Leopard census in Junnar hit by theft
Leopard census in Junnar hit by theft
BySupriya DedgaonkarSupriya Dedgaonkar / Updated: May 3, 2021, 06:00 IST
Forest officials assure no action against offenders if
cameras are returned
Junnar, to return them, with assurances that no action will be taken.
The cameras were stolen from Dhangarwadi, Junnar, jeopardising the first
leopard census in the Junnar forest. The forest department officials and researchers from the
Wildlife Institute of India (
WII) are now in a fix due to the theft.Additional principal chief conservator of forest (Junnar) Amit Bhise told Mirror, “These cameras play an important role in tracing the leopards, to identify their numbers and their
In Arunachal Pradesh, saving the Asiatic black bear from wildlife trade needs a nuanced approach
Conservation traditions that are ingrained in the local tribal lifestyles need to be recognised and integrated into mainstream policies. An Asiatic black bear in Assam State Zoo. | Sumit Das via Mongabay India
When Terde Yomcha brought Luba home, she was so tiny that she could fit in his hands. Luba is an Asiatic black bear cub – a species threatened by illegal wildlife trade and marked as “vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Terde bought her for Rs 1,000 from a local hunter in his village of Lipu Yomcha in the East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh in February last year.
Cheetahs to make a comeback to India for the first time in 70 years
03 May 2021
Gulf Today Report
The year 1947 is known as a grim one.
It marked the end of existence for India’s Asiatic cheetahs, with Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo, the maharaja of Koriya, a small kingdom located in the central state of Chhattisgarh, hunting down the last of the country’s predators.
With few unconfirmed sightings in subsequent years, the species was declared extinct by the Indian state in 1952.
Now, almost 70 years later, the world’s fastest mammal is set to walk on Indian grasslands again.
Having reached an understanding with South Africa and Namibia, the first batch of African cheetah is expected to arrive by the end of this year marking the first time that a large carnivore has been relocated from one continent to another.
Rare White-Bellied Heron Spotted in Arunachal Pradesh 01/05/2021
File photo of the white-bellied heron. Photo: By Mahesh Iyer – Own work Photo taken at Pho Chu/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Itanagar: The white-bellied heron, a rare and elusive bird, was spotted at Walong in the Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh, officials said on Saturday.
Walong is around 557 kilometres from the state capital.
The bird was spotted and photographed by divisional forest officer (DFO) of Anjaw Santosh Kumar Reddy, range forest officer Nosing Pul and scientist Dekbin Yonggam earlier this month.
The white-bellied heron is categorised as ‘critically endangered’ in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red Data Book and is listed in Schedule IV in the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
Itanagar, May 1
The white-bellied heron, a rare and elusive bird, was spotted at Walong in the Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh, officials said on Saturday.
Walong is around 557 kilometers from t