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Friday, November 1, 2024
TopicIllegal wildlife trade

Topic: Illegal wildlife trade

Bootleggers, smugglers, and forest rangers—the hidden war in Delhi’s wildlife sanctuaries

Instead of protecting the leopards, hyenas, civets, jackals, nilgai, and other animals, Delhi forest officials are crossing swords with bootleggers. Except, they are doing it with batons and sticks.

4 charts show how organised crime threatens world’s ecosystems, wildlife

Pangolins, rhinos, elephants, eels, cedar and rosewoods are just a tiny sample of the 4,000 animal and plant species affected by wildlife trafficking.

Whale ‘waste’, dried seahorses, ivory: Intelligence agency DRI flags rise in illegal wildlife trade

According to a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence report published Monday, emergence of dark web, use of cryptocurrency & anonymity offered by internet behind increasing trade.

Roofed turtles, iguanas, ball pythons as pets is bringing Indians false sense of glamour

By isolating exotic animals in an artificial environment, away from members of their own species, pet keepers are causing an unimaginable amount of mental traumao

Buying pangolin wine, meds online? Study says you’re driving most trafficked mammal to extinction

Exploitation of loopholes in international law has led to an exponential surge in the illegal trade of pangolin-derived products, says study by Geneva-based NGO.

Weeks after ‘smuggling’ attempt foiled, 4 more kangaroos found in Bengal — 3 injured, one dead

Animals found in Baikunthapur Forest Division. Officials launch probe, wondering how they got to Bengal. 2 men arrested in March for trying to smuggle kangaroo into Alipurduar district.

India’s illegal pangolin trade is now on YouTube. And there are hundreds of subscribers

We went through 50 videos with over 18 lakh views, and it all pointed to one thing — India’s pangolins aren’t safe virtually either.

On Camera

16th BRICS Summit was about building dollar-free world order. India can use it to expand trade

For New Delhi, a USD-free system is not an immediate priority nor an existential necessity to unconditionally support the China-Russia agenda.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.