Agartala: Sipahijala zoo authorities will soon launch a project of captive breeding of four endangered animals -- spectacles monkey, clouded leopard, binturong and pigtailed macaque, official sources said here on Tuesday.

All the four species of animals are found in Tripura but they are virtually on the verge of extinction elsewhere in the country.

DH News Service, Kushalnagar:

A ten-day long environment and wild life conservation bicycle jatha organised by Bhagath Singh Rover team of Scouts and Guides Organisation Bangalore rural Anekal Taluk reached Cauvery nisargadhama near Kushalnagar on Monday.

The jatha which was flagged off at Anekal on Friday reached Kushalnagar on Sunday evening passing through Mandya, Mysore and Piriyapatna.

The thirteen member team after resting in Kushalnagar set out on the jatha on Monday morning from Cauvery Nisargadhama.

researchers have started telemetry tests on gharials in the Chambal river to gather information for the species

Visakhapatnam, Aug. 13: The wildlife wing of the state forests department decided to seek conservation plan for highly endangered species from all the forest conservators on the Andhra Pradesh coast. Responding to a report appeared in these columns,

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WHILE the deer population in this district is exploding, forcing them to move out of their habitat for food and water, the government is sitting on a proposal to provide solar fencing around the forests. The Rs 75 lakh solar fencing plan was aimed at avoiding man-animal conflict.

JORHAT, July 23: Gunin Saikia while providing a detailed account of the conservation status of several primate species found in the upper Brahmaputra of northeastern region laid stress on the initiation of Project Primate in line with Project Tiger and Project Elephant in order to divert immediate conservation attention to many primate species in North-East that are facing tremendous pressure from various factors.

Aizawl, July 22: Out of more than 500 species of birds in Mizoram, four have been declared critically endangered, one endangered, five vulnerable, seven near threatened and nine restricted, noted ornithologist Dr Anuwaruddin Choudhury said.
Dr Choudhury has recorded 479 species of birds in his book A pocket guide to the Birds of Mizoram, released by Mizoram Environment and Forest Minister Dr R Lalthangliana'n.

ITANAGAR, July 17: The Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) has released a batch of five Asiatic black bears in Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh.
According to a report in ENN (Environmental News Network), the bears, hand-reared at the CBRC, were undergoing acclimatisation in the wild at Upper Dikarai since September last year.
Following the soft-release protocol known as "assisted release', the bears were taken for daily walks in the wild assisted by their caretaker or

Mumbai, July 16 Park authorities happy but also maintain this is just preliminary round, chief conservator of forests and wildlife experts will do final scrutiny Twenty-four leopards and a five per cent increase in the animal count: reads the preliminary wildlife census report for 2008 released by the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), and from the looks of it, it seems bright.

Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) has released another batch of five bear (Ursus thibetanus) into the Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh. The bear, hand-reared at the CBRC, were being acclimatised in the wild at Upper Dikarai since September.