Project Cheetah, India's ambitious initiative to reintroduce the world's fastest land animal, is set for a major boost by the year-end. Negotiations are underway with Botswana, Namibia and Kenya to translocate 8-10 cheetahs from each country.
"The operation began at dawn in Kuno National Park, where the veterinary team, field staff, and senior officials of the Forest Department meticulously supervised every stage of the translocation. Dheera, calm yet alert inside her transport crate, undertook a 7-hour journey in a specially
Cyclists participating in the final leg of Ride for Conservation today included Arif Hussain, Swapan Nath, Suraj Bawri, Diganta Kumar Das, Luson Prakash Gogoi, Ankur Barman, Shyam Urang, Jahir Uddin Ahmed, Bipul Ganju, Shiva Sarkar, Nagar Basi Mandal, and Vishal Raj Khanikar.
During the drive, more than 200 individuals from Rajamayong Village and the Forest Department of Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary participated, collecting and disposing of a huge quantity of one-time-use plastic from the picnic spots and roadside of the Pobitora-Kamarpur Road, which spans approxi
The carcass of a male rhino with its horn intact was found inside the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam's Morigaon district on Friday evening, officials said.
As part of this initiative, Aaranyak, in collaboration with the wildlife sanctuary authority, local NGO SHIPA and with support from IUCN CAG organised another programme on August 18 at various locations within Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary.
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, on Sunday, credited the success of Project Lion to the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel stated that lions have today emerged as a global symbol of India's pride, stated that at the World Lion Day celebrations held on Sunday at Barda Wildlife Sanctuary in the Devbhumi Dwarka district.
As a part of a three-day campaign of Parthenium Free Pobitora, on the first day on Saturday, about a 5.2 hectares area of Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam's Morigaon district was cleared of Parthenium or Congress grass, an invasive weed, by the forest staff.
The Seven Sisters Development Assistance (SESTA) in collaboration with Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary of Assam's Morigaon district, on Monday organised an awareness programme regarding an initiative of massive plantation drive in Mayong area as a measure to mitigate climate change and also to p