Arunachal Pradesh: An extensive survey to assess the distribution and population status of the endangered Mishmi takin has begun in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The survey will also cover parts of Sikkim from where the species has been...

Rajaji NP (Uttarakhand): Recommendations of a Wildlife Trust of India-International Fund for Animal Welfare study done in 2001 have ensured zero elephant deaths in train accidents on a railway track that crosses the forests of the Rajaji National Park in the...

Geneva (Switzerland): Dealing a major blow to elephant conservationists, the 57th session of the Standing Committee for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), yesterday approved China as an importer for 108 tonnes of elephant...

Bhagalpur (Bihar): Eight years after being rescued from poachers, a captive-reared smooth coated otter is being returned to its natural habitat in Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary in...

Darjeeling (West Bengal): The decision on the bail plea for the Czech nationals arrested near Darjeeling for illegally collecting rare insects has been withheld till tomorrow. The last hearing of the case against the accused, Petr Svacha and Emil Kucera was...

Darjeeling (West Bengal): The verdict on the case against the two Czech nationals arrested for illegal collection of insects from Singhalila National Park in Darjeeling, will be announced on September 4, 2008, the Chief Judicial Magistrate has...

Darjeeling (West Bengal): Strong lobbying by international scientists and pressure tactics from the two Czech nationals, arrested two weeks ago for collecting insects from Singhalila National Park in West Bengal, may skew the bail plea in favour of the...

 New Delhi: A string of blogs from Tibet have accused Chinese local government officials of forcing Tibetans to wear traditional clothes trimmed with proscribed animal products like tiger skin and otter fur. The reports have sparked an outcry among wildlife...

Faridabad (Haryana): Additional charges were framed today against Mansur Ali Khan, also known as the Nawab of Pataudi, and his accomplice Shashi Singh during the hearing of the black buck hunting case they were embroiled in since...

Kaziranga (Assam): A slow loris and two pythons were among the animals rescued by the NGO Nature’s Bonyapran in Sonitpur district of Assam, under an ongoing Rapid Action Project (RAP) funded by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI). The RAP to rescue and...

Coimbatore: A herd of elephants comprising three individuals (one adult pregnant female, an adult male around 30 years and a juvenile male around six years) were hit and killed by a Electrical Multiple Unit train (EMU)on the Coimbatore- Palakkad railway line...

The accused wildlife trader, Rajender Joshi Alipurduar (West Bengal): Rajender Joshi, a wildlife trader belonging to Jalpaiguri district along Indo-Bhutan border in West Bengal, was today sentenced to four years in prison along with a fine of 10,000 rupees....

Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh): The Police arrested three wildlife traders from a hotel in Saharanpur in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. Tipped off by an informer, the authorities made the arrest while the accused were in the process of...

Brahmanibil (Orissa): A carcass of an Asian elephant, believed to have died of electrocution injuries was found last Saturday in Brahmanibil revenue village in the Angul Forest Division of...

(Arrearjhar) Assam : As the monsoon ends, the few hundred Openbill stork nests on the canopy of the sal trees of Arrearjhar area near Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam come alive with new hatchlings. However, the change in the rain pattern and...

Bubonitsy (Tver Region, Russia): Today, in the forest of the Tver region of Russia, researchers from IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare) and veterinarians from the Moscow Zoo returned five orphaned bear cubs to the wild. Prior to the release, the...

Darjeeling (West Bengal): The trial of the two Czech nationals accused of illegal insect collection began today at the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate in...

Human-wildlife conflicts have been significantly reduced in Poonch, a remote district in the northern state of Jammu & Kashmir in India, following the activities undertaken by Dr Shahid Iqbal, an IFS officer, under a Rapid Action Project (RAP) funded by...

Darjeeling (West Bengal), August 12, 2008: The trial of the two Czech nationals apprehended for illegal insect collection in Singhalila National Park will begin on August 25, the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) said today during a hearing held in...