Lack of funds threaten critically-endangered Amur leopards in Russian Primorski region
Primorski (Russia): Despite being home to the Amur leopard – one of the world’s most endangered large cat species with just about 30-35 wild individuals remaining, Kedrovaya Pad Nature Reserve in the south-western Primorski region in Russia has been paralysed by lack of funds. Read more »
MoEF approves cheetah reintroduction roadmap preparation
New Delhi: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given a go-ahead to draft a detailed roadmap for the Cheetah Reintroduction Project, proposed by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), and endorsed by wildlife experts during the consultative meeting held in Gajner, Rajasthan, last month. Read more »
20 years since ivory trade ban, elephants still threatened by poaching, stockpile sales
Delhi: Despite ivory trade being banned 20 years ago, hundreds, if not thousands, of wild elephants continue to fall prey to poachers across their distribution range, each year. Read more »
Leaving corridors for elephants
Wayanad (Kerala): “It has come to us like a blessing from God,” claims Kenchan, referring to a Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) initiative that has helped her family relocate from their old settlement in Wayanad Elephant Corridor in Kerala to evade conflicts with wild elephants. Read more »
Whale Shark Day goes international
Delhi: August 30 has been declared as the International Whale Shark Day by the host of the Second International Whale Shark Conference, National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP), Mexico. Read more »
Sansar Chand convicted in 15-year-old case
New Delhi: In a rare verdict convicting one of the country’s most infamous wildlife criminals, Sansar Chand was yesterday held guilty by a city court hearing a 15-year-old case of illegal possession of a leopard skin. Read more »
Hand-raised clouded leopards moved to the wild
Kokrajhar (Assam): Moving a step forward in the novel attempt to rehabilitate hand-raised clouded leopards in India, the two cubs being looked after by the Bodoland Territorial Council – International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (BTC-IFAW-WTI) in Kokrajhar, Assam, since March this year, were transferred to […] Read more »
Captive elephant, python, shells confiscated in Uttarakhand
Delhi: In three different raids, a captive elephant, a python, and shells were seized in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, yesterday. Three persons have been arrested. Read more »
Eight tiger cubs born in Valmiki since 2005
Valmiki (Bihar): Amid reports of decline in tiger numbers across India, positive news has emerged from the once-neglected Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar, along the Indo-Nepal border. At least eight cubs have been born in the reserve since 2005, including two new cubs whose sightings were reported from the eastern […] Read more »
Experts meet to discuss elephant conservation in Tamil Nadu
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu): Elephant conservationists and forest officials of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu met today at Coimbatore, beginning a two-day workshop to discuss initiatives undertaken and plan potential future activities for long-term conservation of Asian elephants in the state. Read more »
