NEW WILDLIFE ACT PUBLISHED IN GAZETTE

New Delhi: The Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2002 has been published in the gazette of India Extraordinary. The Central Government has decided April 1m 2003 as the date on which all provisions except Section 6 of the said Act shall come into force. Read more »

109 LEOPARD SKINS SEIZED

NEW DELHI: Those of us who were concerned by the 15 leopard skin seizure on Indo-Nepal border on 1st April 2003 and larger seizures of leopard skins which have continued over the last few years will be shocked by the latest seizure of 109 leopard skins in Kathmandu last week […] Read more »

WILDLIFE DECLARATIONS IN DELHI BEGIN WITH A BANG

New Delhi : Just about a week after newspapers wrote about the final call for declaring wildlife and its derivatives, the reaction from Delhi’s public has been encouraging. According to official sources, over 1500 forms have already been collected from the Chief Wildlife Warden’s office in Delhi. Read more »

The rare Greater Adjutant Stork has a new address

New Delhi: Researchers looking for nesting sites of the largest group of the Greater Adjutant Stork, outside the north eastern state of Assam, regrettably drew a blank. The rare and endangered bird, the Greater Adjutant Stork (GAS), has, for the first time ever, been spotted outside Assam at the Vikramshila […] Read more »