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Trafficking of exotic wildlife species a grave threat: CBI
PTC News Desk: The trafficking of exotic wildlife species poses a serious threat, necessitating increased international cooperation and intelligence sharing among law enforcement agencies, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Praveen Sood said on Thursday. Advertisment Sood was addressing at the start of an international meeting on the subject, co-hosted by the CBI and Interpol. …
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Trafficking of exotic wildlife species a grave threat: CBI director Praveen Sood
ByHT Correspondent Feb 22, 2024 08:27 PM IST Share Via Copy Link The regional investigative and analytical case meeting on exotic species trafficking, convened at the CBI headquarters, is hosting domain experts from India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand New Delhi: The trafficking of exotic wildlife species presents a grave threat, necessitating heightened international collaboration…
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Environment Minister Stresses Adherence to Wildlife Protection Act 1972 on Handling Animals
Environment By IANS less than an hour ago TWC India Representative Image. (K Sunil Prasad/BCCL) Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav on Thursday said the rules are very clear in the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 on what needs to be done to tackle wild animals. “The Chief Wildlife Warden in the state…
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Wildlife nonprofit offers tips if you find injured animal
Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center workers say the top five reasons animals are admitted are because they are orphaned, attacked, sick, hurt by collisions or trapped. If an animal appears to be orphaned, the rehabilitation center advocates for trying to reunite healthy babies with families over rescuing them. However if an animal is injured, workers do…
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Wildlife overpasses saving Utah animals, drivers
PARK CITY — No matter how many warning signs are put up, you never know when one is going to run in front of you. Bill Ciraco has seen more wildlife hit along Highway 224 in Park City than he would like to remember. “It happens. There was a moose that was struck at 11:30…
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Endangered animals and wildlife in Kenya
Also known as the golden-rumped sengi, the golden-rumped elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus) is a small, insectivorous mammal native to southern coastal Kenya, found in forests, dense woodlands, and thickets. It has been classed as endangered since 1996. There are an estimated 13,000 of these elephant shrews remaining, and the primary threat to their survival is…
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The Wonder and Future of Wildlife Conservation
Graduate students in Pat Zollner’s lab are researching diverse projects. They’re studying black vulture ecology and the birds’ interaction with livestock, understanding the ecological implications of the white nose disease wiping out bat populations, working to prevent the spread into Indiana of chronic wasting disease among deer, managing primates in West Africa and coordinating better…
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Wildlife selfies harm animals − even when scientists share images with warnings in the captions
One of the biggest privileges of being a primatologist is spending time in remote locations with monkeys and apes, living near these animals in their habitats and experiencing their daily lives. As a 21st-century human, I have an immediate impulse to take pictures of these encounters and share them on social media. Social media can…
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Combating Climate Change
Climate change is among the greatest threats to biodiversity on our planet. It is already having devastating effects on both human and natural communities. Extreme weather events like heat waves, intense storms and prolonged droughts are on the rise, taking scores of lives and causing billions of dollars in damage each year. Wildlife are also…
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Cotswold Wildlife Park helps launch International War Animal Day
BBC George, an 86-year-old Giant Tortoise, wore knitted purple poppies in tribute to the new animal memorial day Animals at a wildlife park have been adorned in purple poppies to remember others who died alongside soldiers during conflicts. Cotswold Wildlife Park, near Burford, Oxfordshire, had its residents help launch the inaugural International War Animal Day.…