Wildlife

Solar fence sans shock!

Mysore, dhns:

Publication Date: 
31/10/2008
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Wildlife, Elephant, People - Animal Conflicts, Karnataka, Mysore (D), Animal Menace
Wildlife

3 circus jumbos seized in Mysore

Mysore, dhns:

The forest officials of Mysore Division seized three elephants belonging to a circus company in the city on Tuesday.

Following complaints by two NGOs about the poor upkeep of the pachyderms at the Great Bombay Circus Company, the officials seized the jumbos and sent to Bannerghatta Biological Park in three trucks for treatment.

Publication Date: 
29/10/2008
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Animal Cruelty, Wildlife, Elephant, Karnataka, Mysore (D)
Wildlife

Rehab centres for burnt-out tuskers

Rehab centres for burnt-out tuskers
Neha Sinha Posted: Oct 27, 2008 at 2334 hrs IST

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 26 : In a first-of-its-kind move, Project Elephant has released funds for setting up rescue and rehabilitation centres across the country to accommodate ill or ageing working elephants.

Publication Date: 
27/10/2008
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Rehabilitation, Elephant, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), NGO, Haryana
Wildlife

Ways to minimise man-elephant conflict discussed

MIRZA

Publication Date: 
27/10/2008
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Elephant, People - Animal Conflicts, Assam, Goalpara (D)
Wildlife

For saving Bholu the elephant

Members of PETA recreate a scene outside Rail Bhawan in New Delhi to highlight how elephants are killed in rail accidents.

Publication Date: 
24/10/2008
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Animal Care, Rail Transport, Elephant, PETA
Climate Change

Severe drought and calf survival in elephants

Climate change in Africa is expected to lead to a higher occurrence of severe droughts in semi-arid and arid ecosystems. Understanding how animal populations react to such events is thus crucial for addressing future challenges for wildlife management and conservation. We explored how gender, age, mother's experience and family group characteristics determined calf survival in an elephant population during a severe drought in Tanzania in 1993. Young males were particularly sensitive to the drought and calf loss was higher among young mothers than among more experienced mothers.

Publication Date: 
23/10/2008
Charles Foley, Nathalie Pettorelli, Lara Foley
Biology Letters
4
541–544
Tags:
Elephant, Droughts, Climate Change, Africa, Ecosystems, National Parks, Wildlife
Wildlife

Elephants under threat again

By YOJNA GUSAI

Oct. 18: Indian elephants are under threat once again. This time these endangered species are in trouble following a contentious decision by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites).

Publication Date: 
19/10/2008
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
CITES, Endangered Species, Elephant, Wildlife Trade, Poaching, China, India
Wildlife

 Demystifying a legend

Robin Hood for some and murderer for others

Publication Date: 
14/10/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Wildlife, Elephant, Poaching, Tamil Nadu
Wildlife

SMS alert: elephant in the vicinity

OL PEJETA (Kenya): The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir

Publication Date: 
13/10/2008
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Elephant, Wildlife And People, Kenya, Animal Menace
Wildlife

Forest Department extends deadline

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Elephant owners in the State have been given a temporary reprieve. The Forest Department, through a recent Government Order, has extended the last date for the implant of microchips in captive elephants to November 15. The original deadline had expired on June 30.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2008
New Indian Express (Kochi)
Tags:
Elephant, Wildlife Management, Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram (D)

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