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Sansar Chand, notorious tiger poacher, dead |
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The Times of India , Wednesday, March 19, 2014 |
JAIPUR: Wildlife poaching accused Sansar Chand, who was terminally ill, died on Tuesday at SMS hospital. Notorious tiger poacher was facing trial on charges related to killing of several wild cats of ...More
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Notorious poacher-smuggler Sansar Chand dies |
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The Hindustan Times , Wednesday, March 19, 2014 |
Notorious poacher and smuggler Sansar Chand, who, along with his family, was accused of wiping out Sariska tigers, died of lung cancer on Tuesday.
Facing 21 cases under the Wildlife Protection Act i ...More
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Leopard skin seized from poachers |
Samrat Phadnis |
The Times of India , Wednesday, March 19, 2014 |
KOLHAPUR: Police in Sangli have recovered a leopard skin from Pralhad Shinde (19), a Nashik resident, and booked him, along with seven members of a poaching gang arrested in Sangli over the past five ...More
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Seven arrested in Sangli with suspected tiger skins |
Samrat Phadnis |
The Times of India , Tuesday, March 18, 2014 |
KOLHAPUR: The Sangli police have seized two suspected tiger skins in the last four days from 7 persons, who are allegedly part of a racket dealing in tiger skin. The second skin was recovered last nig ...More
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Many destinations to go wild |
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Deccan Herald , Tuesday, March 18, 2014 |
Denizens of nature Tread down the nature’s path in these wildlife sanctuaries and spend your holiday with wild beauties, writes A Varsha Rao.
Edward Abbey, a famous environmentalist once said, †...More
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Mass hunting: Similipal Tiger Reserve increases vigilance |
Riyan Ramanath V |
The Times of India , Monday, March 17, 2014 |
BHUBANESWAR: With 'Akhand Shikar' or mass hunting next month, the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) authorities have identified four forest ranges and 25 sensitive villages where patrolling will be inte ...More
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NGO asks politicians to focus on wildlife |
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The Times of India , Sunday, March 16, 2014 |
GUWAHATI: With the Lok Sabha election nearing, wildlife activists have appealed to the political parties and candidates to clear their stand on wildlife protection. Aaranyak, a society for biodiversit ...More
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‘Dehorning not the solution to rhino poaching’ |
Sushanta Talukdar |
The Hindu , Saturday, March 15, 2014 |
Aaranyak, a society for biodiversity conservation, on Friday urged the Assam government not to take dehorning of rhinos as a measure to protect them from poachers. It cautioned that dehorning would on ...More
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Carcasses of 14 peacocks recovered in Ajmer |
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DNA India , Saturday, March 15, 2014 |
Carcasses of 14 peacocks have been recovered in Rajasthan's Ajmer district, wildlife activists said Friday.
Carcasses of 14 peacocks have been recovered in Rajasthan's Ajmer district, wildlife act ...More
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Call for coordinated approach to tackle rhino poaching |
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The Assam Tribune , Saturday, March 15, 2014 |
GUWAHATI, March 14 – In view of the spurt in rhino poaching in Kaziranga National Park and other rhino habitats of Assam, Aaranyak, a conservation NGO, has advocated an integrated approach involving ...More
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Exempt wildlife staff from election duty: Talukdar |
Press Trust of India |
Business Standard , Saturday, March 15, 2014 |
Wildlife staff should be exempted from election duty and infrastructure used for wildlife protection not be requisitioned for poll purpose, as poaching particularly of rhino was a matter of grave co ...More
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HC seeks report on protecting rhinos from KNP Director |
AJIT PATOWARY |
The Assam Tribune , Friday, March 14, 2014 |
GUWAHATI, March 13 – The Gauhati High Court has directed the Director of the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) to furnish a detailed project report for saving the rhinos from poachers, on or before May ...More
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Cub not killed by poachers: Foresters |
Himanshu Kaushik |
The Times of India , Friday, March 14, 2014 |
AHMEDABAD: The state forest department claims to have recovered four nails of the five-month-old lion cub that was found dead on February 28, in Liliya. The department claims that it's possible that t ...More
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Standing as tall as the great stork |
Bijay Sankar Bora |
The Tribune , Friday, March 14, 2014 |
AN MSc in zoology from Gauhati University in Assam, Purnima Devi Barman has made long strides in the domain of wildlife conservation, considered a male bastion. As a biologist of Aaranyak, a premier c ...More
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Female elephant found dead in Chidiyapur |
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The Times of India , Friday, March 14, 2014 |
HARIDWAR: A 20-year-old female elephant was found dead in Chidiyapur forest range, 22 km from here, on Thursday morning.
Although the cause of death is yet to be ascertained, prima facie it is a c ...More
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