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Rare dolphin killed in Orissa's Chilika Lake |
IANS |
Times of India , Tuesday, January 05, 2010 |
BHUBANESWAR: A rare Irrawaddy dolphin was killed by poachers in Orissa's Chilika Lake, an official said Monday.
"We recovered the carcass Sunday evening from Phandanasi area along the Chilika co ...More
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Rare dolphin killed in Orissa's Chilika Lake |
IANS |
The Economic Times , Tuesday, January 05, 2010 |
BHUBANESWAR: A rare Irrawaddy dolphin was killed by poachers in Orissa's Chilika Lake, an official said Monday.
"We recovered the carcass Sunday evening from Phandanasi area along the Chilika coas ...More
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Maharashtra tiger reserve likely to be expanded |
PTI |
Times of India , Sunday, January 03, 2010 |
CHANDRAPUR (Maha): Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) is proposed to be expanded by an additional 1,100 sq km from the current 625.40 sq km for making it an ideal habitat for tigers and to reduce the ...More
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Increase in wildlife crimes in State feared |
Prabal Kr Das |
The Assam Tribune , Sunday, January 03, 2010 |
GUWAHATI, Jan 2 Intelligence inputs indicate that there could be an increase in wildlife crime in Assam in the next two months. The information is being treated seriously by both Forest Departm ...More
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Maharashtra tiger reserve likely to be expanded |
PTI |
The Economic Times , Sunday, January 03, 2010 |
CHANDRAPUR (Maha): Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) is proposed to be expanded by an additional 1,100 sq km from the current 625.40 sq km for making it an ideal habitat for tigers and to re ...More
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Poachers kill 10 rhinos this year |
Correspondent |
The Assam Tribune , Thursday, December 31, 2009 |
DERGAON, Dec 30 One Gobendra Pegu, owner of the vegetable farm where the decomposed body of the rhino was recovered on Sunday was arrested by Kamargaon police today. According to police source Ronoj ...More
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New Year rush puts forest officials on alert |
Prithviraj Singh | Dehradun |
The Pioneer , Thursday, December 31, 2009 |
As the tourist rush for Corbett, Rajaji National Park and other hills in the State has suddenly gone up due to the New Year's Eve, the State forest department has sounded high alert in wildlife sanctu ...More
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Tackling poaching, illegal trade in wildlife |
Prabal Kr Das |
The Assam Tribune , Thursday, December 31, 2009 |
GUWAHATI, Dec 30 With pressure mounting from the highest levels, new moves to curb poaching and illegal trade in wildlife are being planned by the State Forest Department, which would involve enhanc ...More
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Anti-poaching camps for Bannerghatta park |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Monday, December 28, 2009 |
Bangalore: The recent poaching of two elephants in the Bannerghatta National Park has prompted the Forest Department to set up two anti-poaching camps in the national park near the inter-State border ...More
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Heal The World. It's All We Have |
Subodh Varma, TOI Crest |
Times of India , Saturday, December 26, 2009 |
After three centuries of relentless damage to earth's delicately balanced ecology, humanity finally appears to be waking up to the havoc it has wrought. The past decade saw the most clinching evidence ...More
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13 rhinos killed in KNP this year |
Correspondent |
The Assam Tribune , Saturday, December 26, 2009 |
DERGAON, Dec 25 Thirteen one-horned rhinos were killed by poachers at Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in this year till date.
A total of 710 rhinos were killed from 1965 to 2008 in the park. A ...More
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Leopard skin seized in Kerala |
PNS | Thiruvananthapuram |
The Pioneer , Thursday, December 24, 2009 |
Two young men were arrested with a leopard skin worth Rs 600,000 from Aryankavu near the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border by the Flying Squad and Intelligence officials of the Forest Department. The two men ...More
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Spl tiger force hangs fire at big cats peril |
Rajendra S Markuna | Haldwani |
The Pioneer , Thursday, December 24, 2009 |
With delay in constituting a special tiger protection force (STPF) the threat to the safety of endangered species, particularly tiger in Corbett Tiger Reserve and adjacent areas from poachers of Baw ...More
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Poachers kill two rhinos in Kaziranga |
Kaziranga (Assam), (IANS): |
The Deccan Herald , Wednesday, December 23, 2009 |
Two endangered one-horned rhinos were killed by poacher gangs at the famed Kaziranga National Park in Assam, taking the toll of the giant pachyderms slaughtered so far this year to 14, officials said ...More
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About one lakh migratory birds reach wetland |
Chander Parkash / Tribune News Service |
The Tribune , Tuesday, December 22, 2009 |
Harike (Ferozepur), December 21
Harike, one of the largest wetlands of northern India, is witnessing the arrival of a large number of migratory birds from Siberia and Central Asia as the winter inten ...More
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Russia to host Tiger summit in 2010 |
PTI |
The Economic Times , Monday, December 21, 2009 |
MOSCOW: Russia will host a tiger preservation summit in Vladivostok in 2010, according to the Russian branch of World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
Scientists decided to use Oriental calendar and the comin ...More
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Russia to host Tiger summit in 2010 |
PTI |
Times of India , Monday, December 21, 2009 |
MOSCOW: Russia will host a tiger preservation summit in Vladivostok in 2010, according to the Russian branch of World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
Scientists decided to use Oriental calendar and the com ...More
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Migratory birds flock to Balikuda-Ersama coastline |
Kahnu Nanda | Jagatsinghpur |
The Pioneer , Saturday, December 19, 2009 |
The Balikuda-Ersama coastline and its surrounding mangrove forest areas are resonating with thousands of fascinating winged visitors these days. Since the first week of November this year, winter migr ...More
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16 dead migratory birds seized, one arrested |
PNS | Bhubaneswar |
The Pioneer , Sunday, December 13, 2009 |
Even though number of measures has been taken to curb the poaching of migratory birds in Chilika, the poaching continues unabated. The wildlife officials on Saturday seized 16 dead birds from Soran vi ...More
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Poaching threat over Chilika |
Hrusikesh Mohanty, TNN |
Times of India , Sunday, December 13, 2009 |
BERHAMPUR: Orissa's famed blue lagoon, the Chilika Lake, which becomes home to hundreds of migratory birds in winter, is failing to curb poaching despite a strong security net.
Wildlife officials ...More
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