Fighting chance for India’s tigers: Poaching declines
byNew Delhi : In cheering news for wildlife conservationists, tiger poaching dropped nearly 60 percent in 2011 as compared to the previous year, though…
Wildlife
Taste of Kangra for the keen bird watchers
byKeen bird watchers and forest officials got a taste of Kangra during their stay at Pong Dam lake from 29th Jan to 31st Jan…
Three held with leopard skin in Himachal
byShimla : Police have arrested three men in Shimla district’s Chopal area for trying to smuggle out a skin of a leopard killed recently…
Himachal gets ready for visitor birds count
byShimla: Himachal Pradesh is going to hold a unique event – a race to spot and count feathered guests at the Pong dam wetlands…
Trapped leopard in Himachal village released
byShimla : A wild leopard was captured today by Himachal Pradesh wildlife officials in the snow covered Keem village near Rampur , 165 km…
Kashmir arranges free lunches for migratory birds
bySrinagar: The water surface in this wetland reserve in Jammu and Kashmir has frozen, but thousands of migratory birds flocking it will not find…
Diversion of forest land for power project threatens wildlife reserve in Himachal
byShimla: Facing resistance from environmentalists and conservationists, the Himachal government by doing a u-turn in recommending diversion of forest lands for a private sector…
Hydropower projects in Himachal decimate forest lands
byShimla: In its drive to tap each potential unit of hydropower available in Himachal, it is the forests that are bearing the brunt as…
Tiger population in Uttarakhand may have increased
byDehradun : While this small mountain state may literally have been a graveyard for tigers during last year with about 19 felines having been…
Leopard cub found in Shimla
byShimla : A leopard cub caused a flutter when it entered a residential area of Shimla today . A local man captured the animal…