New Delhi: A spate of tiger poaching incidents have come to light from Maharashtra. The body of a tiger chopped into 11 pieces with its head and paws missing was recovered on Friday. It appears the tiger parts have been taken by the poachers. The incident happened at the Tadoba Tiger Reserve, which has seen a spate of poaching incidents. Just two weeks ago, the forest department found leghold traps...
01:32 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Donkeys and mules, beasts of burden, and often a subject of ridicule. Not much attention has been focused on these over worked animals. At construction sites, these animals work with some of the poorest people in society carrying bricks, sand and heavy supplies. For over a decade, Jean and Bob Harrision have been running the 'Asswin project' - to provide medical care to sick and injured equines. Jean...
08:34 AM, Oct 22, 2011
Ranthambore: Deviram Gurjar is a one man Army who, for the last two decades, has been fighting a lonely battle to protect an important tiger corridor in Rajasthan. He has been guarding the three kilometer hilly strip between Ranthambhor National Park and Kela Devi Sanctuary. He's planted some 500 trees to create a forest shelter for the tiger and it's under these trees that he's seen the animal walk past...
08:00 AM, Aug 15, 2011
Koyna Sanctuary: The Sahyadri Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra is a critical corridor of forest and home to tigers, bison and 100 species of birds. But CNN-IBN has found that land inside the tiger reserve is up for grabs and over 200 windmills are operating inside the sanctuary, for which over 500 trees were chopped. "BNHS has found some 250 species of birds, which are endangered species accord to them. Now ...
10:36 AM, Apr 22, 2011
New Delhi: The Okhla bird sanctuary in New Delhi is seeing a record low turnout this summer. Once a thriving habitat for flamingos and sarus and pochards, the Okhla bird sanctuary today is devoid of most of its winged visitors. Avid bird watcher Anand Arya, who has been recording the bird species in the park for many years, is concerned. "Population used to be 3-4 lakhs, which has come down...
11:46 AM, Apr 10, 2011
Suspected Bodo insurgents have kidnapped six World Wildlife Fund employees in Assam's Manas Wildlife Sanctuary. Three of those kidnapped are women. Initial reports suggest over 20 armed insurgents carried out the kidnapping. The WWF employees were carrying out tiger and elephant census inside Manas Wildlife Sanctuary when they were kidnapped. ...
03:32 PM, Feb 07, 2011
Guwahati: Heavily armed militants kidnapped six officials, including three women, of international conservation group World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) from the famed Manas National Park in Assam, officials on Monday said. A police spokesperson said the six WWF officials were abducted late on Sunday from the sanctuary, about 200 km west of Assam's main city of Guwahati and bordering Bhutan. "A group of about 20 armed militants kidnapped the...
12:56 PM, Feb 07, 2011
Wild animals and birds have abandoned the wetland of the park and stray cattle have taken over. ...
02:36 PM, Jun 16, 2010
It took place on the periphery of Gir Wildlife Sanctuary near the village. ...
08:26 AM, Mar 23, 2010
45 people were killed when the boat capsized in Periyar wildlife sanctuary. ...
10:48 AM, Oct 05, 2009
The victims' relatives sought apology, minister flared up over lapses issue. ...
02:14 AM, Oct 03, 2009
The families complain the Government isn't doing much to help them. ...
12:34 AM, Oct 02, 2009
Wooden boats had even keel, the fiberglass ones are unpredictable. ...
08:33 PM, Oct 01, 2009
39 people have been killed in a boat capsize in Kerala. ...
11:18 AM, Oct 01, 2009
The boat sank as dusk approached in a lake in the Periyar wildlife sanctuary. ...
09:27 PM, Sep 30, 2009
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