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In the Business of Killing

Endangered AnimalsMarch 8, 2013 Atula Gupta

There was a time in India when Emperors surrounded by their noblemen would mount the back of an elephant and venture into the jungles to kill a beast. The time of these erstwhile trigger friendly maharajas may well have gone, but the hunt for animals is still on and has taken an uglier shape than ever. It is not royalties anymore but commoners who kill for profit. Wildlife crime is today is a profitable business and the biggest threat to animals and the survival of the planet itself.

Life Threatening Railway Tracks

Endangered AnimalsFebruary 12, 2013February 12, 2013 Atula Gupta

A railway line that may connect Sikkim with the rest of India more easily is currently under construction between Sevoke in West Bengal and Rangpo in Sikkim. But the track might threaten the lives of many wild animals, especially elephants that frequent the same path, triggering more accidental deaths if the train movement starts.

2012 Worst Poaching Year for India

Endangered AnimalsJanuary 30, 2013January 30, 2013 Atula Gupta

The year that went by could have been remembered for being the year that Western Ghats became a world heritage site or the year when Asiatic Lions were no more considered Critically Endangered. But ruining the joys of all the positive is one scar constantly surfacing as a conservationist’s worst nightmare. 2012 recorded the largest number of killings of endangered animals in India making it the worst poaching year in the last decade.

Monkeys of India

General, Species factsJanuary 19, 2013November 24, 2016 Atula Gupta

Ever wondered how many different types of monkeys are found in India? Here is quick list of different species of monkeys found in India.

A Floral Paradise: Kolkata’s Indian Botanic Garden

Eco-TravelJanuary 10, 2013 Shilpi Gemawat

Home to about 12,000 living perennial plants and millions of dried out plants gathered from world over, the Botanic Garden in Kolkata is a visual treat. The main attraction of the botanical garden ofcourse, is the giant size banyan tree that is said to have the second largest canopy in the world.

Google gives 5 Million Dollars to WWF for its War against Wildlife Crime

Endangered AnimalsDecember 10, 2012December 15, 2012 Atula Gupta

Poachers’ task to wipe away wildlife in Asia and Africa, has just been made tougher by Google. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today received a major grant from Google to use state-of-the-art technology to help protect endangered species like elephants, rhinos and tigers from poachers and wildlife traffickers.

School Children to Get Wildlife Protection Training

Endangered AnimalsDecember 4, 2012 Atula Gupta

Why is the forest important? What can children do to save wild cats like tigers and leopards? How can man-animal conflict be resolved peacefully? These are few of the questions that will be answered by forest department officials as they speak to school children living near the Suhelwa and Katarniaghat sanctuaries in Uttar Pradesh. Both sanctuaries are inhabited by tigers, leopards and other wonderfully creatures of the wild that need constant monitoring and protection.

Rare Golden Langurs Saved by a Ropeway

Endangered AnimalsDecember 3, 2012 Atula Gupta

What will a monkey do if it cannot jump from tree to tree? It will try to use the roads like humans do and often be mauled to death by passing cars. That was the fate of the Golden Langurs until a ropeway came to their rescue.

Poachers now using Children as their Ears and Eyes

GeneralNovember 20, 2012 Atula Gupta

In a shocking incident a 16 year old boy was arrested recently from Kaziranga as he was trying to help poachers in search of Rhinos. It is feared that after forest officials the poachers are now turning to young minds to corrupt them and turn them into foe of the wildlife as they hunt down the last remaining rhinos of Assam.

Explosive Idea Resolves Man-Elephant Conflict

GeneralNovember 5, 2012 Atula Gupta

For African farmers living near the forest, the problem of man-elephant conflict is as persistent and troublesome as that in India. Fearing the total destruction of their maize farm by elephants the farmers near Africa’s Sioma Ngwezi National Park tried all methods of protection until they came up with an idea that has really helped them keep the elephants at bay without harming them. It is the use of the innovative new Chilli Bomb, a simple and effective idea that India too can replicate.

Quick Action saves Slow Loris from becoming Food

GeneralOctober 10, 2012 Atula Gupta

Manipur’s Lourembam Nanda Singh is an animal lover, but even he did not imagine that he would one day save an animal served to him for dinner! Counted among India’s most endangered species, a Bengal Slow Loris evaded its untimely death when Singh refused to eat the animal served to him as a dish and made sure it was returned to its habitat.