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Two villagers arrested for possessing leopard skin |
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The Times of India , Tuesday, June 03, 2014 |
SHIMLA: Two persons have been arrested from Sangla valley of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday evening for possessing a leopard skin. The arrests followed Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, ...More
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Poaching gang busted; tiger, leopard cat skins seized |
P. Oppili |
The Hindu , Tuesday, June 03, 2014 |
Officials of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Southern Region, busted a gang involved in poaching in Tamil Nadu and seized tiger and leopard cat skins from it in Coimbatore on Thursday.
The bureau ...More
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Welcome my feathered friends |
ROHINI RAMAKRISHNAN |
The Hindu , Tuesday, June 03, 2014 |
The excitement is contagious and palpable. These are visitors from the bird world taking a break from their regular habitats..
Watching flocks of migratory birds has been an ancient pastime and the m ...More
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Rhino population in Assam rises 27 pc in 7 yrs to 2,544 |
Press Trust of India |
Business Standard , Monday, June 02, 2014 |
Despite rising cases of poaching, population of one-horned rhinoceros has grown by nearly 27 per cent to 2,544 in Assam during the last seven years on account of various conservation measures taken by ...More
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Rhino poaching BJP plank for assembly polls |
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The Times of India , Monday, June 02, 2014 |
GUWAHATI: BJP has set the tone for the 2016 assembly election by picking up the issue of rhino poaching.
It has sent a clear signal that the party would not spare the Congress government for allege ...More
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Rhino population up despite poaching: Govt |
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The Assam Tribune , Monday, June 02, 2014 |
GUWAHATI, June 1 – A white paper on ‘Wildlife Conservation in Assam’ was released by Forest and Environment Minister Rockybul Hussain here this evening.
The white paper, according to the Minister, i ...More
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Rhino Population in Assam Rises 27% in 7 Year |
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Outlook , Monday, June 02, 2014 |
Despite rising cases of poaching, population of one-horned rhinoceros has grown by nearly 27 per cent to 2,544 in Assam during the last seven years on account of various conservation measures taken by ...More
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Rockybul produces white paper on wildlife conservation |
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The Times of India , Monday, June 02, 2014 |
GUWAHATI: A day after BJP lashed out at the Assam government for its alleged failure to curb rhino poaching, state environment and forest minister Rockybul Hussain on Sunday came out with a white pape ...More
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Eco-Warrior's 13-Year Love Affair With Sea Turtles |
R Guhambika |
The New Indian Express , Monday, June 02, 2014 |
CHENNAI: She was drawn to the ocean as a child; her quest for a purpose in life led her to study Indian philosophy and taught her how to see herself in all beings. The revelation paved the way for her ...More
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Activists raise pitch to stop rhino killings |
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The Times of India , Monday, June 02, 2014 |
GUWAHATI: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm of affairs now, conservation activists have stepped up the demand for stopping the menace of rhino poaching in Assam as was promised by him duri ...More
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Concern over rhino poaching |
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Assam Times , Sunday, June 01, 2014 |
The Centre is takingserious note of the rhino poaching cases in the Kaziranga National Park.
This was what Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal told reporters after holding a huge convention of the par ...More
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Activists raise pitch to stop rhino killings |
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The Times of India , Sunday, June 01, 2014 |
GUWAHATI: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm of affairs now, conservation activists have stepped up the demand for stopping the menace of rhino poaching in Assam as was promised by him duri ...More
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Another tiger poisoned to death in Tamil Nadu |
P. Oppili |
The Hindu , Friday, May 30, 2014 |
This takes the number of deaths to eight in the first five months of this year
Another tiger has been poisoned to death in the State, taking the number of deaths to eight in the first five months of ...More
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DNA indexing of rhinos to stop poaching in Assam |
Anup Sharma |
The Pioneer , Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
The Assam Government has launched a novel DNA indexing system for the one-horned rhinos in Assam to give a boost to the conservation efforts of the pachyderm, which are falling in numbers in the State ...More
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Safety net to be readied for wild birds |
G. Anand |
The Hindu , Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
Oriental darter is flagship species for conservation drive; 36 species sighted at Vellayani wetlands
A bare tree at the city zoo, near the aviary housing pelicans, has become the focus of birdwatch ...More
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Plea to declare Mavadikulam as conservation reserve |
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The Hindu , Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
The Society for Conservation of Nature, Tiruchi, has appealed to the State government to take steps to declare Mavadikulam near Ponmalaipatti in the city as a ‘conservation reserve’ as many bird speci ...More
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Another tiger poisoned to death in Tamil Nadu |
P. Oppili |
The Hindu , Wednesday, May 28, 2014 |
This takes the number of deaths to eight in the first five months of this year
Another tiger has been poisoned to death in the State, taking the number of deaths to eight in the first five months ...More
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DNA-based tool to probe poaching |
Sushanta Talukdar |
The Hindu , Wednesday, May 28, 2014 |
Two South African wildlife experts on Tuesday gave forest officials at the Assam State Zoo a demonstration of the Rhino DNA Indexing System, a DNA-based forensic tool. The RhODIS, used to investigate ...More
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MoEF asks states to protect peacocks |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Times of India , Wednesday, May 28, 2014 |
NAGPUR: In view of reports of high mortality of peacocks in various parts of the country, due to poaching and for other reasons, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has directed the state c ...More
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Man Held for Poaching Spotted Deer in Chhattisgarh |
PTI |
The New Indian Expres , Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
RAIPUR: A man was arrested for allegedly poaching five spotted deer by poisoning them in Barnawapara forest range of Chhattisgarh, a senior forest official said Monday.
"Dinesh Thakur, a native of Mo ...More
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