Rare traditional Kashmir pashmina for sale in Delhi
Delhi: Buyers looking for authentic and high quality Kashmir handmade pashmina, which was recently awarded the Geographical Indication (GI) of Origin, will be able to purchase them at Dilli Haat in Delhi during the fortnight-long ‘Dastkar’ festival that began Tuesday. Read more »
(Rehabilitating hand-raised Asiatic black bears in Manas) – By Dr Bhaskar Choudhury Manas (Assam): Every morning, Nath and Krishna, IFAW-WTI’s animal keepers wake up to the impatient squeals of four Asiatic black bears in the temporary camp site in Bunganala in Manas National Park, Assam. The bears, rescued as […] Read more »
Leopard ‘strays’ into house in Assam, rescued
Digboi (Assam): An adventurous young male leopard was rescued yesterday by the Assam Forest Department and WTI-IFAW (Wildlife Trust of India – International Fund for Animal Welfare) from Digboi town in the northeast Indian state of Assam. It was later released in the nearby Upper Dihing Reserve Forest. Read more »
21 endangered vultures succumb to poisoning in Assam in a week
Sivasagar (Assam): Despite drastic decline in populations of several vulture species in the 1990s that edged them menacingly towards extinction, vultures continue to fall victim to human apathy even today. Although efforts are being made by governments as well as non-government institutions to curb this downfall, reckless activities by people […] Read more »
Canada’s commercial seal hunt closes –over 17,200 seals killed in just over two days
Charlottetown (PEI, Canada): Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) will close the first zone of the seal hunt today after the earliest group of sealers killed 17,200 harp seals thus far. DFO is set to re-open the hunt in another area of the Gulf this Friday. Read more »
Traders arrested with wildlife trophies
Pallivasal (Kerala): Two persons were arrested in Pallivasal, Munnar, on Saturday, for illegal attempts to sell stuffed and mounted wild animal trophies. Mounted heads of a tiger and a leopard were seized from the accused. Read more »
Extraordinary victory for seals: Russia bans the hunt for all harp seals less than one year of age
Moscow (Russia): Yesterday, Yuriy Trutnev, Russia’s Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology announced a complete ban on the hunting of all harp seals less than one year of age. This historic end to Russia’s harp seal hunt was applauded by IFAW (The International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org), which […] Read more »
Porbandar swings into action for ‘Whale Shark Day’
Porbandar (Gujarat): A huge crowd gathered today at the Chowpatti cricket ground in Porbandar, Gujarat, for the annual ‘whale shark day’ celebrations. Read more »
Rare owl to be returned to the wild
Bokakhat (Assam): A rare Oriental bay owl awaits its return to the wild at the IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) near Kaziranga National Park, Assam. It was admitted to CWRC yesterday by Assam Forest Department officials. The owl will be released tonight near the site of […] Read more »
Authorities speed up project to mitigate elephant deaths due to train hits in Assam
Guwahati (Assam): A recently-initiated project to ‘mitigate elephant mortality due to train accidents’ in Assam looks likely to be sped up following the death of a pregnant feral elephant, hit by a goods train just outside Guwahati, along the track connecting Azara to Kamakhya, yesterday. Read more »
