After spending over Rs283 crore on relocation of villages from reserves, sanctuaries and national parks in Maharashtra in the last 12 years, the state government would require a further Rs 900 cror

The government of Bangladesh, along with Nepal and Bhutan, has joined the “Strengthening Regional Cooperation in Wildlife Protection in Asia” project to conserve wildlife and check illegal wildlife

In a big boost to the forest department's efforts to strengthen protection mechanism, Mumbai-based Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) has announced a series of measures to save tigers in buffer and

The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has recommended ban on use of all kinds of animals in circuses.

The statutory advisory body recommended the ban to the Environment Ministry at a meeting last week following an investigation authorised by it on living conditions of elephants and other animals in circuses. The investigation was conducted by a team from PETA India and Animal Rahat across 16 major circuses between November 2012 and July 2013.

KATHMANDU: The governments of Nepal and China have agreed to step up collaborative efforts in a bid to enforce a crackdown on illegal wildlife trade at the border region of the two countries in a f

The standard operating procedure (SOP) laid down by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to deal with man-eating tigers or leopards was not followed in the case of the hunt for the man-

New agriculture minister approves previous govt.’s plan despite environmental concerns

After finding the presence of at least 103 tigers in the Sunderbans, a figure more than the official estimates, the foresters now want to back the number with a Prey base of tigers in the Sunderban

After finding the presence of at least 103 tigers in the Sunderbans, a figure more than the official estimates, the foresters now want to back the number with a Prey base of tigers in the Sunderban

Fewer than 500 Amur tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) remain in the wild. Due to low numbers and their solitary and reclusive nature, tiger sightings across their range in the Russian Far East and China are rare; sightings of sick tigers are rarer still. Serious neurologic disease observed in several wild tigers since 2001 suggested disease emergence in this endangered species.

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