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Joblessness prompts poachers to switch modus operandi

Poaching for trade doubled during the lockdown, a report shows

1 min read20 Oct 2020
Companies

Paul Allen goes digital to save the world’s most-endangered animals

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is fighting poachers with the help of sensors, drones and luxury resorts

7 min read11 May 2017
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The other side of the Kaziranga story

BBC's 'Killing For Conservation' is guilty of grossly undermining rhino conservation efforts in the national park: A review

2 min read10 Mar 2017
Topic

UP police rescue over 6,000 freshwater turtles in ‘largest’ wildlife haul

UP police recovers over 6,000 freshwater turtles weighing over 4 tonnes from poachers who planned to smuggle them to Southeast Asia, in the country's largest-ever wildlife haul

1 min read11 Jan 2017
Politics

Proposed wildlife law plans penalties of up to Rs50 lakh for violators

The proposed wildlife law also aims to control poaching of tigers by introducing a separate penalty for the offence related to hunting in tiger reserves

3 min read23 Aug 2016
Politics

185 land, environmental activists killed across 16 nations in 2015

India witnessed six such killings, while the worst-hit countries were Brazil, the Philippines and Colombia, says a report by UK-based Global Witness

2 min read22 Jun 2016
Politics

Assam floods threaten rare one-horned rhinos

Park officials are worried about poachers targeting them and other animals as they leave the sanctuary for the hills

1 min read25 Aug 2015
Politics

Tiger population in India rises 30% to 2,226

Environment minister Prakash Javadekar informed the House that 22 poachers were also killed last year in encounters with enforcement agencies

1 min read19 Mar 2015
Politics

Amendments to wildlife Act seen hurting research

Proposed changes make even minor violation of licence conditions punishable with imprisonment

2 min read27 Aug 2013
Opinion

Saving the tiger

On finding simpler solutions to save the majestic beast from poachers

1 min read10 Mar 2013
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