Although listed in the IUCN Red List as a species of least concern, Himalayan Ibex almost disappeared from the area a few years ago due to poaching. The majestic animal has been susceptible due to illegal hunting, habitat loss, and deteriorating forage quantity amid climate
The Indian rhinoceros is a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List. The animal has been pushed to the edge of disappearance owing to a combination of natural disasters, habitat loss, climate change, and poaching. Poaching kills dozens of these endangered animals annually in India,
African elephants are evolving toward a state of tusklessness in a region linked with extensive ivory poaching – a study on elephant traits and genetics in Mozambique states. The Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique is the main area where more tuskless female elephants are being
Last week, another tusker’s skeletal remains were recovered from the Athagarh region, Orissa. This is the third incident this month in the Athagarh Forest Division of Cuttack district. Hence, the incident has soared the heat on the forest department which assigned a Chief Conservator of
Zimbabwe is home to the second-largest elephant population in the world. However, the population of African elephants in the country is steadily rising by 5 percent every year, which is leading to a jumbo-human conflict with casualties on both sides. Around 60 people were killed
Do you know that the Sunda pangolin is the world’s most poached and trafficked mammal? It is due to its high demand for meat and scales. Recently, in Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Malaysia’s Sabah state, the wildlife department fears that the Sunda pangolins will
Recently, a semi-adult rhinoceros was found bleeding with no horn in the Orang National Park, Assam. According to the state forest and wildlife department, it’s a clear case of poaching attacks on poor animals. The cruel poachers first tranquilised the rhino, removed its horn, and
While the criticism against the act of rearing animals for slaughter to fulfill the global demand of meat consumption is raging, rarely any attention is paid to poaching, which despite of being a popular topic of environmental ethics and being illegal for decades, is still
The northern white rhinoceros is a critically endangered subspecies of white rhinos. There are only two known individuals of this subspecies left – Najin and Fatu. Najin, one of the world’s last two northern white rhinos has been retired from the breeding program trying to
In a fast-growing economy where most people seek lucrative jobs in business and finance, and the government views civil society with skepticism, if not hostility, Trang Nguyen stands out. Trang Nguyen has been fighting illegal wildlife trade and poaching on Vietnamese frontlines for quite some