Delhi Police to hold 'carcade' rehearsal on August 27 for G20 Summit, issues traffic advisoryThe Delhi Police will hold a rehearsal for the G20 Summit in the national capital, regulating traffic from 9 am to 12.30 pm at various loca...
India lost 1,059 tigers since 2012, experts say man-animal conflicts are on the riseNTCA data showed that 75 tigers have died this year so far.
- Barring China, other member countries of CITES unanimous on curbing tiger farming for trade
74 tiger deaths since January drive home poaching, other threatsPolice and wildlife authorities seized skins, bones, claws, skeletons, canines and paws of another 16 tigers during this period, taking the...
More tigers poached in India so far this year than in 2015: CensusThe Wildlife Protection Society of India, a conservation charity, said 28 of the endangered beasts had been poached by April 26.
UP tigers falling prey to revenge killings?The adult tiger found dead in UP’s south Kheri region probably fell prey to revenge killing and not poaching. Forest officials suspect the ...
- Reserve areas in UP not enough to contain tigers
Uttar Pradesh is witnessing a spurt in the number of tigers straying out of protected areas, preying on humans and receding to their lairs.
Rahman: The lord of Dudhwa tiger reserveRahman named after the place he took shelter in is the lord of all he surveys in the reserve, lording over an astounding 60sq km area.
- Tiger poaching in India highest in seven years
Poaching of tigers in 2013 has been the highest in the past seven years, data compiled by the Wildlife Protection Society of India shows.
69 leopards dead in eight weeksIndia's leopard count has gone down by 69 in past eight weeks, with many poisoned, ensnared in traps, killed in accidents or became victims...
- 27 leopard skins seized in 45 days
From the border outposts of north Bengal to the small towns of Uttarakhand to the remote forest-rich district of Gondia in Maharashtra, 27 ...
- After tigers, poachers now target leopards
The poaching mafia has shifted its focus on leopards, whose bones fetch the same price as that of tigers in the international market, and a...
After tigers, clouded leopards on the brinkLast week, West Bengal forest officials seized five skins of the patterned big cat at Jaigaon on the Indo-Bhutan border.