Endangered Species

Forest dept neglects endangered antelope

A four-horned antelope, an endangered species, has found a shelter in a farmer's house in Siddaianakote near Jagalur in Davangere district. The animals had strayed from the nearby forest recently.

Publication Date:

30/03/2008

Source: Deccan Herald

Tags:

Endangered Species, Bandipur NP, Karnataka

Wildlife

Bagged and boxed: it's a frog's life

As many amphibians face the very real threat of being completely wiped out by disease, climate change and pollution, Emma Marris looks at a controversial approach to save some of them in glass boxes.

Publication Date:

27/03/2008

Author(s): Emma Marris

Source: Nature

Vol:

452

Issue:

7186

pp:

394

Tags:

Climate Change, Endangered Species, Amphibians, Frogs, Global

Company acts to protect endangered namesake

In a bid to save the endangered Olive Ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) of Orissa and Gujarat from extinction, Turtle Ltd, a leading menswear brand has decided to undertake a conservation project

Publication Date:

26/03/2008

Source: Statesman (Kolkata)

Tags:

Rivers, Endangered Species, Turtles, NGO, WWF, Gujarat, Orissa (Odisha)

Biodiversity

The Wildlife (Protection) Act and conservation prioritization of butterflies of the Western Ghats, southwestern India

Various schedules of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (henceforth WPA), dictate the level of legal protection given to species of Indian animals.

Publication Date:

25/03/2008

Author(s): Krushnamegh Kunte

Source: Current Science

Vol:

94

Issue:

6

pp:

729

Tags:

Western Ghats, Endangered Species, Insects, Biodiversity Conservation, Biodiversity Hotspots, Legislation, India, Statistics

US authority failing to list endangered species

Publication Date:

24/03/2008

Source: Guardian

Tags:

Endangered Species, Butterflies

Rare owl species rescued

RANGIYA

Publication Date:

24/03/2008

Source: Assam Tribune

Tags:

Endangered Species, Birds, Poaching, NGO, Assam

Personal Thought: Think beyond the tiger (Opinion)

Undoubtedly tiger is an endangered specie, but it means not that we contemplate upon tiger only. There is need to think away from tiger too.

Publication Date:

19/03/2008

Source: Central Chronicle

Tags:

Endangered Species, Tiger, Poaching, India

Its our space!

The Demilitarised Zone between North and South Korea, bristling with tanks and artillery, has also become a favourite haunt of over 60 endangered species.

Publication Date:

18/03/2008

Source: Deccan Herald

Tags:

Endangered Species, Poaching, South Korea