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| States unite for crackdown on poaching |
| VITHIKA SALOMI |
| DNA India , Sunday, March 05, 2017 |
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Bihar has teamed up with its neighbours — Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Nepal — to check on cross-border poaching and smuggling of wild animals, in the Valmiki-Chitwan-Parsa Tiger Conservation Unit ...More
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| Tiger poached? Two held, skin recovered |
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| The Hindu , Sunday, March 05, 2017 |
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Dinesh is said to be a habitual offender who He has cases against him for timber smuggling. He has good clout with people in the local haadis, who are under his influence and tend to be hostile toward ...More
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| Now, drones to be used for monitoring tigers |
| K.S. Sudhi |
| The Hindu , Sunday, March 05, 2017 |
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Drones will also collect information about poaching activities and forest fires
Conservation drones will soon hover over select tiger reserves of the country, marking the beginning of significant tec ...More
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| Rhino poaching toll in South Africa falls 10 percent in 2016 |
| Rhino, Poaching, Animal Care, Wildlife |
| Reuters , Tuesday, February 28, 2017 |
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The number of rhinos poached for their horns in South Africa fell 10 percent in 2016 to 1,054, the second straight year of decline according to government data released on Monday, but conservationists ...More
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| South Africa rhino poaching dips, stays above 1,000 |
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| Deccan Herald , Tuesday, February 28, 2017 |
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Poachers killed 1,054 South African rhinos for their horns in 2016, a 10 percent dip on a year earlier, the environment ministry said today, as officials struggle to quell the slaughter.
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| Pangolin scales trade still rampant in Karnataka |
| Meera Bhardwaj |
| The New Indian Express , Tuesday, February 28, 2017 |
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BENGALURU: The World Pangolin Day was celebrated this week with a call for total protection of the most traded species in the world.
However, trading of pangolin scales continues unabated in Karnatak ...More
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| China: Smuggled ivory down by 80 per cent |
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| The Brics Post , Tuesday, February 28, 2017 |
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Years of increasingly rigid policies curbing the ivory trade have started to pay off, China’s State Forestry Administration (SFA) said Sunday.
“The amount of smuggled ivory tracked down in China fell ...More
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| South Africa rhino poaching dips, stays above 1,000 |
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| Business Student , Tuesday, February 28, 2017 |
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Poachers killed 1,054 South African rhinos for their horns in 2016, a 10 percent dip on a year earlier, the environment ministry said today, as officials struggle to quell the slaughter.
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| Hawk eye on Kaziranga to check poaching |
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| The Sentinel , Monday, February 27, 2017 |
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GUWAHATI, Feb 26: Drones are likely to fly over Kaziranga National Park during the coming monsoon season to enable the authorities to closely monitor movements of poachers inside the park and prevent ...More
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| One held for hunting wild boar in Sakhali |
| TNN |
| The Times of India , Monday, February 27, 2017 |
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BICHOLIM: Forest officials arrested a youth from Tulshimala, Sakhali, for allegedly poaching a wild boar.
Sources said Akash Shetyegunned down a wild boar near the Tulshimala forest checkpost on Thur ...More
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| Hawk eye on Kaziranga to check poaching |
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| The Sentinel , Monday, February 27, 2017 |
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GUWAHATI, Feb 26: Drones are likely to fly over Kaziranga National Park during the coming monsoon season to enable the authorities to closely monitor movements of poachers inside the park and prevent ...More
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| One held for hunting wild boar in Sakhali |
| TNN |
| The Times of India , Monday, February 27, 2017 |
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BICHOLIM: Forest officials arrested a youth from Tulshimala, Sakhali, for allegedly poaching a wild boar.
Sources said Akash Shetyegunned down a wild boar near the Tulshimala forest checkpost on Th ...More
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| Black rhinos on the brink of extinction |
| Divya Gandhi |
| The Hindu , Sunday, February 26, 2017 |
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The species has lost 70% of its genetic diversity, finds study
As the value of rhinoceros horn touches $65,000 per kg, poaching has begun to drive the African black rhinoceros to “the verge of extinc ...More
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| Carcass of 125-year-old green turtle washed ashore |
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| The Hindu , Friday, February 24, 2017 |
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Veterinary doctor says it must have hit against a rock
Probably for the first time in recent years, the carcass of a giant 125-year-old green turtle was found washed ashore on Valangapuri seashore ne ...More
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| Carcass of green turtle washed ashore |
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| The Hindu , Friday, February 24, 2017 |
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Forest officials say it must be 125 years old
Probably for the first time in recent years, the carcass of a giant 125-year-old green turtle was found washed ashore on Valangapuri seashore near here.
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