US navy to limit use of contentious sonar system

New Delhi: Environmental groups have applauded the US Navy’s decision to accept a permanent injunction against peacetime use of the new sonar system designed to detect enemy submarines from great distances in oceans. The sonar system is said to harm marine mammals and fish, especially whales, as it emits very […] Read more »

Illegal wildlife product owners, beware ! Raids to begin soon.

New Delhi : The longest ever wildlife derivatives amnesty scheme by the Government of India that ended three days ago seems to have opened a pandora’s box. The little or no publicity to the amnesty scheme except in Delhi , the confusion among the masses about the registration process and […] Read more »

CBRC gets a new teddy bear

New Delhi : The youngest member in the group, the seven month old bear cub being raised at the Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) in Pakke, Arunachal Pradesh, has earned many an admirer for its rather engaging behavior and has been fondly nick-named ‘Teddy Bear’ by the keepers. Read more »

Heat on ivory traders as big hotels under scrutiny

By Nirmal Ghosh New Delhi, November 7, 2003: After letters were written earlier this year by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Switzerland to the headquarters of top hotel chains with units in Thailand, many fell into place and pressurized retail tenants to stop selling ivory. Read more »

28 rescued star tortoises die of infection

NEW DELHI: Twentyeight of the 1,800 rescued star tortoises that were brought back to India about three months back have died of bacterial infection at the Hyderabad Zoo Rescue Centre, according to preliminary reports. Read more »

S.C. ISSUES NOTICES TO CENTRE AND 4 STATES ON TIGER FUNDS

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Government of India and the state governments of Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar acting on a writ petition filed to ensure fiscal discipline and proper utilisation of funds released under Project Tiger. Read more »