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Over 21 persons arrested for poaching black-naped hares |
P. Oppili |
The Hindu , Monday, September 05, 2011 |
The use of conical long nets to trap black-naped hares has come to light in Virudhunagar district. Local forest officials secured more than 21 poachers involved in such hunting in the last one week.
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India's tigers struggle for space |
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Deccan Herald , Tuesday, August 23, 2011 |
Even as tiger numbers have increased from 1,411 in 2006 to 1,706 in 2010, their habitat has shrunk. According to a report on the 'Status of Tigers in India,' the loss of habitat has been mostly in pla ...More
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Jumbo, rhino carcasses found in Kaziranga |
Staff reporter |
The Economic Times , Thursday, August 18, 2011 |
JORHAT: The world famous Kaziranga National Park has lost a rhino calf and an elephant at its Bagori forest range on Wednesday. Park authorities said the causes of the death of both animals are yet to ...More
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Jumbo, rhino carcasses found in Kaziranga |
Staff reporter |
Times of India , Thursday, August 18, 2011 |
JORHAT: The world famous Kaziranga National Park has lost a rhino calf and an elephant at itsBagori forest range on Wednesday. Park authorities said the causes of the death of both animals are yet t ...More
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Jumbo, rhino carcasses found in Kaziranga |
Staff reporter |
The Economic Times , Thursday, August 18, 2011 |
JORHAT: The world famous Kaziranga National Park has lost a rhino calf and an elephant at its Bagori forest range on Wednesday. Park authorities said the causes of the death of both animals are yet ...More
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Tigers can 'burn bright' in Bandipur forest now |
K H Obalesh |
Deccan Herald , Wednesday, August 17, 2011 |
The proverbial tiger of William Blake can now ‘burn bright in the forest of the night.’ A special tiger protection force has begun operations for the protection of endangered tigers in Bandipur Nation ...More
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Tiger found dead in Muthodi |
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Deccan Herald , Saturday, August 13, 2011 |
A male tiger has been found dead near Honnemara Cross, Bhadra Tiger Reserve in Muthodi Range. Forest guards who were on beat identified the carcass on Friday.
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Wild life |
Arghya Ganguly |
Business Standard , Friday, August 12, 2011 |
On the 10th floor of Mafatlal Centre in South Mumbai, ‘pugmarks’ can be spotted everywhere. Hemendra Kothari, 65, the big cat of investment banking, is ready to show the trail right to its end. He fir ...More
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Iranian refusal an obstacle to clone cheetah |
JBS Umanadh |
Deccan Herald , Monday, August 08, 2011 |
The biologists’ dream of cloning the extinct Asiatic Cheetah suffered a set back once again, with Iran refusing to donate cheetah couple for research.
The project to clone the animals, which was f ...More
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Fate of nilgai, wild boar's hunting plan hanfs in balance |
Staff Reporter | Bhopal |
The Pioneer , Thursday, August 04, 2011 |
Forest Minister Sartaj Singh's controversial proposal of issuing licences for the hunting of neelgais and wild boars is still making rounds within the Forest Department after five months of the ...More
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Leopard Census in Punjab on the anvil |
Tribune News Service |
The Tribune , Wednesday, August 03, 2011 |
Patiala, August 2
Under pressure after numerous leopards died after being given alleged overdose of tranquiliser, the Wildlife Department has chosen the easy way out and decided to conduct a Census o ...More
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Trapped in a shrinking net |
Ananda Banerjee |
Live Mint , Tuesday, August 02, 2011 |
New Delhi: The Corbett tiger reserve in Uttaranchal has the highest density of tigers in the world, the government said last Thursday, based on the detailed findings of a count that took place over 20 ...More
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South African soldiers battle rhino poachers in Kruger |
AFP |
Times of India , Tuesday, August 02, 2011 |
KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa: The soldiers sleep in tents, hidden from roaming lions by a blind, and protected by high-powered rifles that also ward off the even more dangerous threat of poach ...More
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Collar woes and other foes |
REEJA RADHAKRISHNAN |
The Hindu , Tuesday, August 02, 2011 |
Radio Collaring
Do you know how they do it?
Humans shoot the target animal with a dart which has a medicine which makes them drowsy.
The victim begins to feel woolly –headed, I guess he or she f ...More
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Tracking the snow cat |
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Deccan Herald , Tuesday, August 02, 2011 |
Sparsely distributed across the high mountains of a dozen countries in south and central Asia, snow leopards are considered an endangered species. One of the major threats to snow leopards is thought ...More
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South African soldiers battle rhino poachers in Kruger |
AFP |
The Economic Times , Tuesday, August 02, 2011 |
KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa: The soldiers sleep in tents, hidden from roaming lions by a blind, and protected by high-powered rifles that also ward off the even more dangerous threat of poach ...More
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Forest dept probes involvement of NGOs in poaching |
PNS | Dehradun |
The Pioneer , Monday, August 01, 2011 |
The State Forest Department is investigating the possibility of informants working for NGOs being involved in actually encouraging poaching of leopards and other wild animals. This line of action wa ...More
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Ranthambhore cubs may stay back |
Sunny Sebastian |
The Hindu , Sunday, July 31, 2011 |
There was a time when the forest authorities in Rajasthan, eager to re-populate the Sariska reserve with tigers, used to wait for clearance from Delhi for shifting felines from the Ranthambhore Nation ...More
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