Kerala, Tamil Nadu & Karnataka record 13,662 jumbos; male-female ratios and age gradation healthy, say experts
Climate change, human-elephant conflict and habitat fragmentation affecting movement of the animals
2 leopard skins, bones recovered in Odisha, 1 arrested
At least 155 leopards have been poached across Odisha in the last 10 years
Poaching, habitat loss push Africa’s elephants to the brink
IUCN declares African forest and savanna elephants as ‘critically endangered’ and ‘endangered’ based on latest population …
The revival plan: India’s journey from destroying cheetah population to reintroducing it
70 years after cheetahs went extinct, India brings 8 African cheetahs to revive the population
CITES COP19: India’s freshwater turtle in danger of extinction
India puts forward proposal to move it to Appendix I; Common hippo, straw-headed bulbul, African elephant at risk too
How solar-powered fences mitigated human-elephant conflict in Assam
A biologist employed with a non-profit in the North East describes her organisation’s efforts at reducing negative encounters between …
Shrinking lion numbers in Africa: 40% geographic populations have 50 or fewer big cats
Somalian and Malawian lion populations most fragile; Paper points to need for including socio-political aspects along with ecology for lion …
Pregnant elephant’s death in Kerala shows institutional indifference to wild animals
It is not tough to see how serious the Union and state governments of the country are about wild animals
Elephant poaching rates vary across Africa: 19 years of data from 64 sites suggest why
Poaching rates are lower where there is strong national governance and where local levels of human development are relatively high
COVID-19: How wildlife hunting increased in Tamil Nadu amid lockdown
Less availability of meat, long-term unemployment increased instances of hunting in Tamil Nadu
Intensive poaching led to more tuskless female elephants in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park
The evolutionary shift can have a far-ranging effect on the local ecosystem
Facebook posts lead to leopard skin seizure, arrests near Similipal
Fifteen leopards have died in Odisha in the last 3 years; 5 were poached
Simply Put: Renaming Forest Conservation Act
Simply Put: Welcome to the jungle
Run-up to World Rhino Day 2023: Poaching, climate change & habitat loss threaten global population
African and Indonesian rhinos are critically endangered and near threatened
Wildlife crimes in Cameroon: Prosecution needs to be bolstered as poaching remains a menace despite measures
A staggering 24% of cases bear signs of corruption somewhere along the legal chain
Simply Put: India’s forest guard
Forest officer suspended in Odisha’s Sambalpur over death of 6 elephants
The elephants died by poaching, train accidents and electrocution
Parties to CITES urged to take stringent steps on jaguar, big cat conservation
The decisions were proposed and recommended at the CITES standing committee meeting
Sturgeon poaching for meat, caviar rampant in lower Danube: WWF report
The report is the first market survey that quantifies the scale of the illegal trade
Elephant shot, tusks hacked off in Odisha’s Dhenkanal forest division
Poachers armed with guns drive away forest guards
New study reveals sturgeon caviar sourced from illegal trade, labelled to mislead
Researchers found international market flouted CITES and EU wildlife regulations, other laws
Odisha bird poaching: 2 arrested with carcass of migratory birds in Chilika
Around 5 poachers have been arrested in the state since October
Elephants found dead in Odisha’s Keonjhar with tusks removed; activists allege poaching
Odisha forest department comes under fire by locals, activists; locals allege neglect
Leopards: How India can learn to live with them
Their easy adaptability brings them close to human settlements. Can we coexist?