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Don't use egret feathers for festive decorations: NGO |
Vijay Singh, |
The Times of India , Saturday, October 12, 2013 |
MUMBAI: Trade in wildlife parts and the resultant poaching continues to be a major threat in the survival of several species of fauna in India and around the world. The ubiquitous egrets are one of th ...More
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Poacher Ajit's accomplice Saranki held in Madhya Pradesh |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Times of India , Saturday, October 12, 2013 |
NAGPUR: The tiger poaching cases registered two new developments on Friday. A poacher was nabbed in Madhya Pradesh and the bail application of poachers Mamru and Chika was rejected by the judicial mag ...More
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7 tigers killed this year, minister says has no clue |
Vivek Deshpande |
The Indian Express , Saturday, October 12, 2013 |
Even as an ongoing probe has established the killing of at least five tigers in Maharashtra and two in the adjoining parts of Madhya Pradesh this year, Union Minister for Environment Jayanthi Natrajan ...More
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One more tiger poached in Maharashtra's Melghat |
TNN |
The Economics Times , Friday, October 11, 2013 |
NAGPUR: At a time Melghat forest officials are in the spotlight in poaching cases, one more tiger was found dead due to suspected poaching on Wednesday in Kund area under East Melghat forest division ...More
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13 endangered species died in AP his year |
Yunus Lasania |
The New Indian Express , Friday, October 11, 2013 |
In an alarming trend, the state is witnessing a rise in the death of endangered species in the last two years. Thirteen animals have died this year so far, while 10 animals lost their lives last year ...More
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One more tiger poached in Maharashtra's Melghat |
TNN |
The Times of India , Friday, October 11, 2013 |
NAGPUR: At a time Melghat forest officials are in the spotlight in poaching cases, one more tiger was found dead due to suspected poaching on Wednesday in Kund area under East Melghat forest division ...More
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The Bad: Poacher killed tiger in Umred |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Times of India , Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
NAGPUR: Here's a chilling fact: Around the time Umred Karhandla was being inaugurated as the state's 48{+t}{+h} wildlife sanctuary on May 19 earlier this year, notorious poacher Ajit Chhiyalal Rajgond ...More
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Periyar reserve seeks cell for the tigers |
Toby Antony |
The New Indian Express , Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
Officials of the Periyar Tiger Reserve have approached the Forest Department for a tiger cell similar to that in Parambikulam Tiger Reserve.
They also submitted a request to the National Tiger Conser ...More
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Kaziranga loses its 24th rhino to poachers this year |
Prasanta Mazumdar |
DNA , Wednesday, October 09, 2013 |
One more rhino was killed by poachers at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, taking this year’s toll to 24. The carcass of a male rhino was recovered from the Agaratoli range of the park on Tuesda ...More
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Poacher held in kudremukh |
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The New Indian Express , Wednesday, October 09, 2013 |
A poacher was arrested and three others escaped during an anti-poaching drive undertaken by the Kudremukh forest range officials.
The poachers were hunting mouse deer and flying squirrel, both listed ...More
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Into the wild |
MADHULIKA GAUTAMA |
The Hindu , Tuesday, October 08, 2013 |
World Wildlife Week is celebrated in the first week of October. It is an annual event to make us stop awhile and think about wildlife and how we can conserve it.
Do you take time off school work and ...More
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SOP on straying wild animals issued |
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The New Indian Express , Tuesday, October 08, 2013 |
The State Wildlife Wing has asked all forest and wildlife divisions to form Anti-Depredation Committees to deal with man-animal conflicts and straying of wild animals besides constituting Divisional M ...More
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Poachers kill another rhino in Kaziranga |
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The Times of India , Tuesday, October 08, 2013 |
JORHAT: Poachers killed yet another one-horned rhino in the world-famous Kaziranga National Park and decamped with its horn on Tuesday, taking the number of rhinos poached this year to 22.
The inci ...More
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In Koppal district, fear of god protects blackbucks |
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The New Indian Express , Monday, October 07, 2013 |
Blackbucks are found in plenty in Koppal district. But the Forest Department has no plans to set up a sanctuary there for the herbivore.
The state has a dedicated sanctuary for blackbucks in Ranebenn ...More
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'Leopards avoid humans; they attack when stressed or injured' |
Srinath Rao , Dipti Sonawala |
The Indian Express , Monday, October 07, 2013 |
Vidya Athreya, group coordinator and a wildlife biologist with Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS) and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) of India-Bangalore,
Sunetro Ghosal, an anthropologist and co- ...More
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