Elephant Experts Condemn Australian Zoo Plan
New Delhi: Vivek Menon, Executive Director of the Wildlife Trust of India and Director of IFAW in India has joined forces with five other renowned elephant experts from the world to prevent Australia from importing Asian elephants from Thailand for its proposed captive breeding program. Read more »
Demolitions to Drive Away Encroachers
New Delhi : A demolition blitz carried out today by the District Administration of Gautam Buddh Nagar has proved a point to encroachers in the protected area of Okhla Bird Sanctuary. The existence of illegal structures were a cause of serious disturbance to the Okhla Bird Sanctuary, which is only […] Read more »
China Will Not Give Tibetan Antelopes To India
New Delhi: China has refused to give Tibetan Antelopes to India for captive breeding to supply shahtoosh weavers in Jammu and Kashmir with shahtoosh wool. This was made public at a meeting of CITES Tiger Enforcement Task Force by the Chinese delegation, which is in India . The Chinese delegation’s […] Read more »
Four Arrest Warrants Against Sansar Chand in Delhi
New Delhi : The court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) at Tis Hazari issued non-bailable warrants against the notorious wildlife trader Sansar Chand in four cases pending against him on Saturday 21st May 2005 . The cases related to his involvement in wildlife offences starting from 1988 […] Read more »
Blackbuck Carcass Lands Tiger in Trouble
New Delhi : “Tiger” Pataudi and seven others were booked on charges of poaching wild animals including a blackbuck in the northern Indian state of Haryana today. The Jhajjar police recovered the carcass besides two guns and 50 cartridges from the vehicle in which Pataudi and seven others were traveling […] Read more »
The Black Buck Trail and Tiger’s Travails
New Delhi: The high profile case of Pataudi being embroiled in poaching a black buck continues to be in the limelight with varying versions of the story floating around. While waiting for the law to take its own course, the Wild Enforcement and Law programme of the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) is […] Read more »
Getting a Grip on the Ground Beneath the Waves
New Delhi: An impact assessment report on six independent investigations under the Wild Aid programme of the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and supported by its partner the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) was released today by Mr Anil Baijal, Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development. The report published in […] Read more »
Anticipatory Bail Denied to Pataudi
New Delhi : Justice Rajive Bhalla of Punjab & Haryana High Court in Chandigarh today heard the anticipatory bail petition of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Shashi Singh, accused in the Jhajjar black buck hunting case, but did not grant them anticipatory bail. Read more »
Swiss Customs Confiscates Shahtoosh Shawls Worth 2.5 Million Euros
Brussels : Swiss customs officials have confiscated 537 shawls of shahtoosh wool, made from the endangered Tibetan antelope, estimated at a value of more than 2.5 million euros. The seizure represents the slaughter of at least 1,600 animals, or more than 3% of the remaining population of Tibetan antelope. Read more »
Shahtoosh Seizure in New Delhi
New Delhi: A raid conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) last evening resulted in a seizure of eight shahtoosh shawls from a south Delhi company. Read more »
