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Save the tiger from extinction |
Author: Prerna Singh Bindra |
The Pioneer , Wednesday, July 18, 2012 |
While there is a lot that is being done to protect the tigers, much more needs to be done. Tiger habitats are fast shrinking and forest staff are largely demotivated and lowly paid. And poaching still ...More
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Where old saris keep Indian gaurs at bay |
P. Oppili |
The Hindu , Tuesday, July 17, 2012 |
The Hindu Old sarees tied around a garden in Pannaikadu village near Kodaikanal to stop the entry of Indian Gaurs into the cultivated lands. Photo: S. James.
“Hanging saris along the fence of farm l ...More
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The morning after in Kaziranga |
Sushanta Talukdar |
The Hindu , Monday, July 16, 2012 |
In the wake of a large number of animal deaths at Kaziranga National Park due to recent floods, environmentalists call for better management practices to meet future conservation needs
Desperate situ ...More
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Natarajan to discuss hornbills issue with defence minister |
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times |
The Statesman , Sunday, July 15, 2012 |
Andaman's endangered Narcondam hornbills may get some reprieve from environment minister Jayanthi who will take up the issue of saving the scarce bird with defence minister AK Antony. Several environm ...More
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The lesser tigers |
Poonam Dhanwatey |
The Times of India , Sunday, July 15, 2012 |
Vidarbha, with its three tiger reserves, 9 wildlife sanctuaries and national parks, dominates the Central India landscape and is unique with forests lying outside the boundaries of the protected areas ...More
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Why rhino poaching in Kaziranga is fair game |
Moushumi Basu | New Delhi |
The Pioneer , Thursday, July 12, 2012 |
After leaving behind a trail of 595 wildlife deaths in Kaziranga National Park in Assam, the receding flood waters of Brahmaputra have put the forest department on alert against poachers.
The rising ...More
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A bird in hand |
Deepthi Bhardwaj |
Deccan Herald , Tuesday, July 10, 2012 |
Rampant killing of birds has myriad consequences on the ecology and population dynamics of species. Hunting forces birds to use lower-quality habitats, increases the time spent in trying to escape, d ...More
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Kaziranga loses 573 animals to flood, apathy |
Naresh Mitra, TNN |
The Times of India , Monday, July 09, 2012 |
On Sunday, Kaziranga National Park officials found 14 more carcasses of animals, taking the number of animals drowned to 573. The worst floods in the last 25 years were witnessed in 1988 when 1,203 an ...More
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New tiger sanctuary to come up in Vidarbha |
TNN |
Times of India , Sunday, July 08, 2012 |
MUMBAI: The state government on Thursday gave an in-principle approval to a new tiger sanctuary in Vidarbha's Umred-Karandla, nearly 50 km from Nagpur. With this, the total sanctuaries in the state ha ...More
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Formidable yet vulnerable |
N. Shiva Kumar |
The Hindu , Sunday, July 08, 2012 |
While the tiger hogs the limelight as an animal in distress, other wild denizens are kept aside despite being in dire straits. The greater wildlife varieties hardly make news nor get the attention of ...More
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Corbett officials turn tigress into jackal |
Chetan Chauhan |
The Hindustan Times , Friday, July 06, 2012 |
Circumstantial evidence of a tiger sacrifice was not enough. It took a forensic examination to indicate that a tigress was killed deep inside the Corbett National Park more than a month ago - not a ja ...More
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When the hunter turns saviour |
Atula Gupta |
Deccan Herald , Tuesday, July 03, 2012 |
Good cause When the tiger is saved, it sets off a domino effect that saves its prey, their food source and every small and big species thriving in the vast habitat. The tiger thus ensures that the en ...More
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On the spot in Corbett, to save the stripes |
Jotirmay Thapliyal |
The Tribune , Sunday, July 01, 2012 |
WAY back in 1982, Brijendra Singh arrested at gunpoint the entire top brass of the district administration while poaching in the heart of the Corbett National Park, of which he has been Honorary Wildl ...More
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Elephant population rises to 1930 in Odisha |
PTI |
The Times Of India , Friday, June 29, 2012 |
BHUBANESWAR: Despite death of 149 elephants, mostly due to poaching and electrocution during last two years in Odisha, the population of pachyderms has increased to 1930 from 1886 in 2010.
"The el ...More
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