Orangutan uses plants as medicine
published on 03 May 2024
Supreme Court Judgement on Climate Change
Recognizing the Right to a Healthy Environment
published on 16 Apr 2024
Major New UN Report Finds Climate Change is Severely Impacting Migratory Species of Wild Animals
published on 10 Dec 2023
Elsa’s opinion: There are several thousands of Indian zoo animals living in appaling, miserable conditions (refer to the “Wildlife -> Zoo” menu). Instead of rehabilitating them in the wild, the government had wasted money on importing animals.
published on 13 Jul 2023
Slaughtering in society is permitted only if a license is granted: Bombay HC
Ahead of Bakri Eid which is being celebrated on June 29, the division bench of justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale on June 28 heard a petition filed by one Haresh Jain a resident of Nathani Heights Society
published on 29 Jun 2023
Elephant in chains attacked by wild herd
A chained elephant suffered injuries in an attack by a herd of wild elephants at Edakkurissi, near Mannarkkad, on Saturday. The attack took place around 12.30 a.m. during a routine raid by a herd led by a rogue bull locally named Chullikompan.
published on 20 May 2023
Tiger reserve employees booked for burning dead elephant
Five employees of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) in Madhya Pradesh have been booked by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) team from Delhi and the state wildlife’s Special Task Force (STF) for their alleged involvement in the clandestine burning of a dead wild elephant.
published on 19 May 2023
Third Imported Cheetah Dies in India
In a setback to the cheetah reintroduction project, Daksha, a female cheetah brought from South Africa, died in a confrontation with two male cheetahs at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district. This is the third cheetah death in Kuno in the last one-and-a-half months
published on 14 May 2023
Supreme Court to hear petition on transportation of elephants from Arunachal to Gujarat on May 12
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a petition that raises concerns over the recent transportation of 20 elephants from Arunachal Pradesh to Gujarat on May 12.
published on 01 May 2023
Supreme Court refuses to interfere in ‘Arikomban’ translocation, dismisses Kerala appeal
“You have experts. Your experts have made a recommendation. The state government can’t now also sit and say it will do something over and above it,” the bench, comprising Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala, said, adding that “we will not interfere”.
published on 18 Apr 2023
A division bench of Justice A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Gopinath P made the observation while considering a review petition filed by Nenmara MLA K. Babu, against the order of the Court dated April 5, 2023, directing the relocation of the wild tusker ‘Arikomban’ to Parambikulam Tiger Reserve.
published on 13 Apr 2023
The Tiger population in the Western Ghats declines from 981 to 824 in 4 years
Once home to most tigers in the country, the Western Ghats with 12 reserves spread across six states has seen a sharp decline in the number of big cats from 981 in 2018 to 824 as per the 2022 estimates.
published on 11 Apr 2023