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Rare ducks comb city marshes in extended stay |
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The Times of India , Friday, March 10, 2017 |
CHENNAI: The ducks with glistening blue black feathers and a striking dark comb are back in the city. This time they are here in a larger flock and on an extended stay. More than 50 migratory Comb Duc ...More
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White rhino shot dead in French zoo, horn sawn off |
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Reuters , Wednesday, March 08, 2017 |
Poachers broke into a French zoo, shot dead a rare white rhinoceros and sawed off its horn in what is believed to be the first time in Europe that a rhino in captivity has been attacked and killed.
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Open wells are a hazard for wildlife: 1,500 animals died in the last 10 years |
Badri Chatterjee |
The Hindustan Times , Wednesday, March 08, 2017 |
Around 1,500 animals, including leopards, jackals, civets, jungle cats , wolves and hyenas, have died after accidentally falling into open wells around forests, making them a hazard to wildlife.
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Rhino shot, horn cut off in Paris preserve |
IANS |
Business Standard , Wednesday, March 08, 2017 |
A rhino is dead after poachers sawed off one of its horns at a wildlife preserve in the suburbs of Paris, a media report said.
The poachers broke into the Thoiry Zoo forcing an outer gate and several ...More
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Six peacock carcasses found in Bundi |
Press Trust of India |
Business Standard , Wednesday, March 08, 2017 |
The carcasses of four peacocks and two two peahens have been found here with forest officials suspecting that poachers might have killed them.
Wildlife activists say there have been more than 30 d ...More
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No excessive force being used to protect rhinos: NGOs |
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The Assam Tribune , Wednesday, March 08, 2017 |
GUWAHATI, March 7 - Leading wildlife NGOs working in and around Kaziranga National Park today refuted allegations made by international organisations that “excessive force” was being used at Kaziranga ...More
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White rhino killed by poachers at French zoo |
AFP |
Business Standard , Wednesday, March 08, 2017 |
Intruders at a French zoo have shot dead a white rhino and hacked off its horns in a grisly overnight poaching incident, police and the zoo said today.
The perpetrators forced the main gate to Tho ...More
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2 held on poaching charge |
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The Hindu , Tuesday, March 07, 2017 |
Two more persons were arrested at Meenangadi on Monday on the charge of poaching in the Kuppadi forest station limit under the Kurichyad forest range of the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary.
The accused ha ...More
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Poachers kill rare giant elephant in Kenya |
AFP |
Business Standard , Tuesday, March 07, 2017 |
One of Africa's oldest and largest elephants was killed by poachers in Kenya today, according to a conservation group that protects the dwindling group of giant "tuskers".
Richard Moller of the Ts ...More
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