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For those striking stripes |
Abha Sharma |
The Hindu , Sunday, March 24, 2013 |
Perhaps all children grow up reading William Blake’s beautiful poem The Tiger. Not all of them, however, are fortunate enough to sight the tiger in the wild. And if poachers have their way, who knows ...More
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Tiger hearted welfare |
Sundari Sivasubbu |
The New Indian Express , Sunday, March 24, 2013 |
Thanks to silent crusaders like Divya Shrivastava, we can still recite the lines: “Tiger, tiger, burning bright, In the forests of the night” from William Blake’s poem ‘The Tyger’ if we happen to visi ...More
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Another Kaziranga rhino killed, horn chopped off |
TNN |
The Times of India , Sunday, March 24, 2013 |
JORHAT: Poachers killed another rhino at Kaziranga National Park on Saturday and chopped off its horn. Forest staff found four blank cartridges of AK 47 and .303 rifles from the spot.
With this, the ...More
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For those striking stripes |
Abha Sharma |
The Hindu , Sunday, March 24, 2013 |
Perhaps all children grow up reading William Blake’s beautiful poem The Tiger. Not all of them, however, are fortunate enough to sight the tiger in the wild. And if poachers have their way, who knows ...More
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Centre drafts SOP to curb trade in tiger parts |
Anubhuti Vishnoi |
The Indian Express , Saturday, March 23, 2013 |
The Centre has drafted a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to ensure a tiger or leopard carcass is disposed of without leaving scope for pilferage.
The National Tiger Conservation Authority has wri ...More
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Night vigil lowers forest offences in city |
Staff Reporter |
Deccan Chronicle , Friday, March 22, 2013 |
Bengaluru: Bengaluru is fast becoming a hub of illegal wildlife trade. Data from the Forest Department suggest that the city is being used as a conduit point for supply and export of wildlife articles ...More
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Want a pet? Adopt an endangered elephant |
Michael Sin |
REUTERS , Friday, March 22, 2013 |
(Reuters) - Anna, Bella, Cinta, Dadang and Elena are five Indonesian elephants available for "adoption" as part of a conservation project to save endangered Asian elephants and allow them to remain li ...More
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Killing animals for sport |
Staff Reporter |
Pune Mirror , Friday, March 22, 2013 |
Some years ago, at one of those mindnumbing and raucous dinner events that are sometimes inescapable, a wellbuilt man then in his forties was holding court, extolling to his fawning audience the many ...More
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Experts look into birdlife in the wetlands of Kerala |
K. S. Sudhi |
The Hindu , Friday, March 22, 2013 |
International experts are looking into the issues plaguing the Important Bird Areas (IBA) of Kerala.
A two-member team from the BirdLife International (BI), the agency which assesses the conservation ...More
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Want a pet? Adopt an endangered elephant |
Michael Sin |
REUTERS , Friday, March 22, 2013 |
(Reuters) - Anna, Bella, Cinta, Dadang and Elena are five Indonesian elephants available for "adoption" as part of a conservation project to save endangered Asian elephants and allow them to remain li ...More
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Bones of contention |
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The Indian Express , Friday, March 15, 2013 |
The 16th meeting of the signatories to the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Bangkok concluded yesterday. It is a trade control treaty betwe ...More
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Giving Panthera tigris a chance |
Baljit Singh |
The Hindu , Friday, March 15, 2013 |
A seven-point plan that can bring the big cat back from the brink of extinction
India was once the only home to the world’s “big four” cats — the lion, tiger, cheetah and leopard. It also played host ...More
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Giving Panthera tigris a chance |
Baljit Singh |
The Hindu , Friday, March 15, 2013 |
A seven-point plan that can bring the big cat back from the brink of extinction
India was once the only home to the world’s “big four” cats — the lion, tiger, cheetah and leopard. It also played host ...More
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Probe into poaching begins |
C.S. Kotteswaran |
Deccan Chronicle , Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
Chennai: More skeletons are tumbling out after DC’s expose on unchecked poaching and tree felling in forest areas of southern districts particularly in Tirunelveli district. The forest department has ...More
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2013 in the Indian wild |
Jay Mazoomdaar |
Tehelka , Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
THE NATIONAL Tiger Conservation Authority sounded a countrywide red alert against poaching last week. On 7 March, a report released at the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species mee ...More
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Predators of wildlife get bolder |
Prerna Singh Bindra |
The Pioneer , Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
We all want the Indian economy to roar, but that roar will die out if its foundations are weak. Growth needs to be inclusive, and ecologically sustainable. These concerns should not be mere words but ...More
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