State of the Rhino 2023
Apart from poaching and habitat loss, climate change-induced droughts have been threatening the rhino population in Africa, pointed out a new report. On the other hand, climate disruptions in Asia can
Poaching
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Wildlife tagging offers new tools to scientists... and poachers
Developments in electronic tagging and tracking have revolutionised the way wildlife is studied and improved conservation strategies. But scientists now worry that the innovative technology also has the
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Taking action against wildlife crime in Uganda
Wildlife crime has come under increasing international scrutiny in recent years, with ever more money being spent on activities to combat it. However, little is known about what drives local people to
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शिकारियों की करतूत: भारत में हर साल 46 बाघों का शिकार
देश में वर्ष 1995 से अब तक के परिदृश्य को देखें तो हर साल ही औसतन 46 बाघों को शिकारियों व तस्करों ने निशाना बनाया। ऐसे में बाघों पर संकट बढ़ गया है। देहरादून, [जेएनएन]: देश में भले ही बाघों की संख्या
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Poaching drives 80 percent decline in elephants in key preserve
This is a small group of forest elephants in Gabon's Minkébé National Park. Poaching for the illegal ivory trade has reduced their numbers by 80 percent, according to a new study. Credit: John Poulsen,
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Uganda seizes ton of ivory, arrests 2 West African suspects
Kampala - Ugandan authorities seized a ton of illegal ivory and arrested three west Africans they believe were plotting to ship it abroad, an official said Saturday. The seizure happened late Friday
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Poaching empties critical Central African wilderness of forest elephants
<p>Elephant populations are in peril everywhere, but forest elephants in Central Africa have sustained alarming losses in the last decade. Large, remote protected areas are thought to best safeguard forest
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BBC faces Govt blacklist for film on killing of Kaziranga ‘poachers’
The BBC film, Killing For Conservation, explores what it calls the “dark secrets” of Kaziranga and examines if its war on poaching has gone too far. Calling its reporting “grossly erroneous,” the Environment
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Tanzanian court convicts couple of smuggling million dollars ivory
A Tanzanian court on Friday convicted a couple of smuggling ivory valued at 1.1 million U.S. dollars. The Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam found Peter Kabi and
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Drought in Kenya worsens human-wildlife conflict: conservationists
Severe drought in Kenya is likely to lead to increased human-wildlife conflict, the country’s wildlife conservationists warned on Wednesday. International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) East Africa Regional
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Black rhinos are left on the brink of extinction after an explosion in poaching caused by their horns selling for £75,000 each
Black rhinos are being driven to extinction as the ‘unprecedented’ high price of rhino horns leads to an explosion of poaching, experts say. Rhinos are slaughtered for their horns to be used in Chinese