CHIEF Adlife warqens and their representatives from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Orissa and West Bengal held the first coordination meeting in Calcutta in early June. The aim of the meeting

Zimbabwe's proposal for reopening ivory trade is one of the hot issues at this year's Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting this month. The Southern African

NEW ZEALAND has become a major transit point for traffickers dealing in Australian birds captured illegally from the wild. According to a report from TRAFFIC Oceania, which monitors wildlife

The growing demand for bear products might jeopardise the existence of several rare species in Asia

THE Adlife Protection Act, 1991, bans the trade of wild animals and its related products. Despite this, a trade in antlers of sambar and cheetal is still continuing with the official sanction in

The Delhi High Court recently upheld the countrywide ban imposed by the Central government on trade of ivory and snakeskin while dismissing several petitions filed by hundreds of traders. The court

NEW YORK has pipped Taiwan, Hong Kong and other Southeast Asian countries in carrying out illegal trade in tiger parts. A major undercover survey of Chinese supermarkets and pharmacies by the

A taste for exotic dishes has nearly wiped out some of the rare species such as soft-nosed turtles, snakes and rare scaley anteaters known as pangolins. The government is implementing strict measures

launching a major offensive against illegal trade of wildlife products, traffic -India, a division of the World Wide Fund for Nature-India, recently started a campaign called

DOCS the use of ivory tusks of the prehistoric mammoth, whose fossils were excavated some 10 years ago, defy the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972? This is the question facing the Delhi