Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the fourth edition of the tiger census on the tenth year of International Tiger Day today. The good news is that India is now home to 2,967 tigers and is very close to the target of doubling its tiger population of 2010 census by 2022. In 2006, when the first…
No doubt India is home to about 70% of tigers in the world and tiger conservation in India is exemplary. Still the number of reports of tigers poached, involved in man-animal conflicts or turning into man-eaters is constant or perhaps increasing. Experts observe that tigers are not safe outside a national park and forest cover…
The moth has received far less attention than its cousin the butterfly, but offers 10 times the environmental benefits. Surprised? Learn more about moths during the National Moth Week between July 20 and 28 and participate in the documentation of moths in your own locality. In other words, be a moth-er… Have you ever noticed…
The Heyvan Times brings you a weekly dose of news on animal affairs from across India, curated specially for animal buffs like us. Here are the top five of this week. Operation Thunderball busted world’s largest wildlife trafficking network Interpol, headquartered in Singapore, with police, customs agents, wildlife and forestry agencies and environmental authorities from…
PFA wildlife hospital, Bangalore, will be hosting ‘Serpentia,’ an international workshop on snakes from July 20 to July 21 at its premises in Kengeri. The workshop will be attended by veterinarians from various parts of the country, including Venom Research Center in Chittagong Medical College in Bangladesh. The workshop will focus on an advanced way…