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| State tiger population touches 143 |
| Kalyan Barooah |
| The Assam Tribune , Friday, July 29, 2011 |
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NEW DELHI, July 28 – Three cheers for Assam’s tiger conservation story, as the big cat population in the State has touched an impressive 143, a record increase of 73 tigers.
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| 20% increase in tiger population |
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| The Hindu , Friday, July 29, 2011 |
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India registered a 20 per cent increase in tiger population last year, says a report, ‘Status of tigers, co-predators and prey in India-2010,' released here on Thursday by Jagdish Kishwan, Additional ...More
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| Cops arrest 2 for killing flamingoes |
| Snehal Rebello |
| The Hindustan Times , Sunday, July 24, 2011 |
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More than 24 hours after three flamingoes were shot in the mangrove creek in Kandivli, the Charkop police arrested two locals from the fishing community on Saturday afternoon.
Yeshwant Bhandari, 48 ...More
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| Flamingoes fall prey to poachers in Kandivli |
| Snehal Rebello |
| The Hindustan Times , Saturday, July 23, 2011 |
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On Friday morning, Gautam Singh, who lives close to the mangrove and creek in Sector 8 of Charkop, rushed to his window when he heard gunshots.
The Kandivli resident was initially surprised to see t ...More
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| Delhi zoo trades blackbucks for pythons |
| TNN |
| The Times of India , Tuesday, July 19, 2011 |
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NEW DELHI: In two days, the National Zoological Park will have a pair of pythons for the snake house. They are on their way from the Nandan Van Zoo in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, which is getting 20 blackbu ...More
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| Leopard skin seized, 4 held |
| Pradip Kumar Maitra |
| The Hindustan Times , Tuesday, July 12, 2011 |
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In the fifth incident in the district this year, the Chandrapur police seized leopard skin from four men near Kothari, 200km from Nagpur on Sunday. The arrests of the four men have led to the bustin ...More
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| True green champions |
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| Deccan Herald , Tuesday, July 12, 2011 |
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Mundhiari, a village in east Gujarat, has set an example to the rest of the country by allowing large patches of forests to regenerate. Today, there is more water in their wells, the streams flow for ...More
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| More sightings at Mudumalai Tiger Reserve |
| D. Radhakrishnan |
| The Hindu , Sunday, July 10, 2011 |
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With sighting of tigers in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) near here now being not as difficult as it used to be till about a year ago, the management has put in place a plan of action to step up it ...More
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| The (black) buck stops here, and eats everything |
| Yogesh Pawar |
| DNA India , Sunday, July 10, 2011 |
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The baked black soil crunches under your feet as you step into Babasaheb Sakpal’s arid, two-acre field in Kaate-Pimpalgoan village of Gangapur tehsil in Aurangabad.
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| Where's the bustard? |
| K. JESHI |
| The Hindu , Saturday, July 09, 2011 |
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“Lilting and poetic” — That is how environmentalist Suresh Heblikar describes the mating dance of the Great Indian Bustard. He is referring to the brown and white bird's graceful walk. “It resembles a ...More
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| Girdle for Gir: Ring road to mark lion kingdom |
| Himanshu Kaushik |
| The Times of India , Monday, July 04, 2011 |
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AHMEDABAD: The state government has planned a ring road around Gir sanctuary to divert traffic that trespasses the Asiatic lion kingdom. The proposed 269-km road will connect villages on the periphe ...More
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| UP to plant 6 crore saplings this year |
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| The Economic Times , Friday, July 01, 2011 |
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LUCKNOW: The forest department will start its plantation exercise in the state from Friday by planting trees at Dewa Road. The state will get close to six crore saplings this year including some 3.5 c ...More
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| UP to plant 6 crore saplings this year |
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| The Times Of India , Friday, July 01, 2011 |
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LUCKNOW: The forest department will start its plantation exercise in the state from Friday by planting trees at Dewa Road. The state will get close to six crore saplings this year including some 3.5 c ...More
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| Corbett sounds monsoon alert against poachers |
| Rajendra S Markuna | Haldwani |
| The Pioneer , Friday, July 01, 2011 |
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Fearing possible increase in poaching bids during the rather inhospitable monsoon weather, the Corbett Tiger Reserve will launch Operation Monsoon in the region starting Friday.
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| Greens roar with delight at tigers' permanent status |
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| Times of India , Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
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PANAJI: Protection of the flagship species like tigerin Mhadei wildlife sanctuary is a golden opportunity for Goa not only to conserve the big cat but also halt the spreading tentacles of destruction, ...More
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| Poaching of turtle nests rampant |
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| The Hindu , Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
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PUDUCHERRY: A study undertaken by the students of the Ecology Department at the Pondicherry University revealed that all but one of the nests, where Olive Ridley turtles laid their eggs during the Jan ...More
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| Wild boar the most hunted animal |
| K.S. Sudhi |
| The Hindu , Monday, June 27, 2011 |
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KOCHI: The wild boar, whose culling the State government has permitted recently, has been one of the most hunted animals in the State, official figures say.
Statistics available with the Wildlife For ...More
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