The European Commission is under pressure not to amend its cosmetics directive to ban the use of ingredients tested on animals because of fears that the move would breach world trade rules, according

In a bid to focus attention on the need to save India's national animal from extinction. Esso Petroleum India has instituted an annual 'Esso Award for Tiger conservation'. The Rs One-lakh award will

A survey by Wildlife Fund Thailand has found a herd of wild elephants has emerged from the forest reserve in Prachuap Khiri Khan looking for handouts even though there is enough food and water in the

The South African courts sounded a stern warning to poachers when three men were each sentenced to 29 years in jail for poaching four rhinos. According to Captain Johan Jooste of the endangered

The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has rejected the Himachal Government's proposal to set up a mini zoo at Raj Bhavan at Shimla. Refusing to learn lesson from the denial of recognition to Nehru

Tired of monkeys in the corridors of power, mandarins in the Capital have declared a war against simians. For years an ever-growing army of monkeys has rubbed shoulders with the high and mighty in

The activities for the second year of the Karnataka Tiger Conservation Project (KTCP) involving the Forest Department (Wildlife Wing) and a few Non-Governmental Organisations active in wildlife

In Colorado, U.S. scientists are trying to return the lynx to its former hunting grounds. But it's hard to teach a new cat old tricks : a

The Orissa coast-- the world's largest rookery of the endangered Olive ridley sea turtles-- is now famous for being the biggest grave of dead turtles. Check the figures: in November, the sea washed

Britain plans to kill as many as 20,000 badgers in several hot spots for bovine tuberculosis over the next four years. But the move is facing stiff internal opposition.