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Elephant poached in Buxa, poison pellet in chest |
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The Times of India , Monday, April 08, 2013 |
KOLKATA: A full-grown tusker was poached in North Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve late on Saturday. This is the second such incident in the forest in a span of little over a month.
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Centre nod to CBI probe into rhino poaching in Assam |
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The Times of India , Monday, April 08, 2013 |
GUWAHATI: The Centre finally acceded to the state government's demand for a CBI probe into rhino poaching cases in Assam. State forest and environment minister RockybulHussain said here on Sunday that ...More
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CBI takes up probe into rhino killings in Assam |
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The Hindu , Monday, April 08, 2013 |
CBI has taken up the probe into the killing of rhinos in Assam following unabated rise in such incidents even as the state government turns to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a bid to tackle illega ...More
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Orphaned rhino calf rescued at Manas |
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The Assam Tribune , Monday, April 08, 2013 |
GUWAHATI, April 7 – The 15-day-old calf of the rhino that was killed by poachers on April 2 was successfully rescued at Manas National Park on Friday.
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Akhand Sikar puts forest staff on toes |
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The New Indian Express , Saturday, April 06, 2013 |
A combing operation has been started by the officials of Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) to prevent entry of tribals for Akhand Sikar (ceremonial mass hunting) ahead of ‘Bisuva Sankranti’.
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Awards to speed up convictions under forest laws |
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Business Standard , Saturday, April 06, 2013 |
To speed up convictions under forest laws, the dismally low rate of which is seen as a major cause behind crimes like poaching, an organisation working in the area of wildlife has announced awards for ...More
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Wary Manas cheers another birth |
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The Telegraph , Saturday, April 06, 2013 |
Guwahati, April 5: Manas today sighted another tiny tot — a female rhino calf born to Manasi — two days after the park lost an adult, the mother of a 10-day-old, to poachers.
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Hand-reared rhino has a baby, a first for India |
Saira Kurup |
The Times of India , Saturday, April 06, 2013 |
Forest officials in India have notched up a proud first. Nine years after she was rescued from the swirling flood waters of the Brahmaputra in Kaziranga national park, Ganga has become the first hand- ...More
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Chinese convicted for illegal trade in rhino horn |
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The Telegraph , Saturday, April 06, 2013 |
WASHINGTON, 6 APRIL: A Chinese national has pleaded guilty in a federal court in Miami to charges stemming from his involvement in smuggling of a carved rhinoceros horn from the USA to China.
Mr Shu ...More
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Game reserve poisons rhino horns to deter poachers |
David Smith |
The Hindu , Saturday, April 06, 2013 |
A game reserve in South Africa has taken the radical step of poisoning rhino horns so that people risk becoming “seriously ill” if they consume them. Sabi Sand said it had injected a mix of parasit ...More
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Arrests fail to deter poachers |
Naresh Mitra |
Times of India , Friday, April 05, 2013 |
GUWAHATI: The arrest of suspected poachers in connection with recent rhino poaching in the state has failed to deter criminals from killing more rhinos. Many poachers, who had been arrested for poachi ...More
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Beware! The tiger is here! |
Srinivasa Ramanujam |
The Times of India , Friday, April 05, 2013 |
Tigers have fascinated Aishwarya Ramachandran since childhood. And that's probably why she has chosen to portray them in her latest series, titled Regal Stripes.
"For the last couple of years, ever ...More
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Elephant calf electrocuted in Nilgiris |
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The Hindu , Thursday, April 04, 2013 |
A wild elephant was electrocuted at Mavanhallah near the Sigur Range of the Nilgiris North Division. Two persons have been arrested in connection with this.
The male calf, about eight years old, had ...More
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Summer renders big cats vulnerable |
Saswati Mukherjee B |
The Times of India , Wednesday, April 03, 2013 |
BANGALORE: As summer peaks, the state forest department has something important to contend with -- vulnerability of big cats in Project Tiger areas.. Summers result in the tiger stripes showing:
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Water wars, sugarcane and the adaptability of big cats |
Jay Mazoomdaar |
DNA , Wednesday, April 03, 2013 |
It makes for fascinating stories when large carnivores, such as tigers and leopards, cope with changes we make to natural landscapes.
It makes for fascinating stories when large carnivores, such a ...More
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