Authorities initiate probe into elephant death in Assam
Nagaon (Assam), October 29, 2010: The Assam Forest Department has initiated a probe into the recent death of a sub-adult elephant in Nagaon district of the state. Dr Anil Deka, veterinarian at the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) – Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation […] Read more »
Apex Court rejects Sansar Chand’s plea
New Delhi, October 20, 2010: The Supreme Court of India this morning upheld the judgment of subordinate courts in Rajasthan on the conviction of notorious wildlife trader Sansar Chand in a case pertaining to the seizure of leopard parts in 2003. Two leopard skins were seized by the Railway Police […] Read more »
Capture of conflict tiger ends months-long chase
New Delhi, October 15, 2010: Having evaded baited traps and tranquiliser darts for months, the tiger that caused eight human casualties in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh was captured yesterday by a team of Forest Department officials and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI). Read more »
Animal Action Week 2010 begins – focus on tiger conservation
New Delhi, October 4, 2010: More than five million school children from 15 countries including India will learn about the plight of tigers through fun-filled educational activities organised as part of the Animal Action Week (AAW), an annual animal-focussed event coinciding with the wildlife week. A global initiative of the […] Read more »
CITES votes for elephants, reaffirms opposition to tiger farming
New Delhi, March 25, 2010: While a number of decisions in the 15th CITES Conference of the Parties (CoP 15) in Doha, Qatar, swayed against conservation, elephants and tigers were a little less unfortunate with the parties voting against ivory trade and breeding tigers for their body parts. Read more »
