NEWS & UPDATES

Nagaon (Assam), October 29, 2010: The Assam Forest Department has initiated a probe into the recent death of a sub-adult elephant in Nagaon district of the state. Dr Anil Deka, veterinarian at the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) – Wildlife...

New Delhi, October 20, 2010: The Supreme Court of India this morning upheld the judgment of subordinate courts in Rajasthan on the conviction of notorious wildlife trader Sansar Chand in a case pertaining to the seizure of leopard parts in 2003. Two leopard...

New Delhi, October 15, 2010: Having evaded baited traps and tranquiliser darts for months, the tiger that caused eight human casualties in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh was captured yesterday by a team of Forest Department officials and Wildlife...

New Delhi, October 4, 2010: More than five million school children from 15 countries including India will learn about the plight of tigers through fun-filled educational activities organised as part of the Animal Action Week (AAW), an annual animal-focussed...

New Delhi, March 25, 2010: While a number of decisions in the 15th CITES Conference of the Parties (CoP 15) in Doha, Qatar, swayed against conservation, elephants and tigers were a little less unfortunate with the parties voting against ivory trade and...

-By Jose Louies, Assistant Manager, WTI Kuttampuza Forest Range (Kerala), July 30, 2009: “I stood here, hidden behind this tree. The tusker came to the clearings from the bushes, about 15 metres from me. I pulled the trigger”  Aji confessed without...

Bihar, January 6, 2009: Sloth bear conservation in Bihar received a shot in the arm with a ‘refresher’ training on forest protection for frontline field staff of various Protected Areas in the...

Jodhpur, April 10, 2006: The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Jodhpur, Brijendra Kumar Jain today convicted Bollywood actor Salman Khan and a co-accused Govardhan, in the second case of Chinkara (Gazella gazelle) hunting under sections 51 and 52 of the Wildlife...