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Polls and Issues: As leopard sightings cause fear and uncertainty, Pune residents demand clarity, coordination

January 13, 2026 8:55 pm

A leopard was captured by the forest department from the Pune airport premises.

Wildlife sources said the investigation is focused on whether the tiger died after coming in contact with an electric fence, and its body was later dumped at the spot. (Express Photo)

55 tigers dead in Madhya Pradesh in 2025, highest since Project Tiger was launched more than half century ago

December 30, 2025 2:21 am

The mounting toll has prompted unprecedented action from the highest levels of the state's forest bureaucracy

When a giant falls: Goodbye, Jane Goodall. Thank you for the science and the compassion

October 03, 2025 3:04 pm

As India celebrates National Wildlife Week, the death of the legendary primatologist and animal rights crusader marks the end of a transformative era in conservation

DRI seizes leopard skins, ivory in MP; 2 held in wildlife trafficking crackdown

May 06, 2025 4:13 pm

The DRI action in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh was based on specific intelligence about traders attempting to sell illegal wildlife articles.

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Space crunch, threats, a natural tendency: Why tigers go on long walks

January 11, 2025 11:36 am

Dispersal is natural for the tiger, a solitary territorial animal that must eke out its own space with exclusive hunting and reproductive rights.

Good luck charms, exotic pets: Why Indian star tortoises are smuggled across the India-Bangladesh border

September 21, 2024 4:20 pm

Due to international demand, the porous international border between India and Bangladesh is a favoured route used by wildlife traffickers to smuggle the vulnerable Indian Star Tortoise.

Snake rescued from Sector 19 house in Chandigarh, released into forest

November 18, 2022 9:00 am

Wildlife officials claimed that as per their records, it is after almost one decade that a sand boa species snake was found/rescued.

Former chief conservator of forests criticises proposal to amend Wildlife Act

April 07, 2022 8:25 pm

The Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha by the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav in December 2021.

US hunter pays $110,000 to kill Pakistan's national animal markhor

February 07, 2019 9:18 am

Markhor, a distinctive species of wild goat identified by its long hair and spiralled horns, is the national animal of Pakistan. It is a protected species in Pakistan unless permitted by the government to kill it under trophy hunting programmes.

Golden Langur, Assam, Golden Langur Habitat Conservation project

Assam villagers vow to protect their ‘pride’: the agile, arboreal, and now endangered Golden Langur

October 30, 2018 7:21 pm

The first boundary pillar was erected to demarcate a 23-sq km area identified for the “Golden Langur Habitat Conservation” project — a joint effort by the villagers and forest department officials of Chirang.