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Wild elephants keep dying in God’s Own Country |
VR Jayaraj | Kochi |
The Pioneer , Thursday, August 05, 2010 |
The jungles of God’s Own Country are turning into death zones for wild elephants with new reports of tragedies coming up with bewildering frequency. As per informal estimates, at least 25 wild jumbos ...More
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Seven held on charge of poaching pangolin |
Staff Correspondent |
The Hindu , Monday, August 02, 2010 |
BELLARY: The Kamalapur police have arrested seven persons and busted a major wildlife trade racket in Kamalapur of Bellary district.
The accused were arrested on the charge of poaching pangolin (scal ...More
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Manas still reeling under myriad problems |
Sivasish thakur |
The Assam Tribune , Monday, August 02, 2010 |
GUWAHATI, Aug 1 – Notwithstanding some improvements made in the past few years,Manas National Park and Tiger Reserve – said to be India’s “zoologically, biologically and scenically” finest protected a ...More
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A sleeping beauty for the Sariska tiger family |
Sunny Sebastian |
The Hindu , Friday, July 30, 2010 |
SARISKA (RAJASTHAN): The family of big cats is back in the Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR) after a couple of years' absence. A fifth tiger, a cute 30-month-old female, was brought in here from the Rantham ...More
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Pangolin poaching racket busted |
Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore: |
The Deccan Herald , Friday, July 30, 2010 |
Wildlife enthusiasts of Bellary have helped the police unearth an organised racket in wildlife trade involving hunting and trading of pangolin - the scaly ant eater in the Kamalapur area of the dist ...More
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Nepal has 155 adult tigers, 5% of world population |
PTI |
Times of India , Friday, July 30, 2010 |
KATHMANDU: The number of adult tiger has reached 155 in Nepal's forests, an increase of 28% over last year's population, a top official has said.
The tiger population grew after tiger census was c ...More
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Notorious poacher sentenced to 3 yrs RI after 21-yr trial |
Staff Reporter | Bhopal |
The Pioneer , Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
After a two-decade long legal battle, the First Class Judicial Magistrate's court in Sihora in Jabalpur district on Wednesday finally sentenced notorious tiger poacher Dariya and his wife Bhagwati, to ...More
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Guatemalan rain forests under threat |
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Deccan Herald , Tuesday, July 27, 2010 |
Deforestation has led to soil erosion at Yaxchilan, a Mayan city, which in turn has swollen rivers. Fires, tree poaching and ranchers are eating into parts of the Laguna del Tigre national park in the ...More
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To match a ‘thief’ |
TOI Crest |
Times of India , Saturday, July 17, 2010 |
Much before the term became a byword for crime and glamour in Bollywood, a British army officer, Lt General George MacMunn wrote a book called The Underworld of India. The 1932 treatise spent much of ...More
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To match a ‘thief’ |
TOI Crest |
The Economic Times , Saturday, July 17, 2010 |
Much before the term became a byword for crime and glamour in Bollywood, a British army officer, Lt General George MacMunn wrote a book called The Underworld of India. The 1932 treatise spent much of ...More
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Beware, spots fading into extinction in Uttarakhand |
Paritosh Kimothi | Dehradun |
The Pioneer , Friday, July 16, 2010 |
With more than 70 leopard deaths reported in Uttarakhand since January this year, alarmed environmentalists have expressed concern that the spotted feline could become extinct in Uttarakhand in five y ...More
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Beetles posing threat to Olive Ridley turtles |
IANS |
The Economic Times , Tuesday, July 13, 2010 |
MEXICO CITY: Beetles are posing an imminent threat to millions of Olive Ridley turtle eggs in Mexico's beaches.
Mexican authorities are preparing for the mass arrival of Olive Ridley turtles, bu ...More
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Beetles posing threat to Olive Ridley turtles |
IANS |
Times of India , Tuesday, July 13, 2010 |
MEXICO CITY: Beetles are posing an imminent threat to millions of Olive Ridley turtle eggs in Mexico's beaches.
Mexican authorities are preparing for the mass arrival of Olive Ridley turtles, but ...More
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Obese birds extend stay at Chilka |
S T Beuria in Bhubaneswar |
The Deccan Herald , Sunday, July 11, 2010 |
Obesity could be one of the major reasons behind the migratory birds' having an extended stay in the lake!
A rare but a pleasant change in the winged visitors’ behaviour at Chilka Lake in Orissa has ...More
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Three leopard skins, bones seized, 3 held |
PNS | Dehradun |
The Pioneer , Thursday, July 08, 2010 |
Three leopard skins and bones were sized from the Vikasnagar area of Dehradun on Tuesday night, official sources said on Wednesday.
On a tip off the anti-poaching cell of the Uttarakhand Forest Dep ...More
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