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| Two Kumkis to be brought in to drive away female jumbo |
| Binoy Valsan, |
| The Times of India , Friday, October 25, 2013 |
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COIMBATORE: A female elephant has left the residents of an entire village on the tenterhooks for the past 24 hours in Kuppepalayam near Thondamuthur on the outskirts of the city. The forest department ...More
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| 'Kaziranga area needs to be expanded' |
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| The Times of India , Wednesday, October 23, 2013 |
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GUWAHATI: Assam forest minister Rockybul Hussain on Tuesday reiterated that the area of the 430 sq km Kaziranga National Park, a World Heritage site, need to be expanded to accommodate the increasing ...More
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| BNHS raises concern about egret poaching |
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| The Times of India , Tuesday, October 22, 2013 |
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PUNE: Ornithologists from the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) have condemned the use of egret's feathers for ornamentation during festive and social occasions. They said the birds are being poac ...More
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| One held for poaching Indian monitor lizard |
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| The Times of India , Monday, October 21, 2013 |
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COIMBATORE: An endangered species of Indian monitor lizard, hunted by a gang at Kongarpalayam near Vinobha Nagar at TN Palayam forest range in Sathyamangalam forest division, was seized on Sunday by f ...More
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| Slender loris rescued from Vellore bus stand |
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| Deccan Chronicle , Monday, October 21, 2013 |
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Chennai: A slender loris, commonly called ‘thevangu’ in Tamil, which is an endangered species, was rescued from a trader near Vellore bus stand by a group of animal protection acti¬vists.
The sl ...More
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| Similipal bears the brunt of cyclone |
| Riyan Ramanath V, |
| The Times of India , Saturday, October 19, 2013 |
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BHUBANESWAR: Roads and bridges inside the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) were damaged in the cyclone, affecting movement of forest staff inside the 2,750 sq km core area. Besides, more than 100 trees w ...More
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| Ajit gang killed one more tiger near Mansar |
| Vijay Pinjarkar, |
| The Times of India , Friday, October 18, 2013 |
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NAGPUR: The tiger poaching saga is getting murkier day by day. Saranki, the poacher arrested from Umariya in Madhya Pradesh, has revealed during his three-day forest custody that gang leader Ajit, who ...More
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| On the tiger trail |
| Vaibhav Shastry |
| The Hindu , Thursday, October 17, 2013 |
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Forty-six-year-old Chris Slappendel doesn’t consider himself a tiger conservationist. A boyhood fascination with the animal led him to learn more about it’s habitat and behaviour, through books an ...More
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| Kenya to microchip all rhinos' horns to beat poachers |
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| The Economic Times , Thursday, October 17, 2013 |
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NAIROBI: Kenya will place microchips in the horn of every rhino in the country in a bid to stamp out a surge in poaching the threatened animals, wildlife officials said on Wednesday.
"Poachers are ...More
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| Great Indian Bustard under threat |
| Alok Deshpande |
| The Hindu , Thursday, October 17, 2013 |
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Destruction of its habitat and poaching are the key problems
Once widely spotted across 11 States, the Great Indian Bustard is currently listed under the category of Critically Endangered birds, in ...More
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| Tiger safety trumps election duty |
| Milind Ghatwai |
| The Indian Express , Wednesday, October 16, 2013 |
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"Will you take personal responsibility if a big cat is poached while the tiger reserve staff is deployed on poll duty on your instructions?"
"Did the previous deaths/poaching take place only when th ...More
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| Tiger numbers dwindle, but authorities indifferent |
| Amit S. Upadhye |
| Deccan Chronicle , Wednesday, October 16, 2013 |
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Bengaluru: The state may boast of having the largest tiger population in the country, but 23 of the big cats have died over the last two years in its sanctuaries or nearby, making Karnataka’s loss o ...More
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| Kenya to microchip all rhinos' horns to beat poachers |
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| The Economic Times , Wednesday, October 16, 2013 |
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NAIROBI: Kenya will place microchips in the horn of every rhino in the country in a bid to stamp out a surge in poaching the threatened animals, wildlife officials said on Wednesday.
"Poachers a ...More
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| Wildlife crime: State tops absconders’ list |
| Toby Antony |
| The New Indian Express , Tuesday, October 15, 2013 |
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Even though many in the state believe that Kerala has a healthy number of wildlife population, the fact is that the state tops the list of absconders in wildlife crimes registered.
Officials with For ...More
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| Nilgai found poached |
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| The Times of India , Sunday, October 13, 2013 |
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CHANDRAPUR: A case of poaching of a pregnant blue bull (nilgai) has come to fore in Morva village in Bhadrawati range. The pregnant nilgai was electrocuted on October 7 after it came into contact with ...More
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