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Six arrested for poaching in Thane |
Kiran Sonawane, Hindustan Times |
Hindustan Times , Monday, December 24, 2012 |
Forest officials arrested six people during night patrolling at Ambarje-Madh (Vasind) forest, Thane, and booked them in a poaching case.
The officials seized one double barrel rifle (a weapon used sp ...More
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If animals could speak, perhaps they would gripe |
Sanjay Gubbi |
Deccan Herald , Sunday, December 23, 2012 |
India has some of the toughest and promising wildlife laws in the world that have been the cornerstone of species and habitat preservation.
There are historical evidences of wildlife conservation i ...More
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Animal deaths: A trail of shame |
Kalyan Ray |
Deccan Herald , Sunday, December 23, 2012 |
Man-made disaster: Haphazard and lopsided development is leading to decimation of our wild flora and fauna
When Sansar Chand and his mates cleaned Sariska and Panna Tiger Reserves of the big cat, i ...More
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Animal deaths: A trail of shame |
DHNS |
Deccan Herald , Sunday, December 23, 2012 |
Man-made disaster: Haphazard and lopsided development is leading to decimation of our wild flora and fauna
When Sansar Chand and his mates cleaned Sariska and Panna Tiger Reserves of the big cat, i ...More
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Trophy hunting being confused with illegal poaching’ |
From Print Edition |
The News International , Saturday, December 22, 2012 |
In Pakistan the trophy hunting programme is being confused with illegal poaching, noted a meeting of the IUCN Member Organisations’ National Committee.
The meeting was chaired by Shahid Sayeed Khan ...More
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Bhimgad will get range forest office |
Ravi Uppar, TNN |
Times of India , Saturday, December 22, 2012 |
BELGAUM: The forest department plans to open a range forest office to conserve Bhimgad reserve forest in Khanapur taluk of the district, which was declared a wildlife sanctuary' last year by the minis ...More
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Ex-cop, military man held for poaching peafowls |
TNN |
Times of India , Friday, December 21, 2012 |
TRICHY: Four people, including a retired military man and a retired assistant commissioner of police were on Thursday remanded in 15 days' judicial custody by the Trichy judicial magistrate court -V f ...More
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1,008 rhino deaths in Assam in 10 years |
From our Staff Correspondent |
The Sentinel , Wednesday, December 19, 2012 |
NEW DELHI, Dec 18: Assam has lost as many as 1,008 one-horned rhinos since 2002 till December 14, 2012.
Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jayanti Natrajan on Tuesday informed the Parliament ...More
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Dozens of animals killed in wild as poaching increases northwest of Calgary |
By Erika Stark, Calgary Herald |
Calgary Herald , Friday, December 14, 2012 |
CALGARY — A female cougar and dozens of other wildlife, including elk, sheep, deer and moose, have been killed illegally in the Water Valley, Sundre and Olds areas in the past two months, officials sa ...More
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Anti-poaching drive gets push |
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The Citizen Daily , Friday, December 14, 2012 |
Dar es Salaam. In the recent past, Tanzania’s name has been linked to elephant tusks smuggling business in the far east countries.
In response the government vowed to crack down on networks that dea ...More
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Record elephant, rhino poaching in 2011: WWF |
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The Hindu , Thursday, December 13, 2012 |
Elephant and rhino poaching surged to record levels in 2011 and an increase in illegal tiger hunting makes the species’ extinction a real near-term threat with only about 3,200 of the big cats left in ...More
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Wildlife crime profound threat to nations, says report |
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News |
The Guardian , Thursday, December 13, 2012 |
A tiger cub rescued from smugglers in Thailand en route to China
The global illegal trade in wildlife is worth $19bn (£12bn) a year and is threatening the stability of some governments according to ...More
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Malaysia seizes 1,500 elephant tusks headed for China |
Adam Vaughan |
The Guardian , Thursday, December 13, 2012 |
Malaysian authorities have seized an enormous haul of 1,500 elephant tusks worth RM60m (£12m), weighing as much as all the illegally traded ivory seized globally last year and marking the country's la ...More
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