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Leopard trapped in Dharamsala dies |
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The Hindustan Times , Wednesday, February 05, 2014 |
A four-year-old male leopard, which had strayed into the farms at Jambal Bassi village in Dehra area, nearly 65 km from here, died of suffocation on Monday after he was trapped in a snare made of clut ...More
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Now an app to protect tigers in K’taka |
KESTUR VASUKI |
The Pioneer , Wednesday, February 05, 2014 |
As Karnataka has highest number of tigers in the country, the State forest department has evolved a mobile android-based application to track tigers in the wild and for better coordination among anti- ...More
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Ranthambore’s missing tigress Machli found after 28 days |
Amit Bhattacharya & Rachna Singh |
The Times of India , Wednesday, February 05, 2014 |
NEW DELHI/JAIPUR: The world's oldest wild tigress has cheated death yet again. Twenty-six days after it went missing, prompting several searches in the forest, Ranthambore's famed tigress Machli was s ...More
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Another rhino killed in Kaziranga |
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The Times of India , Monday, February 03, 2014 |
JORHAT: Barely a week after poachers killed an adult female rhino at Kaziranga National Park, another rhino was killed by poachers in the park's Agoratoli forest range on Saturday. Poachers shot dea ...More
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Experts, eco-scholars conduct annual water bird census |
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The Times of India , Monday, February 03, 2014 |
KANPUR: To count the number of migratory and local birds in the Yamuna river in Farah area of Mathura, ornithologists and a group of Yamuna eco-scholars participated in the four km long march on the o ...More
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Another poacher held, 4 flamingos saved |
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The Times of India , Wednesday, January 29, 2014 |
AHMEDABAD: The forest department has arrested one more person for involvement in poaching of migratory birds in Nalsarovar area. The department also recovered from his possession two dead and four liv ...More
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Poachers from MP get 3 yrs in jail |
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The Times of India , Wednesday, January 22, 2014 |
KOLHAPUR: A local court in Sangli district has recently sentenced three persons from Madhya Pradesh, including two women, to three years imprisonment for killing peafowls within the Chandoli National ...More
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101 Jumbos Dead in Last 9 Months |
Shyam Sundar Vattam |
The New Indian Express , Tuesday, January 21, 2014 |
Karnataka has recorded 101 elephant deaths over the last nine months, with a drop in the number of jumbos electrocuted, according to the Forest Department. The deaths were caused by poaching and bulle ...More
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Orphaned rhinos find new home |
Usha Rai |
The Tribune , Monday, January 20, 2014 |
SUCCESS stories in wildlife management are hard to come by, so the one on the hand rearing of orphaned baby rhinos at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) at Borjuri, Panbari ...More
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Maharashtra: Nine ‘poachers’ caught selling leopard skin |
Anuradha Mascarenhas |
The Indian Express , Wednesday, January 15, 2014 |
The forest officials of Panvel subdivision have recently arrested nine persons who were caught trying to sell a leopard skin near Matheran hill station.
Krishna Allurkar, Assistant Conservator of For ...More
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India scrambles to save tigers from deadly virus |
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The Times of India , Wednesday, January 15, 2014 |
NEW DELHI: India is scrambling to protect its beleaguered tiger population after several big cats tested positive for a virus common among dogs but deadly to other carnivores, experts said.
In the ...More
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Help villagers save the tiger: Mike Pandey |
Madhur Tankha |
The Hindu , Tuesday, January 14, 2014 |
Eminent conservationist and wildlife filmmaker Mike Pandey has now come out with a blueprint to help the endangered tiger. After meticulously studying the decline of the big cats in States where the ...More
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Ensuring that the tiger lives on |
B. Aravind Kumar |
The Hindu , Tuesday, January 14, 2014 |
Somewhere in the book, there is a theory — or is it just an argument? — that China’s introduction of free market economy could be decimating the Asian tiger population. The creation of a new w ...More
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Canine Distemper Virus outbreak threatens tigers |
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The Pioneer , Tuesday, January 14, 2014 |
There is yet another bad news for the tigers in the country. As if increased incidents of their poaching and dwindling habitats were not enough, there is another emerging challenge. Several big cats h ...More
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Gang of poachers from Pollachi busted in Palakkad |
P. Oppili |
The Hindu , Tuesday, January 14, 2014 |
A major gang involved in poaching of wildlife in both Tamil Nadu and Kerala was busted by officials of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (Southern Region) in Palakkad last Wednesday.
Six poachers of ...More
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40 yrs on, trials in big cat poaching cases still on |
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The Pioneer , Monday, January 13, 2014 |
The major tiger State of the country — Madhya Pradesh has 53 cases of tiger poaching and 160 cases of killing of leopard which are being tried in various courts in Madhya Pradesh, some pending for n ...More
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