Pong Dam Wetland To Hold First Bird Festival On 1st February 2020
byDharamshala: The First Bird Festival is being organised in Pong Dam reservoir on 1 st and 2 nd Febuary by Wildlife wing of the…
Wildlife
Asiatic Lions A New Addition To Gopalpur Zoo In Kangra Valley
byDharamshala: Dhauladhar Nature Park (Zoo) Gopalpur near Dharamshala is getting a pair of Asiatic lions. Forest Minister Govind Thakur dedicated the lion pair named…
Over 55,000 Migratory Birds Arrive At Pong Dam Wetland
byDharamshala: Around 55,000 migratory birds have already been arrived in Maharana Pratap Sagar, which is also known as Pong Reservoir or Pong Dam Lake…
Captive Bred Cheer Pheasant Released Into The Wild
byShimla: To mark the Wildlife Week in the state, chief minister Jai Ram Thakur today released a pair of captive bred Cheer pheasant, an…
Captive Bred Endangered Cheer Bird To Be Released Into The Wild
byShimla: Success of a captive breeding program here for Cheer Pheasant, an endangered Himalayan Pheasant, would have chief minister Jai Ram Thakur release the…
Dams, Climate Change A Threat To Snow Trout Fish In Himalayan Rivers
byDharamshala: Scientists from Indian Wildlife Institute, WII, have expressed their apprehension that the effects of global warming are being noticed in cold water fishes…
Leopard Attacks Man In Manali
byManali : The man-animal conflict turned bloody in old Manali where a pair of leopards entered human inhabitations, killed pets and attacked humans on…
How To Conserve Tigers, Maharashtra Style
byWhatever one may think of Mrs. Maneka Gandhi’s politics one cannot but admire and commend her commitment to the welfare of animals, both wild…
New Migratory Bird Species Sighted At Pong Dam Wetland
byDharamshala: Onset of an early winter has sightings of new bird species arriving at the backwaters of Pong Dam. Wildlife warden and forester Krishan…
Himalayas In The Cross Hairs Of Global Warming – Sanjeeva Pandey
byThe unpredictability of weather and natural changes that have struck the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh in the past two decades are clear indicators of a marked shift in weather patterns in the region, according to Sanjeeva Pandey