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Pet-iquette Maneka Gandhi |
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DNA , Tuesday, April 02, 2013 |
A man offered me an owl saying that if I cut it up it would bring me good luck. Is this a common myth?
Unfortunately there are people who believe that killing an animal brings them luck. No form of v ...More
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19 tigers die in 12 months in state |
Shyam Sundar Vattam |
The New Indian Express , Tuesday, April 02, 2013 |
Karnataka, one of the few states where Project Tiger is being implemented for the conservation of the big cat, has recorded 19 tiger deaths from April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013.
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Pet-iquette |
Maneka Gandhi |
DNA India , Monday, April 01, 2013 |
A man offered me an owl saying that if I cut it up it would bring me good luck. Is this a common myth?
Unfortunately there are people who believe that killing an animal brings them luck. No form of v ...More
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Poachers train sights on smaller animals |
Chetan Chauhan |
Hindustan Times , Sunday, March 31, 2013 |
Deep inside Indian forests small and big creatures are facing threat from poachers as never seen before. Their vulnerability to wildlife syndicates is on the rise with the government data showing incr ...More
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Rhino poaching on the rise in India national park |
Asia Sentinel |
Asian Correspondent , Sunday, March 31, 2013 |
The depredations by poachers of rhinoceros horns in India’s enormous Kaziranga National Park have grown so great that the government is expected to begin patrolling with a surveillance drone in the ef ...More
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Translocated rhinos give birth to calves |
Staff Reporter |
The Assam Tribune , Sunday, March 31, 2013 |
GUWAHATI, March 31 – In a heartening development against the backdrop of a spurt in rhino poaching in the State, two translocated rhinos in Manas National Park have given birth to calves.
Rhino 17 ( ...More
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Odisha sitting over funds for tiger reserves: CAG |
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The New Indian Express , Saturday, March 30, 2013 |
Despite all its rhetoric about wildlife conservation, the Odisha Government has been found wanting in management of its two tiger reserves. The Central assistance has been lying unused while single li ...More
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Blackbuck count doubles in Vallanadu sanctuary |
J Arockiaraj |
The times of India , Saturday, March 30, 2013 |
TUTICORIN: The recent wildlife census conducted in Vallanadu Blackbuck Sanctuary has some good news for wildlife lovers as the number of blackbucks here has almost doubled. While the 2010 wildlife cen ...More
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Seven held for killing Kaziranga rhinos |
TNN |
The times of india , Saturday, March 30, 2013 |
JORHAT: Seven persons, allegedly involved in rhino poaching at Kaziranga National Park, were arrested by police and forest staff in Sonitpur district on Friday.
The first arrests were made in the Beh ...More
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Russia losing hundreds of polar bears annually |
IANS |
News Track India , Thursday, March 28, 2013 |
Moscow, March 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia is losing up to 200 polar bears every year to poachers in the far eastern Chukotka region, a global animal welfare and conservation charity group has said.
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92 Asiatic lions died in state in last 2 yrs |
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The Indian Express , Tuesday, March 26, 2013 |
Ninety-two Asiatic lions have died, 83 of them in natural ways, in the past two years in Saurashtra region while there has been no case of poaching.
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92 lions died in last two years |
TNN |
The Times of India , Monday, March 25, 2013 |
AHMEDABAD: A total of 92 lions have died in the last two years in Saurashtra region. Of these, 83 died natural death while the remaining nine died of accidental causes, like falling into open wells.
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Rhino census in Kaziranga amid rampant poaching |
TNN |
The Times of India , Monday, March 25, 2013 |
JORHAT: Kaziranga National Park authorities on Sunday launched a rhino census for a headcount. The two-day exercise will be conducted in all the five ranges of the park — Kohora, Bagori, Burapahar, Ag ...More
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Bring home the national shame? |
Kruthi Gonwar |
Indian Express , Monday, March 25, 2013 |
The recent launch of a whooping £22,000 (Rs 19 lakh) worth trench coat by Burberry, made of peacock feathers, has turned controversial for promoting cruelty against peacocks. It has left activists f ...More
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92 Asiatic lions died in Gujarat in last two years |
Staff Reporter |
Press Trust Of India , Monday, March 25, 2013 |
Ahmedabad, Mar 25 (PTI) Ninety-two Asiatic lions have died, including 83 of natural death, in the past two years in Gujarat's Saurashtra region while there has been no case of poaching.
In a writte ...More
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