India’s first hospital only for elephants was established near the Taj Mahal (Uttar Pradesh) last week. The hospital is the result of a collaborative effort between the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department and conservation NGO Wildlife SOS. It is a fully equipped and dedicated hospital with wireless digital X-Ray, laser treatment and dental[Read More…]
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60% wildlife wiped out, ours last generation that could act: WWF Report
New Delhi: Over-exploitation of nature has wiped out about 60 percent of the wildlife and 87 percent wetlands since 1970, and ours is possibly the last generation of humans with a chance to act and reverse this trend, warns the WWF’s Living Planet Report-2018. The biannual report mapped serious threats[Read More…]
Elephants above 40-years need to pass fitness test for annual fair participation
Kerala: Tamed elephants in Kerala to go through fitness test as a compulsory health check-up programme ahead of the festival season. All the elephants above 40 years will be examined thoroughly and without a detailed health check-up, no elephant will be allowed to participate in the annual religious festival, said[Read More…]