Wildlife Protection Amendment Bill: Why ‘religious or any other purpose’ clause has enraged animal activists
The term could potentially increase the demand for illegal capture of wild elephants, followed by cruel training, they say
Bengal forest guards rescue 2 Arunachal elephants being trafficked to Gujarat
Two wild elephants rescued in Jalpaiguri October 24, have been taken to the Gorumara National Park and are in good health
Elephant found dead in Odisha’s Keonjhar, third within a month
Forest officials believe the dead elephant belonged to a herd of elephants roaming in the area
Rajya Sabha passes Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Bill 2021
Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Bill allows for the transfer of elephants for ‘religious and other purposes’
Two held after tusker dies due to burn injuries near Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
The animal was being shifted to a relief camp for treatment when it collapsed due to septicemia and died
Rohingya refugees face the rage of displaced elephants
Fleeing brutality, the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been settled along elephant corridors, sparking conflict with the gentle giants of …
Expect more elephant raids during paddy harvest in Dooars this year
Many COVID-19 returnees have cultivated paddy this year during the monsoon due to the lack of work and livelihood opportunities
Bhupender Yadav launches field manual for forest staffers to manage human-elephant conflict
Yadav also released the Preliminary Report on Human Elephant Conflict and a booklet titled Trumpet
'Frogs are beautiful'
Wildlife filmamker Ajay Bedi talks to Down To Earth about his recent documentary, 'The Secret Life of Frogs' that released commercially recently
Elephant tales
A new book recounts the intimate experiences of prominent writers with elephants. Exclusive excerpts
Elephant electrocuted in Odisha: Third death in 34 days
As many as 732 elephants died between 2009 and 2019 in Odisha
Elephants destroy prawn farms, fishing boats in Odisha
Changes in Odisha’s Ganjam district has destroyed habitats and traditional corridors of elephants, bringing them into frequent conflict with humans
Stop displaying elephants at the Sonepur fair
The elephant is India’s National Heritage Animal and displaying it at Sonepur only encourages the brutal and illegal trade in wild …
How these two remote districts in Andhra are tackling wild elephant intrusions
The forest department in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram, which border Odisha, are doing their best to manage pachyderms that regularly stray from …
A first for large African mammals: DNA used to count Gabon’s endangered forest elephants
There are 95,110 forest elephants in Gabon according to analysis of DNA extracted from dung
Human-driven speciation: A peek into how we may alter the morphology of African elephants
Anthropogenic activities such as global warming, poaching, mining, deforestation and noise pollution will form a more wrinkly, hairier, tuskless, …
Preserving India's pachyderms
The recently-concluded 'Gaj Mahotsav’ in Delhi celebrated the Indian Elephant, an animal that is fast losing its habitat in India
Activists show lacuna in Assam PCCF’s notification on elephant microchips to prevent illegal transport
Microchips are issued for stolen or illegally captured elephants too; a captive elephant with a microchip may be a wild-caught one, they say
This World Wildlife Day let’s take a look at wildlife crimes in India
The Union government has cut the funds released under three flagship wildlife schemes even though poaching remains rampant
New study shows that big mammals suffer brain damage in captivity
Caging large mammals and putting them on display is undeniably cruel from a neural perspective, it says
Hundreds of elephants are mysteriously dying in Botswana – a conservationist explains what we know
Poaching, revenge killing by locals and natural death do not seem to be the case. Could it then be disease? The information is still …
India bats for safekeeping elephant habitats, but is it ready itself?
India proposes putting Asian / Indian elephants in Appendix I of CMS CoP 13 in Gandhinagar
Sambhar tragedy: Are birds second class wildlife, ask experts
Not only are bird species not monitored properly but information about instances of their mass death is suppressed, they allege
India Wildlife Week: Odisha’s report card has hardly anything to show
While other states are implementing viable wildlife management plans, the Odisha government is lagging way behind
The Earth is not for humans alone, says NGT over Deepor Beel
Water body on the outskirts of Guwahati has been facing threats from railway tracks and a municipal solid waste plant