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Mumbai 2001:The Shahtoosh shawl, which is made by killing the endangered Tibetan antelope, has traditionally been a part of a north Indian bride’s trousseau for centuries. It is a highly prized and sought after item, handed down by mothers to their...

New Delhi: From the day they were arrested to their eventual conviction by the courts, it barely took six months. In one of the fastest ever conviction cases pertaining to wildlife crime, 24 persons charged with poaching inside the Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarhole)...

New Delhi: A major manufacturer of mongoose hair paintbrushes has been fined Rs 5 lakh for illegally obtaining mongoose hair and manufacturing mongoose hair brushes, according to wildlife officials. Weldon Company of Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, has paid Rs 5...

VALSAD: The kingpin of a illegal wildlife products racket was nabbed and three leopard skins were seized by forest department personnel in Valsad district of Gujarat last night, according to official sources. The forest officials were assisted in this...

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today made a major seizure of nine shahtoosh shawls from a residence in South Delhi’s posh Greater Kailash-I area, according to official sources...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today directed traders of mongoose hair products to deposit their stocks with the wildlife department of the Government of Delhi. A two-member division bench of the Court was hearing two separate petitions filed by traders of...

BANGALORE: Ten bonnet macaques rehabilitated at Save Our Wild Life (SOWL), Bangalore, have been released in Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary (CWLS). All the macaques were screened for tuberculosis and faecal parasites, and dewormed before being...

GUWAHATI: The contention that forest areas around the city have been dwindling, thereby shrinking the prey base for carnivores appears to have been bolstered by the capture of two leopards which had strayed inside the city limits in the last five...

New Delhi: Eight people, including a forest guard, were injured by a tiger after terrified villagers tried to scare away the animal which had taken refuge in a bamboo thicket near Orang National Park in Upper Assam on...

New Delhi: Trading in hair of all species of the mongoose will be illegal from...

New Delhi: Dr V Krishnamurthy, a legend in elephant veterinary care, died in Chennai last evening. He was...

New Delhi: Yet another tusker has fallen prey to a speeding train. This time it was not in Rajaji National Park of Uttaranchal or any of the other notorious killer tracks like in North Bengal or...

New Delhi: There was a request from the Corbett Tiger Reserve for 15 life jackets and the repair of four patrolling boats. These life jackets and boat repairs are required as guards need to patrol the reserve even during monsoon in boats. As during the...

Arunachal Pradesh: Following the formation of “Ghora Aabhe” a committee comprising heads of sixteen villages for protection of the Pakke Tiger Reserve in the Eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, the protection of the reserve has vastly improved, an...

SONEPUR: The mammoth creatures that trundled into the rural jamboree were all but healthy. The least they could have asked for was being checked for ailments – and that they were. The Sonepur Mela health camp for elephants was a success for the second year...

BANGALORE: Freed from the clutches of their captors, these sloth bears will now have a chance to be as wild as they can get. A bear rehabilitation centre which will house 22 rescued bears was inaugurated today at the Bannerghatta Biological Park near...

New Delhi: For someone who had never even been to Ooty, a few hours from his hometown of Mudumalai, the three-day gruelling journey by train to New Delhi was indeed a long haul. That he would have at any cost, for he was here to receive the WTI Van Rakshak...

Pune: Theoretical classes, practical sessions, group discussions and a field trip marked the third annual wildlife rehabilitation workshop conducted under the aegis of the Wild Rescue programme of the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and Animals in Crisis and...

New Delhi: Two tiger skins were seized at Padrauna close to the border with Nepal. The Wildlife Trust of India assisted in this seizure, which took place on March 1,...

Last week, WTI’s undercover agent bid for a tiger skin on Bazee.com, which was up for auction at $1 million. Posing as Andrew Jhonson, of New York, WTI’s undercover agent bid for the skin and won the bid. WTI had pointed out this sale to ministry...