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Kaziranga – Assam: Although rhinos moving out of the Kaziranga National Park are a common phenomenon, of late such incidents have increased, officials who recently rescued a rhino near Lakhimpur Town...

Kaziranga (Assam): A female rhino was shot dead by poachers in Kaziranga National Park, Assam in the first week of this year. The rhino, killed on January 7, was found the next day with its horn intact by the Forest...

Jharkhand:  Nearly three hundred forest staff in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand are participating in a workshop to equip themselves to tackle wildlife crimes and to protect...

Sunheri Masjid (North Delhi): Two Shikras (Accipiter badius), one alive and another dead, were seized from a youth in the capital last Thursday, while he was waiting for prospective buyers near Sunheri Masjid, about 200 metres away from the nearest police...

Chandil (Jharkhand):  A two-month old sloth bear cub was rescued Monday from a wildlife trader’s home in the eastern Indian Jharkhand state by a joint team of Forest Department and Widlife Trust of India. However, the trader...

New Delhi: The Additional Sessions Judge of Alipurduar in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal today dismissed a bail application of notorious wildlife trader Ratiram...

Bansbari, Assam: Manas National Park has received its first greater one horned rhinos seven years after its approximately 100-strong population was wiped out by...

Manas: The three rhinos at the rehabilitation facility at the Manas national park are sniffing the air for the onset of the pre-monsoon showers awaiting the time when tender palatable grasses will once more be abundant in the...

Arunachal Pradesh: Three wild elephants that were rescued a fortnight ago from poachers from the forests of India’s remote north-east Arunachal Pradesh state were successfully united with a large herd on Friday, in a joint operation by the forest officials...

Veraval: Thousands of people from the Kharva fishing community today pledged to protect the whale shark in Veraval in the Western Indian state of Gujarat – in an event marked by several important...

New Delhi: Nine individuals who were among the best, chosen for their contribution to wildlife conservation were honoured today at the ninth Venu Menon National Animal Awards function organized at the Stein Auditorium in India Habitat Center, New...

New Delhi: China Customs seized nearly 68 kgs of illegal elephant ivory from a female passenger that had just arrived in Beijing from Addis Abba, Ethiopia on...

Pakke (Arunachal Pradesh): Five Asiatic black bear cubs of the Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) moved a step closer to being wild, as phase two of their rehabilitation began last week at the Pakke Tiger Reserve. Two bears were...

Sutrapada: Fishermen have freed a 30-feet-long whale shark trapped in their nets on Monday off the coast of Sutrapada in the Western Indian state of...

Kaziranga: WTI (Wildlife Trust of India) and IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) will move six hand-raised elephant calves today from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) in Kaziranga to Doimari in Manas National...

New Delhi: Five deaths of the critically endangered Siberian tiger in recent months have raised concern among conservationists battling to protect their population in the Russian Far...

Tura (Meghalaya): Residents of Selbalgre, a village in the West Garo Hills, Meghalaya, have set aside an additional hundred hectares of land for the conservation of the Hoolock gibbon. The land was handed over to the executive committee of the Selbalgre...

Udalguri, Assam: Manas National Park, a UN World Heritage Site, plagued by militancy for over a decade, got a fresh lease of life as the local tribal government effectively trebled the area under it, calling it Greater...

Veraval, Gujarat: Fishermen have released another whale shark from their nets – this time off the coast of Veraval, where about 30 people took their turn in a rescue operation which lasted for more than three...

Keonjhar (Orissa): Based on the information provided by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), four persons were arrested last Friday, March 7, while trying to sell elephant tusks to decoy customers in Haridagoth, a town near Keonjhar, Orissa. Two tusks weighing...