Japanese oversight flaws fatal to elephants
The Hague, Netherlands : An investigative report conducted by IFAW into Japan’s domestic ivory trade controls has uncovered numerous loopholes that allow illegal ivory from elephants poached in the wild to be laundered into the legal domestic ivory market. Read more »
IFAW pushes eBay to announce global ban of all ivory trade
The Hague, Netherlands: The International online commerce site eBay today said it will announce a ban on the trade of elephant ivory on all of its sites, prompting conservationists to call it a groundbreaking step against the global illegal ivory trade. Read more »
Tiger lovers around the world eagerly await Tuesday for the crucial vote here at the CITES meeting on the Chinese proposal to allow the resumption of trade in tiger derivatives and body parts. Read more »
Gujarat adopts WTI’s accident insurance scheme for forest staff
New Delhi: Gujarat becomes the 22nd state to be a part of the national insurance scheme initiated by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) that insures frontline forest staff against injury and death in protected areas of the state. Read more »
The world votes to end China’s tiger trade
The Hague : In a historic ruling, the 171 member countries of CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), today overwhelmingly voted against domestic and international trade in tiger derivatives and parts, effectively ending China’s hopes of formally reopening its tiger trade. Read more »
Two alleged wildlife traders were caught with a leopard skin by the Crime Branch of Bilaspur police.
Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) : A leopard skin measuring 5-feet-long, an air pistol, a sword and the car in which they were traveling were seized by police, when they were on their way to sell the skin to a decoy customer. Read more »
Baby elephant reunited with its mother after one month of Rescue
Bhubaneswar (Orissa): In a rare reunion, a baby elephant was reunited with its mother after more than a month in captivity near the Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary in the eastern Indian Orissa state. Read more »
Monsoon clouds put elephant calves in high spirits
Manas (Assam): The six hand raised elephant calves being readied for release in a National Park in the eastern Indian Assam state are enjoying the monsoons, frolicking in the swelling streams and eating the new shoots of grass that have sprung out of the wet earth. Read more »
Five years of rigorous imprisonment for Sansar Chand
Ajmer: For the first time Sansar Chand, the infamous wildlife trader has begun serving a sentence of five years rigorous imprisonment as a convict in Ajmer Central Jail on the pending sentence, which was ordered way back in April 2004 by Ravi Sharma, Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ajmer. Read more »
Poison behind the mysterious deaths of eagles
Ranikhet: In the wake of mysterious deaths of eagles in Ranikhet, a preliminary report from the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) has revealed that it may be a case of poisoning which led to the mass mortality of Steppe eagles (Aquila nipalensis). The Wildlife Trust of India’s (WTI) Mobile Veterinary […] Read more »
