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WII starts red junglefowl study phase-II |
Paritosh Kimothi | Dehradun |
The Pioneer , Thursday, June 10, 2010 |
The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has started the second phase of its 'Conservation of Red Jungle Fowl in India' project. This phase consists of a comprehensive study of the genetic diversity of r ...More
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Foresters, paramilitary save wildlife in Uttar Pradesh |
Deepak Gidwani |
DNA India , Monday, June 07, 2010 |
In a unique and rather ambitious operation, the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), a paramilitary border-guarding force, has been helping the Uttar Pradesh forest department (UPFD) save tigers and other preci ...More
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Shahtoosh shawl trade on despite ban |
Srinagar, (PTI) |
The Deccan Herald , Sunday, June 06, 2010 |
Banned in 1975, Shahtoosh shawl, made from the wool of endangered Tibetan antelope Chiru, has not lost its charm with a revival in its sale in the last decade, no matter how furtively.
The Shaht ...More
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Skins of 20 wild animals seized in Uttarkashi |
PNS | Dehradun |
The Pioneer , Saturday, June 05, 2010 |
Skins of 20 wild animals were seized in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district on Friday by the Forest Department working in cooperation with the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI). One person h ...More
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Wildlife Dept on high alert |
Rajendra S Markuna | Haldwani |
The Pioneer , Tuesday, June 01, 2010 |
The State wildlife department is on high alert following apprehension that there would be an increase in poaching, particularly endangered species like tigers, during the monsoon season. For this th ...More
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DNA used to arrest suspected alligator poacher |
Pompano Beach man accused of illegally killing alligator in Everglades |
Sun-Sentinel , Monday, May 31, 2010 |
State investigators used DNA analysis of alligator blood to arrest a Pompano Beach man on charges of alligator poaching.
Mark M. Montgomery Jr., 22, was charged this week with illegally killing an ...More
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Reserves alone cannot save tigers |
Prerna Singh Bindra |
Live Mint , Saturday, May 29, 2010 |
As member secretary of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), Rajesh Gopal has been at the forefront of the battle to save the tiger for nearly a decade. As the precarious fate of the felin ...More
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Elephant census ends in UP |
Archana Srivastava |
The Statesman , Friday, May 28, 2010 |
LUCKNOW, 27 MAY: The caste census may have been too controversial to handle but the elephant census in Uttar Pradesh is all done and dusted. And whilst Miss Mayawati can take some credit for lending h ...More
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Biodiversity challenges ahead |
S. Balaji |
The Hindu , Thursday, May 27, 2010 |
The world needs to act quickly to counter the erosion of species. The task is particularly important for India, one of the 12 mega-biodiversity centres.
May 22 marked the International Day for Biolog ...More
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Drought Spurs Life-Or-Death Struggles in Kilimanjaro's Shadow |
By MICHAEL BURNHAM AND NATHANIAL GRONEWOLD of Greenwire |
New York Times , Thursday, May 27, 2010 |
AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK, Kenya -- The attack came swiftly and silently in the night.
The lioness bounded over the thatch of acacia thorns that surrounds the Maasai village and headed for the donkey ...More
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Noted bird-watcher felicitated |
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The Hindu , Wednesday, May 26, 2010 |
JAIPUR: The man who spotted a pair of Great Indian Bustards, a dwindling species and the State bird of Rajasthan, in Jodhpur after a gap of seven years, was felicitated this weekend. Conservationist N ...More
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Some bite for Wildlife Act |
Nitin Sethi |
The Times of India , Tuesday, May 25, 2010 |
Illegal hunting in tiger reserves or any attempt to encroach on reserve land in the country could soon incur a jail term of not less than seven years and a fine of up to Rs 50 lakh. Further, poacher ...More
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Wildlife Act likely to get more teeth |
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The Economic Times , Tuesday, May 25, 2010 |
NEW DELHI: In the face of unabated illicit wildlife trade and the rise in instances of wildlife crimes, the environment ministry has outlined the amendments it is considering to bring to the Wildlife ...More
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Good news from Palamau: Tiger count now up to six |
Manoj Prasad |
The Indian Express , Monday, May 24, 2010 |
A report prepared by the Hyderabad Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has ascertained the exact number of tigers in the Palamau Tiger Reserve, Jharkhand, to be six.
The report was ba ...More
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Arrest made in Arizona bighorn-sheep poaching case |
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Los Angeles Times (blog) , Sunday, May 23, 2010 |
The Arizona Game and Fish Department has arrested and charged an individual with four wildlife law violations in connection with the alleged illegal killing of a bighorn sheep ram near the southern sh ...More
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4 poachers shot dead in Kaziranga |
TNN |
The Times of India , Saturday, May 22, 2010 |
GUWAHATI: Kaziranga National Park forest guards foiled a poaching attempt on rhinos by gunning down four poachers in a fierce gun-battle early on Friday. The four were part of a six-member gang of hun ...More
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10 kg of tiger bones seized in Assam |
PTI |
Deccan Herald , Friday, May 21, 2010 |
Around 10 kg of tiger bones and 500 kg of pangolin scales, worth crores of rupees, were seized from Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport here in the past few days, forest officials said o ...More
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Orissa experts doubt govt census of elephants |
Nageshwar Patnaik |
The Economic Times , Wednesday, May 19, 2010 |
EVEN as the forest department claimed an increase in the number of elephants by 24 in the last three years in Orissa a major habitat of Asiatic elephants in the country wildlife experts pooh-poohed th ...More
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Proof of big cats in Goa jungles |
Priyak Mitra |
The Asian Age , Wednesday, May 19, 2010 |
On Saturday, May 15, a man returning from a wedding through the jungles near the village of Kerim in South Goa got the shock of his life when a tigress and her cub calmly stepped on to the road around ...More
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