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Five deer die after drinking urea-laced water |
Press Trust of India |
Business Standard , Saturday, May 24, 2014 |
Five spotted deer died after drinking urea contaminated water close to Barnawpara Wildlife Sanctuary in Chhattisgarh, forest officials said today.
A local villager has been taken into custody in c ...More
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Increase in tiger deaths in TN this year |
V Mayilvaganan |
The Times of India , Saturday, May 24, 2014 |
MADURAI: The poaching of a three-year-old tigress has set alarm bells ringing for the state forest department. Though the gang has been arrested and the tiger skin seized, the fact that forest officia ...More
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Tiger skin trader Chacha granted bail in Delhi |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Times of India , Friday, May 23, 2014 |
NAGPUR: Biggest international tiger skin and body parts trader Suraj Pal alias Chacha was on Thursday granted bail by a Tis Hazari court in Delhi.
Since his arrest on September 6, 2013, bail of C ...More
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Experts for speedy poachers' conviction |
TNN |
The Times of India , Friday, May 23, 2014 |
GUWAHATI: Even as the forest department is toying with the idea of deploying smart guards at Kaziranga National Park, conservationists and rhino experts here believe that convicting poachers and activ ...More
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Smart guards for Kaziranga rhinos mulled |
Pranjal Baruah |
The Times of India , Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
GUWAHATI: Kaziranga National Park authorities, wildlife organizations and local stakeholders proposed that an elite force of 'Smart Guards' be deployed to protect the park's one-horned rhinos.
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Anti-poaching measures upped in Rajaji, Corbett |
Seema Sharma |
The Times of India , Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand forest department has intensified efforts to stem poaching of tigers in Rajaji National Park (RNP) and Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR).
State forest minister Dinesh Aggarwa ...More
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Carcasses of 9 peacocks found in Rajasthan |
PTI |
DNA India , Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
Carcasses of nine peacocks were found in the forest area of Akhtasa which falls under the Darrah wildlife sanctuary in Jhalawar district of Rajasthan,recently, a wildlife conservation NGO claimed.
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Assam seeks advice to protect rhinos |
Samudra Gupta Kashyap |
The Indian Express , Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
In Assam, 12 of the 16 rhinos poached before the year crossed the halfway mark were in Kaziranga National Park. With rhinos continuing to be killed in the UNESCO World Heritage site for horns, forest ...More
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Fighting to save the fish |
BHUMIKA K. |
The Hindu , Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
May 24 is World Fish Migration Day and British angler Steven Lockett talks of why the mahseer, a migratory fish found in abundance in Karnataka, and known as the Tiger of the River, has always fasci ...More
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Uttarakhand a soft target for wildlife criminals |
Nihi Sharma Sahani |
The Hindustan Times , Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
Two Bawariyas were arrested for tiger poaching in Kotari range of Kotdwar, Lansdowne forest division on Saturday. The close network of NGOs and forest department informers managed to stop their plan o ...More
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European bison released into wild Carpathian range` |
AFP |
The Times of India , Sunday, May 18, 2014 |
ARMENIS: Seventeen European bison were released in Romania on Saturday into the wild Carpathian mountain range, one of the largest reintroductions of the endangered mammal in Europe.
The animals ...More
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Uttarakhand all set to get Special Tiger Protection Force |
Seema Sharma |
The Times of India , Thursday, May 15, 2014 |
DEHRADUN: A major obstacle in the formation of Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) has finally been removed with the Uttarakhand government giving in to a key demand of the forest department by issu ...More
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Is Gujarat losing the lead in lion conservation? |
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DNA India , Thursday, May 15, 2014 |
Seven unnatural deaths in five months may put the state on back foot in its conservation argument against translocation of the lions to Madhya Pradesh
Is Gujarat losing the lead it had gained in wil ...More
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Madhya Pradesh loses another tigress in turf war |
P Naveen |
The Times of India , Tuesday, May 13, 2014 |
BHOPAL: A four-year-old tigress was killed in a turf war with another tigress in Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh National Park on Monday.
Tigress's carcass, with deep bruises, was found near Bamera ...More
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KNP authority discuss ways to curb poaching |
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The Assam Tribune , Tuesday, May 13, 2014 |
BOKAKHAT, May 12 – A meeting was held in the conference hall of Kaziranga National Park recently where mediapersons of Bokakhat and Kaziranga exchanged their views regarding conservation of rhinos ...More
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Tigress killed in turf war in Bandhavgarh National Park |
TNN |
The Times of India , Tuesday, May 13, 2014 |
BHOPAL: A four-year-old tigress was killed in a turf war with another tigress at Bandhavgarh National Park on Monday. Forest officials ruled out any poaching attempt and claimed the big cat died in a ...More
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Security tightened ahead of Bishu Parva |
TNN |
The Times of India , Tuesday, May 13, 2014 |
JAMSHEDPUR: The forest department has made comprehensive safety and security arrangements across the three districts of the Kolhan division to prevent armed tribals from entering into the Dalma Wild ...More
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