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Panipat: A seriously ailing elephant was seized by the Haryana Forest Department near Panipat yesterday after the mahout was found begging on the street of Dhand in the Kaithal district of Haryana with the...

New Delhi: Yeshi Dorje, a resident in the neighborhood of Lhasa’s central market, who had witnessed the March 10 burning of endangered animal skins in the Amdo province, said that the regular shops which sold tiger and leopard skins in Lhasa no longer...

New Delhi: Eighty-nine endangered turtles rescued by the Wildlife Department late last evening from the illegal possession of an accused in Najafgarh. Following a raid, a woman named Omwati belonging to the Sansi Tribe was detained under Section 49 B of the...

East Kameng: A thoughtful move by a young engineer helped save two Asiatic black bear cubs from an illegal bear merchant in Arunachal Pradesh. Bimal Wally, who works at the Public Health Department in Seppa handed them to the Forest Department which he had...

Gujarat: Investigation into the illegal trade of rare birds in the Anand district of Gujarat has led to the arrest of a dealer on April 09 and is likely to throw light on this alleged network of bird...

New Delhi: In the shahtoosh case Ashok Kumar vs. State of J & K and others, the Supreme Court on April 13 held that unless the declarations made by people in J & K on the possession of shahtoosh shawls were certified within nine weeks of this order,...

Kaziranga: Families of the deceased forest guards Golap Bori and Rajen Hazarika received rupees one lakh each as insurance money on April 26 under the Van Rakshak Project of the Wildlife Trust of India...

Porbandar: More than 5000 people in Porbandar came together to support ‘Vhali’ the whale shark as their pride symbol and pledged for its protection at a rally jointly organized by the Forest Department and the district collectorate in Porbandar on April...

Ahmedabad: Disease Investigation Laboratory in Ahmedabad has ruled out poisoning as the cause of death of the migratory birds found along the Sabarmati river between April 23 – 27. Water quality tests conducted by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation...

New Delhi: Supreme Court today while dismissing the Special Leave Petition of Ms. Rani – wife of notorious wildlife trader Sansar Chand asked the petitioner to file the application before the trial court which it felt competent enough to decide on the...

New Delhi:  In a high drama which lasted several hours into midnight, Delhi police yesterday apprehended five traders in Jahangirpuri dealing in illegal mongoose hair...

New Delhi: Three persons were arrested with bear bile in the Central Indian Chhattisgarh state last week, officials...

New Delhi: A team of experts from the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) are embarking on an expedition to the Chinese border in Ladakh to study the Indian distribution of the Tibetan Antelope (Pantholops...

New Delhi: A rare sighting of a family of Humpback whales off the coast of Western Indian state of Gujarat has come to light following a late inquiry, said...

New Delhi: Elephant experts are concerned at the unprecedented rise of African ivory seizures globally in recent months. There are apprehensions that the ivory black market is heating up as ivory dealers in China and Japan await news of stock pile sales by...

Karbi Anglong: Three elephants were brutally killed by villagers near Nambor Wildlife Sanctuary since July, said conservationists in Central Assam. These deaths at close intervals have raised concern among elephant...

New Delhi: Conservationists worldwide congratulated China as it implemented a stronger wildlife trade law and urged it to continue its existing ban on trade in tiger...

Uttaranchal: An alert train driver saved six elephants from being hit on Saturday in the Rajaji National...

Seijosa (Arunachal Pradesh): Two hand-raised Asiatic black bear cubs are being readied for their release back to the wild in the Eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, an official monitoring the project...

Srinagar: Captive breeding of Chiru may be difficult due to the inhospitable terrain and the need for large financial resources, the Power Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Nuwang Rinjin Joora, a native of Ladakh,...