Ex-Sikkim cop arrested in Bengal for smuggling musk, exotic squirrel skins

IANS | January 19, 2024 11:25 AM

Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) West Bengal forest department said on Friday that they have arrested a retired senior official of the Sikkim Police from a hotel near Bagdogra in Darjeeling district along with smuggled and exotic wildlife products -- 'Kasturi' (musk) and rare Himalayan squirrel skins.

With 27% increase in waterbirds, Kaziranga among India's top 5 habitats of resident & winter migratory birds

Sujit Chakraborty | January 12, 2024 11:22 PM

Guwahati, Jan 12 (IANS) The Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR), India's seventh UNESCO world heritage site famous for its one-horned rhinos, and home to more than 2,613 one-horned Indian rhinos and other animals including tiger and elephants, has recorded a 27 per cent increase in the number of resident and winter migratory waterbirds.

Maha’s Atpadi is tiny new wildlife reserve for wild dog family

IANS | January 9, 2024 10:39 AM

Sangli (Maharashtra), Jan 9 (IANS) The Maharashtra government has declared a new wildlife habitat for the ‘canid’ wild dogs family in Sangli, as ‘Atpadi Conservation Reserve’, which is among the smallest at 9.48 sq.kms, officials said here.