Two Eurasian lynx were spotted just after 4pm on Wednesday 8 January in the Drumguish area of the Highlands in Scotland. Wildlife conservationists from the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) worked overnight with the police to capture the big cats, and condemned the illegal release “in the strongest possible terms”. “We set live trail […]
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No signs of slowdown in wildlife trafficking in 2024 as demand persists
Wildlife trafficking remains a pressing threat to the survival of countless species, with sharks, pangolins, rhinos, birds, big cats and others among the hardest hit. Mongabay’s extensive reporting aligns with the 2024 U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) World Wildlife Crime Report, which highlights these species as prime targets of a $20 billion per […]
Nepal PM sums up 2024 shift away from conservation: ‘Fewer tigers, less forest’
KATHMANDU — Nepal has too many tigers and too much forest, according to the country’s leader. The offhand remarks by Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli at a Dec. 26 event in Kathmandu on climate change sent shockwaves through Nepal’s conservation community. In one of the few countries on Earth where conservation efforts have made material […]
Two Tigers Couldn’t Be Apart–A Love Story Born of Restoring Big Cats in Russia After 50 Years
Conservationists have succeeded in restoring tiger populations in a region where they were virtually absent for more than 50 years in Russia. It took a decade; from 2012 to 2021 in the Pri-Amur region of Russia, but more than a dozen members of the largest subspecies of the world’s largest feline are now roaming the […]
Clouded leopard sighting raises questions about conservation and research in Bangladesh
Bengal tigers, Asian elephants, Ganges river dolphins, langurs and hoolock gibbons, along with a few other endangered and vulnerable animal species, have been prominent in Bangladesh’s wildlife conservation scenario for the last few decades. Now, new animals have grasped the attention of some wildlife researchers and conservationists, as camera traps and wildlife census reveal the […]
Incredible footage shows stunning and rare animal ‘posing’ for trail cam in remote Minnesota woods
A stunning Canada lynx has been captured on a trail camera in northern Minnesota woodland, with rare footage showing the predator unknowingly striking a pose. Biologist Tom Gable, lead of the Voyageurs Wolf Project, discovered the once-in-a-lifetime footage while reviewing thousands of hours of recordings. The video, which was shot on Kabetogama Peninsula, shows the […]
Where Javan leopards thrive, so do other wildlife, study shows
JAKARTA — A new study on Javan leopards has found that areas with higher numbers of the endangered subspecies have richer wildlife diversity than those from where the elusive big cats are absent. More Javan leopards (Panthera pardus melas) in a given habitat correspond to higher richness and abundance of other animals that coexist in […]
Owner of a Big Cat Sanctuary on Trial for Neglect
The Cat Survival Trust near Welwyn, Hertfordshire, once promised refuge for exotic big cats like Bengals and snow leopards. However, its owner, Terrance Moore, now faces a trial accused of inflicting unnecessary suffering on these majestic creatures. In a grim narrative presented at St Albans Crown Court, prosecutors outlined a scene of neglect and disregard […]