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Bird Hunting Rears its Head in Chilika |
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The New Indian Express , Monday, December 02, 2013 |
Even as avian visitors throng Chilika lagoon in thousands, hunting of the migratory birds has reared its ugly head. The wildlife authorities on Sunday detected the first case of poaching and arrested ...More
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Adult tigress found dead in Kaziranga |
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The Times of India , Monday, December 02, 2013 |
JORHAT: An adult Royal Bengal Tiger was found dead in Kaziranga National Park on Sunday. Divisional forest officer (Kaziranga) S K Seal Sharma said the carcass of the big cat was found near the Naromo ...More
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Rs 2 Crore Sanctioned for Sathyamangalam Sanctuary |
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The New Indian Express , Monday, December 02, 2013 |
The Central and State governments have sanctioned `2 crore for the newly-created Sathyamangalam tiger sanctuary.
Of the total amount, official expect the release of Rs 1.4 crore as a first instalment ...More
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Poacher arrested in Tungareshwar park |
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The Times of India , Monday, December 02, 2013 |
MUMBAI: Forest officials arrested an alleged poacher at Tungareshwar national park on Saturday afternoon. The accused, Ramesh Sikurghata, was produced before a magistrate court in Vasai on Sunday and ...More
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Research project on forest owlet in Melghat opposed |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Economic Times , Monday, December 02, 2013 |
NAGPUR: The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) decision to allow capture of 20 forest owlets in east and west Melghat divisions outside Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR) has come in for sharp critic ...More
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Poachers involve women for smuggling, hunting |
Faiz Rahman Siddiqui |
The Times of India , Sunday, December 01, 2013 |
KANPUR: The wildlife poachers in the region have started recruiting women to use them as carriers and hunters, if recent incidents of wildlife offences are any indication.
The Railway Protection Fo ...More
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Tiger population reaches saturation point |
Divya Gandhi |
The Hindu , Sunday, December 01, 2013 |
Ten people have been attacked in the Bandipur-Nagarahole range since 2006
Three men were killed in separate attacks by tigers between Wednesday and Saturday in Karnataka– a State known for a succe ...More
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Tiger mauls, eats tribal in Nagarahole tiger reserve |
HM Aravind |
The Times of India , Sunday, December 01, 2013 |
MYSORE: Victims falling prey to tigers rose to three on Saturday with a tribal killed by a big cat.
What is worrying is unlike the two attacks in Bandipur tiger reserve, this time the tiger from Na ...More
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Interpol seizes 240 kg of ivory in Africa |
IANS |
Business Standard , Saturday, November 30, 2013 |
International police organisation Interpol said Friday it seized more than 240 kg of ivory and 856 timber logs and arrested 660 suspects during a month-long coordinated operation across southern and e ...More
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Harike, a home away from home for migratory birds |
Harkirat Singh & Aseem Bassi |
The Hindustan Times , Friday, November 29, 2013 |
As shrill buzz of the engine of a motorboat belonging to the forest and wildlife department grew louder, a small flock of birds belonging to the Cormorant family, floating quietly on water raised thei ...More
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Over 25,000 migratory birds arrive Odisha |
PTI |
The Economic Times , Friday, November 29, 2013 |
BHUBANESWAR: More than 25,000 migratory birds from Siberia, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Himalayan regions have arrived in the Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district, an official sa ...More
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Over 25,000 migratory birds arrive Odisha |
IANS |
Business Standard , Friday, November 29, 2013 |
More than 25,000 migratory birds from Siberia, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Himalayan regions have arrived in the Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district, an official said Friday.
T ...More
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Urgent measures needed to protect Kaziranga |
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The Assam Tribune , Thursday, November 28, 2013 |
All is not well at the Kaziranga National Park. If the current situation at the park does not improve at all, the UNESCO may withdraw the World Heritage Site title which it enjoys now. “The World ...More
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Another tiger poacher held in Haryana |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Times of India , Thursday, November 28, 2013 |
NAGPUR: In a major development that could expose more poaching incidents, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) officials arrested wanted tiger skin trader Dalbir from Samalakha village in Panipat dist ...More
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Experts Critical of Tiger Census Methods Used by NTCA |
Meera Bhardwaj |
The New Indian Express , Thursday, November 28, 2013 |
One of the world’s largest exercise to enumerate the big cats is under way in India under the supervision of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). However, the methods of assessment have ...More
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Trapped elephant rescued by forest staff |
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The Hindu , Thursday, November 28, 2013 |
A female sub-adult elephant trapped under a fallen tree in the Thekkady forest is set free
A team of Forest Department officials on Wednesday tracked a female sub-adult elephant as it rejoined its h ...More
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