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Himalayan wildlife: habitat and conservation

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India’s leopards under the gun

Excerpted from Big Cats News Business Standard – New Delhi September 28, 2008, 0:38 IST The rampant poaching of leopards in the wilds of Uttarakhand is as alarming as the earlier revelation about vanishing tigers in protected areas, a development that forced the government to…

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TOI: Corbett to walk down Rajpath

[photopress:The_tableau_of_Uttarakhand_.jpg,thumb,alignleft]Jaskiran Chopra Times of India, January 25, 2007 (Photo courtesy Garhwal Post) DEHRA DUN: Over 50 years after his death, Jim Corbett will feature in a Republic Day tableau at a time when wildlife in India is under threat as never before. The tableau of…

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Monkeys, pigs, bears are poll planks!

Anita Katyal Tribune News Service, January 17, 2007 New Delhi, January 16 If today’s discussions on Uttarakhand’s election manifesto are anything to go by, monkeys are all set to find a special mention in the final document. And it is not just these primates, but…

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CC (2006.7.27): Uttaranchal: Depleting pasturelands

By Nitin Sethi for Down to Earth The leaders and organisers of the meet realise that nothing short of a mass movement will revive the khark Simar pasture in Dudhatoli forest division, Chamoli district of Uttaranchal, appears sparkling fresh. The memorial to Chandra Singh Garhwali…

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IE: 70 eagles killed in 3 days at dumping site near Ranikhet

DEHRA DUN, JAN 4: The mysterious death of over 70 eagles in the past three days in Ghinghalikhal area near Ranikhet has forced the Uttaranchal wildlife authorities to put up a cordon around the site and send the carcasses for lab tests. According to the…

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TOI: Musk deer too going Sariska tigers’ way

ANJALI NAURIYAL TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2005 01:16:40 AM ] DEHRA DUN: After tigers, the price of human greed is being paid by yet another animal species — the innocent musk deer. A study by zoologists some time back stated that over…

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ANI: Operation Monsoon launched to protect Uttaranchal’s wildlife

Dehradun: Forest authorities of Uttaranchal have launched a special operation to protect wild animals from poachers during the monosoon season. The ‘Operation Monsoon’ to nab poachers in the state will continue till October this year. During monsoon season, forests get closed for tourists which increases…

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ANI: Rajaji Park beefs up security to save its tiger population

India News, Rajaji Park (Uttaranchal), Apr.6 : Authorities of Rajaji National Park in Uttaranchal have beefed up security after more than two dozen tigers vanished from another wildlife sanctuary in less than two years. Concerned over the fast dwindling tiger population, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh…

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ANI: Forest guard protest, demand more teeth

[India News]: Dehradun, Dec 13 : Thousands of angry and disillusioned forest guards in Uttaranchal today organised a protest march till the State Assembly demanding protection from poachers, timber mafia and a salary hike, which, according to them, has remained unchanged for over 20 years.…

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