Save the hornbill campaign picks up in Pakhui
Pakhui: Hornbills are especially vulnerable in North-east India due to the traditional value of these birds for their feathers, casques, medicinal value of their fat and flesh among many tribal groups. Many areas especially in eastern… Read more ›
Ludhiana ladies pledge not to wear shahtoosh again
Ludhiana: Punjab has a tradition of wearing shahtoosh shawls. This shawl has been traditionally handed down as a family heirloom through generations especially in wealthy families. This winter the Wildlife Trust of India decided to take… Read more ›
New Delhi: They now look at the rhino with different eyes. They have transformed from being poachers to becoming protectors. They are fifteen former rhino poachers, who gave up their arms recently, and took up conservation… Read more ›
Guwahati: The little town of Nowgaon, 120 km from Guwahati, hosts perhaps the last of the greater adjutant stork nesting sites. The clutch of silk cotton tress, located in this bustling town hold the nests of… Read more ›
IAS breaks law, his illness bails him out – Naga CM, Assam CM give a clean chit
News Courtesy - Indian Express Reporter: Sonu Jain New Delhi: In a travesty of the law, an IAS officer of Secretary rank in Assam has been cleared of criminal charges in a case of hunting in… Read more ›
Captive elephants besieged with health problems
Sonepur is a small non-descript town in Saran district of Bihar. Despite its unremarkable environs, two of its features are astonishingly large. The first is its railway platform, probably the second largest in the world with… Read more ›
Poachers kill two tuskers in Rajaji National Park
Rajaji National Park: Barely 11 months after the gory killing of five tuskers in Corbett National Park, poachers have struck again, this time in the adjoining Rajaji National Park. Two tuskers were poisoned to death and… Read more ›
Synthetic beaks and billboard warnings to help save Hornbills in Pakhui
New Delhi: December 19th was a special day for Hornbills at the Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary-- a stronghold of the species-- in Arunachal Pradesh's East Kameng district. That day, a large hoarding carrying a warning that Hornbills… Read more ›
The Government of India has followed the example of the USA, Australia, the Philippines and other countries by declaring the whale shark a protected species and banning the whale shark trade. The shark (Rhincodon typus) is… Read more ›
Kaziranga fights back: Three Rhino Poachers arrested by Forest Officials
Kaziranga, Assam: Three alleged rhino poachers were arrested, while one surrendered to officials last Saturday, from a village on the fringe of the Kaziranga National Park providing a breakthrough to the beleagured park staff. 14 rhinos… Read more ›
