Critter News
SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
A monkey was rescued from a factory in India where it was being held in captivity. According to the article, "Zoochosis is a term used by animal rights activists in reference to the degrading effect of zoos on animals that have been kept in captivity over a long period of time. It's the first time I've ever heard the term.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 29, 2009
From the Times of India. Now this guy gets to commit more crimes against animals. Tags: India wildlife trafficking. Unfortunate. A three-member team of Orissa police that was bringing him back to Kolkata was fast asleep when Sher Singh made good his escape.
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Critter News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2009
This has given credence to the perception that the animal had died in a revenge attack. Tags: India tigers. Over the past week, tigers have frequently lifted livestock from the villages outside Kaziranga, with a tiger killing a domestic pig in the park's Sildubi area on Saturday itself.
Critter News
AUGUST 1, 2009
India is to amend its wildlife crime laws to protect the country's tigers, a government minister said. He added that the forest ministry, state governments and a separate authority on the management of tiger reserves had agreed to work together to ensure conservation of the endangered animal. But is it enough?
Critter News
NOVEMBER 9, 2008
It sure looks like India is taking wildlife crime investigation seriously. It was not a big haul but an important one as illegal trade of beautiful and small animals as pets is going on, thus adversely affecting the conservation efforts," Deputy Director of WCCB Ramesh Pandey said.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 9, 2008
In India, f orensic tests helped establish guilt in the killing of 10 endangered lions. The analysis determined the species of the sample as well as the unique DNA fingerprint of one particular animal, whose flesh was found on the equipment. Tags: wildlife crime India poaching lion. The link was clearly established.
Critter News
AUGUST 31, 2008
An estimated 50,000 traders in the various towns and cities of India earn their living doing this. The practice of dyeing animals is not restricted to just birds. Tags: birds India pet sales. In the 1970s, authorities discovered that the poachers were dying the rare golden langur, grey, for the purpose of smuggling!
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