Tiger parts seized, traders arrested in Dudhwa
Dudhwa (Uttar Pradesh) : The Forest Department officials of Dudhwa National Park arrested four persons in the South Kheri Range of the park on charges of possessing tiger parts. A tiger skin and tiger bones were seized on October 27. Read more »
Kaziranga loses a pregnant rhino to poachers
Kaziranga (Assam) : A pregnant female rhino was poached in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, on Tuesday, October 23, bringing the total number of rhinos killed this year to 18. A .303 rifle was used, as against locally made hand guns in earlier incidents. The poachers escaped with the horn. Read more »
Rhino calves to be brought up together in Manas
Kaziranga: A rescued rhino calf, Purabi, under care at Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) was moved to Manas National Park today, to join an orphaned rhino calf being hand-reared there. Read more »
Bringing The Stripes Back To Sariska
Behror, (Rajasthan) : Two years after reports of the disappearance of tigers from the Sariska Tiger Reserve, bringing into sharp focus the plight of India’s national animal and the serious poaching pressures it was under, the Rajasthan Forest Department has taken the first step forward in bringing the tigers back. Read more »
Tigers poisoned in Orang National Park
Orang, Assam : In yet another incident of retaliatory killing, two tigers, a sub-adult male and another, whose gender could not be identified, were poisoned in the Orang National Park by angry villagers. The tigers had reportedly been preying on their cattle and the villagers were enraged by the frequency […] Read more »
Watchtowers constructed to warn of elephant raid near Kaziranga
Kaziranga, Assam : Three watchtowers have been constructed in Lokhowjan, Rajabari and Borsapori in Assam to help the local farmers ward away the wild elephants from the nearby Kaziranga National Park. Wild elephants have been raiding their crops and causing damage to property. The elephants have been known to be […] Read more »
One More Orphaned Elephant Calf rescued in Assam
Borgong, Assam : Reacting to the information given by the tea estate workers, an injured elephant calf was rescued from the Borgong area (under Sonitpur East division of Assam) on Friday and brought to the ‘Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC)’ by the rescue team. The calf seemed to […] Read more »
Leopard skin, bones and guns seized; eight arrested
Mahabaleshwar: Eight people, including a police constable, were arrested for illegal wildlife trade and possession of animal articles in an extensive operation over the last few months. Read more »
Displaced elephant calf joins herd at CWRC
Kaziranga: An elephant calf admitted to the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) three months ago is now stable and has been welcomed by the four others being hand-reared by IFAW-WTI for reintegration in the wild. Read more »
The day the hunter became the hunted !
Kaziranga(Assam): On September 23, 2007, a poacher, Gaonbura Ronfar was reportedly killed inside the Kaziranga National Park by an adult female rhino. Gaonbura Ronfar alias Kambura alias Babu was a resident of Natundanga village of Koliabor sub-division of Assam. He had entered the Kukurakata RF, Burapahar Range at night, along […] Read more »
