The Elephant Whisperers: Couple central to the Oscar-winning documentary lauded by IndiGo captain and passengersAdditional Chief Secretary Environment Climate Change & Forests from the government of Tamil Nadu, Supriya Sahu, shared a video of the coup...
25 Mar, 2023, 12.57 PM IST
Indian-American teen invents device to spot elephant poachers in real timeAccording to the Indian-origin high-schooler, her device is four times more effective than drones as it can detect poachers by analysing th...
30 Aug, 2022, 12.59 PM IST
India lost 329 tigers in 3 years, including 29 due to poaching: GovernmentThe data showed that the number of poaching cases has reduced over the years from 17 in 2019 to four in 2021. The minister reported that th...
26 Jul, 2022, 11.01 AM IST
282 elephants, two tigers, 15 leopards died since 2018 in Odisha: GovtOf the 282 elephants, seven were poached, 13 were killed in train mishaps, four in road accidents, 43 died due to electrocution, 135 due to...
07 Sep, 2021, 10.16 PM IST
Wild elephants kill more than 1,700 Indians in four yearsBetween 2015 and 2018, the govt paid out about Rs 226 crore in compensation for loss of life and property.
10 Feb, 2019, 05.09 PM IST
49 tigers died in India this year, most in Madhya Pradesh, Parliament toldMinister of State for Environment Mahesh Sharma in a written reply said as per figures recorded till December 12, total tiger mortality sto...
14 Dec, 2018, 06.49 PM IST
Organised inter-state gangs behind killings of elephants: Monitoring network"Poaching for meat and other products like tail hair also pose threats to populations, especially in northeast India," it says.
31 Aug, 2015, 05.03 PM IST
1,035 elephants rule tiger bastion Corbett Tiger ReserveAs per the recent elephant estimation exercise conducted in Uttarakhand in June, Corbett Tiger Reserve has emerged as one of the main basti...
23 Aug, 2015, 11.14 AM IST
- Jumbo rules in tiger hotbed Corbett
For those who equated Corbett with just tigers, think again. As per the recent elephant estimation exercise conducted in Uttarakhand in Jun...
23 Aug, 2015, 08.28 AM IST
- Line transect method apt for elephant count: researchers
Researchers have strongly favoured the line transect method for estimating elephant population with greater accuracy in order to boost cons...
07 Jun, 2015, 11.04 AM IST
Indian dolphin, elephant among top 100 mammals facing extinction: Zoological society of LondonThe Zoological Society of London have for the first time scored the world's mammals according to how Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally E...
20 May, 2013, 04.19 PM IST
- Manula sheds light on monitoring elephant population
In spite of its conservation significance, elephant populations across many sites/countries continue to be monitored using methods and tech...
18 Jan, 2013, 04.28 PM IST
- South African demand for legal trade in rhino horns leaves India jittery
The surge of poaching of rhinoceros in South Africa could lead to threats to the one-horned Indian rhino in faraway Assam and West Bengal i...
16 May, 2012, 01.47 AM IST
- Elephant gets national heritage tag
The elephant has been declared the national heritage animal by the government with an aim to step up measures for its protection.
23 Oct, 2010, 01.59 AM IST
- No of elephants rise in Orissa by 24 in last three years, experts dispute official figure
Even as the forest department claimed increase in the number of elephants by 24 in the last three years in Orissa.
18 Jun, 2010, 10.06 PM IST
- Centre seeks report on elephant deaths
The environment ministry has sought a report from the Uttarakhand government on increasing cases of elephant mortality at the famous Corbet...
05 Sep, 2008, 02.30 PM IST
- Elephant numbers up by a thousand
The population of elephants in the wild has jumped by more than a thousand. As per the latest 2007 survey, it stands at between 18,663 and ...
15 Feb, 2008, 04.33 AM IST