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Kaziranga: The count of rhinos at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) increased to four as a male greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) calf, aged about 6 months was rescued by Kaziranga forest staff and brought to...

Kaziranga: The number of elephant calves at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) increased to eight with the rescue of a four month old female elephant calf from Rupajuli Tea Estate near Tezpur . The calf was found apparently sick in...

Gandhinagar: A gaggle of school children of assorted sizes watched awestruck as a 40 ft long model of the whale shark was inflated before their eyes this morning. Vhali the whale shark drew people like a magnet at ‘Samvaad’, an event organized by the...

New Delhi: In a unique door-to-door survey done with over 45,000 people in the Kashmir valley, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), have compiled a complete list of the ban-hit Shahtoosh workers and suggested...

New Delhi : The first pictorial Field Guide to Indian Mammals was launched today by the internationally renowned  field biologist, Dr George Schaller, at a packed ceremony attended by the conservation fraternity who came from far. ‘Many field guides...

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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...