Mubina Akhtar Many protected areas , important wildlife habitats like in Assam that include the two World Heritage Sites–Kaziranga and Manas National Park–are under pressure from an ever increasing flow of tourists round the year and this is affecting conservation efforts Forest guards shot dead a charging adult male rhino in the Agaratoli Range of Kaziranga National Park on September 20. Earlier this… Continue reading Tourism sidelines Conservation in Kaziranga, India
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BBC banned from India’s tiger reserves after “shoot on sight” investigation
The Indian government has reportedly banned the BBC from filming in any tiger reserve nationwide for five years, after its South Asia correspondent investigated “shoot on sight” conservation in the country. Justin Rowlatt investigated the impact of deadly conservation tactics on tribal communities living around Kaziranga National Park for a report which aired in February… Continue reading BBC banned from India’s tiger reserves after “shoot on sight” investigation
India’s militant rhino protectors are challenging traditional views of how conservation works
Bhaskar Vira In Kaziranga, a national park in north-eastern India, rangers shoot people to protect rhinos. The park’s aggressive policing is, of course, controversial, but the results are clear: despite rising demand for illegal rhino horn, and plummeting numbers throughout Africa and South-East Asia, rhinos in Kaziranga are flourishing. Yet Kaziranga, which features in a… Continue reading India’s militant rhino protectors are challenging traditional views of how conservation works
UN report confirms corruption is biggest threat to ivory, as wildlife officials arrested across Africa and Asia
A new UN report has confirmed that corrupt officials are at the heart of wildlife crime in many parts of the world, rather than terrorist groups or tribal peoples who hunt to feed their families The 2016 World Wildlife Crime Report’s findings have coincided with a wave of arrests of wildlife officials across Africa and… Continue reading UN report confirms corruption is biggest threat to ivory, as wildlife officials arrested across Africa and Asia
Two hand-raised rhinos released in Kaziranga National Park
By Assam Times│Subhamoy Bhattacharjee Two rhinos being hand-raised at the International Fund for Animal Welfare–Wildlife Trust of India run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) were released in Kaziranga National Park, in Assam . The two sub-adult male rhinos –Sohola and Baghmari — have been under the observation of IFAW-WTI veterinarians and animal keepers… Continue reading Two hand-raised rhinos released in Kaziranga National Park