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NGO's mega initiative to save tigers |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Times of India , Wednesday, September 04, 2013 |
NAGPUR: In a big boost to the forest department's efforts to strengthen protection mechanism, Mumbai-based Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) has announced a series of measures to save tigers in buff ...More
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Lost to lantana |
Sarita Brara |
The Hindu , Monday, September 02, 2013 |
A dwindling prey base due to shrinking grazing lands is affecting the big cat population in areas where the toxic lantana weed runs riot
A report quoting a recent study that the tiger population in t ...More
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Periyar meeting to fix dates for tiger census |
Shyam Sundar Vattam |
The New Indian Express , Sunday, September 01, 2013 |
A meeting of forest officers of South India, scheduled to be held at Periyar in Tamil Nadu on September 3, will fix the dates for All India Tiger Census to be held this year. This census is held once ...More
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New wildlife Bill is against research, say scientists |
Divya Gandhi |
The Hindu , Friday, August 30, 2013 |
The tenuous relationship between Forest Departments in States and the research community has been put to the test again with new amendments proposed to the Wildlife Protection Act (Protection) Act, 19 ...More
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Malai jumbos on way to Western Ghats |
J Shanmugha Sundaram |
The New Indian Express , Friday, August 30, 2013 |
The forest department officials concluded operation ‘Malai’ on Thursday after translocating all of the six elephants from reserve forest area in the Eastern Ghats to elephant camps in the Western ...More
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51 tiger deaths reported in 2013: Govt |
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Business Standard , Friday, August 30, 2013 |
The government today said 51 tiger deaths were reported from various states this year.
Till August 26 this year, there were reports of 51 tiger deaths from several states, Environment and Forest M ...More
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All six elephants tranquilised |
A. D. Balasubramaniyan |
The Hindu , Friday, August 30, 2013 |
Operation Malai’, a mission to capture a herd of six elephants that strayed into human habitations in Villupuram and Tiruvannamalai, concluded successfully on Wednesday night with forest veterinar ...More
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New wildlife rescue centre at Anamalai Tiger Reserve |
P. Oppili |
The Hindu , Thursday, August 29, 2013 |
The State Forest Department has started an ‘Anti-Depredation and Disaster Management’ centre in Valparai in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR).
The centre equipped with all material required for h ...More
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Will new wildlife protection law ban even mousetraps? |
Vijay Pinjarkar, |
The Times of India , Wednesday, August 28, 2013 |
NAGPUR: Will you now need permission from forest department to set up a mousetrap in your home? Possible, if one goes by latest amendments proposed to Wildlife Protection Act. While the amendments are ...More
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Sarju rearrested, gets 4-day forest custody |
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The Times of India , Tuesday, August 27, 2013 |
NAGPUR: Judicial magistrate first class (JMFC), R B Raja, on Thursday sent notorious tiger skin trader and body parts trader Sarju Bagdi alias Surajbhan to four days' forest custody after he was rearr ...More
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Amendments to wildlife Act seen hurting research |
Neha Sethi |
Live Mint , Tuesday, August 27, 2013 |
New Delhi: The amendments to the Wildlife Protection Act, which were introduced in the Rajya Sabha on 5 August with the intention to provide stricter penalties against poaching, may harm wildlife rese ...More
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Elephant carcass found |
PTI/ENS |
The New Indian Express , Thursday, August 22, 2013 |
An elephant was killed allegedly by poachers who tried to take away its tusks near Sipakuda under Rambha forest range on Tuesday.
Forest officials recovered the carcass of the 30-year-old tusker and ...More
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Kaziranga reels from twin blows |
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The Telegraph , Thursday, August 22, 2013 |
Jorhat/Guwahati, Aug. 21: Kaziranga National Park suffered a double blow today with poachers killing two rhinos in the wee hours of the morning and the Union defence ministry turning down a proposal o ...More
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Elephant killed in Odisha, tusks recovered |
PTI |
Business Standard , Wednesday, August 21, 2013 |
An elephant was killed allegedly by poachers who tried to take away its tusks near Sipakuda under Ganjam district's Rambha forest range today.
Forest official recovered the carcass of the 30-year- ...More
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Tiger poachers being brought to Nagpur |
TNN |
The Times of India , Wednesday, August 21, 2013 |
NAGPUR: Six of the nine tiger poachers, who were arrested by Melghat forest officials from Bahelia camps in BanerFata in Pune, will be brought to the city on Wednesday.
The poachers have been ident ...More
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Monsoon a harrowing time for snakes, burrowing animals |
IASN |
News Track India , Tuesday, August 20, 2013 |
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The monsoon season has inspired many a poet to write paeans to nature but for burrowing animals monsoon means a distressing time as their homes get flooded and they have to lo ...More
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