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Assam to battle poachers with AK-47s |
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Business Standard , Friday, September 20, 2013 |
Assam has got permission to arm its forest guards with weapons like AK-47s to fight heavily-armed poachers, the state's Environment and Foreign Minister Rockybul Hussain said Thursday.
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Tiger reserve officials rescue stray deer in Palamu |
TNN |
The Times of India , Friday, September 20, 2013 |
DALTONGANJ: Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) officials are planning to ship a deer that was rescued from a village in Kutku range to Birsa Munda Biological Park in Ranchi.
The deer had strayed into th ...More
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Poachers strike again at Kaziranga, kill rhino |
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Business Standard , Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
Poachers killed another one-horned rhino in Assam's Kaziranga National Park, taking the toll of rhinos that have been poached this year to 21, Kaziranga Divisional Forest Officer S.K Seal Sarma said W ...More
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Poachers kill another Kaziranga rhino |
TNN |
The Times of India , Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
JORHAT: Poachers killed another rhino and chopped off its horn at Kaziranga National park on Tuesday evening. Park authorities said armed militants were involved in the attack.
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In the forests, spotting a crucial difference |
Neha Sinha |
The Hindu , Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
“Tyger Tyger, burning bright,/In the forests of the night”; for generations, William Blake’s passionate paean has nurtured collective reverence for the tiger. India started Project Tiger in 1973 ...More
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New cell formed for tiger conservation |
Toby Antony |
The New Indian Express , Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
As part of the project aimed at tiger conservation in the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, the Forest Department has formed a Tiger Cell, a first-of-its-kind venture in the state, based on the guidelines o ...More
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Rajaji Park likely to become tiger reserve in a month |
PTI |
The Times of India , Tuesday, September 17, 2013 |
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand's famous Rajaji Park which recently got the status of a National Park is likely to become a tiger reserve in a month, a senior forest official said.
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Poachers arrest highlights underlying threat to wildlife |
R. Krishna Kumar |
The Hindu , Sunday, September 15, 2013 |
The recent arrests of small-time poachers on the periphery of wildlife sanctuaries and national parks have highlighted the underlying threat to wildlife despite intense patrolling by the Forest Depart ...More
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Jumbo killed by poachers in Krishnagiri |
Senthil Kumaran |
The Times of India , Sunday, September 15, 2013 |
Hosur (Krishnagiri): Bringing back horrors of the Veerappan reign, the carcass of an eight-year-old tusker was found in the Anchetty reserve forest in Krishnagiri district on Saturday morning, riddled ...More
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Poachers arrest highlights underlying threat to wildlife |
R. Krishna Kumar |
The Hindu , Sunday, September 15, 2013 |
The recent arrests of small-time poachers on the periphery of wildlife sanctuaries and national parks have highlighted the underlying threat to wildlife despite intense patrolling by the Forest Depart ...More
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More than 20 tigers poached, says arrested trader Sarju |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Times of India , Saturday, September 14, 2013 |
NAGPUR: In a stunning revelation, tiger skin trader Sarju Bagdi alias Suraj Bhan (28) told TOI on Thursday that four gangs of poachers and traders were simultaneously operating in a 150km radius of Na ...More
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