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The twin threat to Kaziranga rhinos |
Sushanta Talukdar |
The Hindu , Tuesday, October 09, 2012 |
Assam government steps up efforts to curb poaching, Army called in to help
One-horned rhinoceroses of the Kaziranga National Park face dual threat to their lives — from the flood and, the more dreade ...More
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Airlift plan dropped, stranded rhino rescued on truck |
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Indian Express , Monday, October 08, 2012 |
Plans for the country’s first airlift of a rhinoceros washed away in flood after it strayed from a sanctuary were dropped at the last moment on Sunday. The rhino was instead put on a special truck to ...More
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India loses a leopard a day |
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The Hindustan Times , Monday, October 08, 2012 |
More bad news for India's wildlife: 252 leopards died in the first nine months of 2012 - one every day.
This is a big jump from the figures between 2000 and 2010, during which about four leopard deat ...More
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The twin threat to Kaziranga rhinos |
Sushanta Talukdar |
The Hindu , Sunday, October 07, 2012 |
One-horned rhinoceroses of the Kaziranga National Park face dual threat to their lives — from the flood and, the more dreaded one, from poachers.
When the rhinos flee their flooded habitat to take s ...More
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2,300 leopards killed in last decade: Study |
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Deccan Herald , Sunday, October 07, 2012 |
For the last ten years, at least four leopards were killed every week in India, either by poachers or by people who considered these animals as threats to their livelihood.
Collating and statisticall ...More
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‘Poaching poses threat to dolphins’ |
Abhay Kumar |
Deccan Herald , Sunday, October 07, 2012 |
Sometime back, when Union Minister Jairam Ramesh visited Bihar and wanted to see dolphins in the Ganga, he, in a lighter vein, asked, “Where is our Dolphin Man?” The minister was referring to Dr Ravin ...More
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69 tiger deaths recorded in 2012 |
abhijeet anand |
The Stateman , Saturday, October 06, 2012 |
NEW DELHI, 5 OCT: Sixty-nine tigers have died between the beginning of January and the end of September this year. Of these, 41 died from unnatural causes, including poaching and road accidents, offi ...More
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India loses 39 rhinos, 69 tigers in just a year |
Chetan Chauhan & Digambar Patowary |
The Hindustan times , Saturday, October 06, 2012 |
India's National Wildlife Week celebrations have been dampened by shocking deaths of endangered animals - 69 tigers and 39 rhinos in the first nine months of the year.
Tiger deaths in 2012 are more t ...More
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With 11 deaths this year, tigers in Maha trouble |
Akshay Deshmane |
DNA India , Friday, October 05, 2012 |
Maharashtra witnessed 11 tiger deaths, including four because of poaching, till July 24, making it the state with the most number of tiger deaths in the country this year. Ironically, the shocking num ...More
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Army helicopter brought in to rescue rhino |
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The Stateman , Thursday, October 04, 2012 |
An Army helicopter has been pressed into service to airlift a one-horned rhino that strayed from Pobitora National Park, submerged in flood waters, to a river sandbar near Guwahati.
The full-grown m ...More
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Securing the rhino’s future |
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The Hindu , Wednesday, October 03, 2012 |
The bouncing back of the great Indian one-horned rhinoceros from perilous decline is a century-old example of successful conservation. The iconic animal recovered dramatically from a long phase of col ...More
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Assam sends elite force to Kaziranga to protect rhinos |
IANS |
Times of India , Wednesday, October 03, 2012 |
GUWAHATI: Days after Assam's Kaziranga National Park hit the headlines following a spate in poaching of the one-horned rhinos, the Assam government has decided to rush a 100-member team of the elite A ...More
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Rhino poaching exposes cracks in Gogoi ministry |
Bijay Sankar Bora/TNS |
The Tribune , Wednesday, October 03, 2012 |
The killing of one-horned rhinos by poachers near Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam, besides sparking unrelenting mass protests in the state, also exposed differences within the ruling Congress w ...More
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Focus on smaller species, microorganisms in the Ghats’ |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Wednesday, October 03, 2012 |
World Wildlife Week celebrations begin in the city
Seven green NGOs in Coimbatore, along with Valparai-based Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF), came together at Siruthuli’s Noyyal Life Centre to k ...More
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Elite squad to protect rhinos |
Anup Sharma | Guwahati |
The Pioneer , Wednesday, October 03, 2012 |
Stung by Opposition parties’ criticism following killings of rare one-horned rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, a World Heritage Site, the Assam Government on Tuesday decided to rush a 100-member ...More
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Wildlife activists join hands against rhino poaching |
Staff Reporter |
The Sentinel , Tuesday, October 02, 2012 |
GUWAHATI, Oct 1: As protests against rhino killing in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) gains momentum throughout the State, several wildlife activists of 36 wildlife organizations staged a sit-in at Lakh ...More
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One more rhino found dead |
By our Staff Reporter |
The Sentinel Assam , Monday, October 01, 2012 |
GUWAHATI, Sept 30: At a time when the entire State is seething with anger over successive rhino deaths in Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in the past one week, another rhino was found dead on Sunday eve ...More
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