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| Wildlife institute’s tiger census throws up more surprises |
| Brig (Retd) C S Thapa |
| The Pioneer , Monday, October 19, 2009 |
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The latest method of tiger census by Wildlife Institute of India (WII) is throwing up surprises. It was earlier reported that Rajaji National Park had 24 tigers. By photo-mapping, this figure has come ...More
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| African elephants 'face extinction in 15 years' |
| London, (PTI): |
| The Deccan Herald , Sunday, October 18, 2009 |
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The mighty African elephant may become extinct in just 15 years' time due to the illegal ivory trade, unless steps are taken to arrest unrestricted poaching.
Poachers slaughter 104 elephants every ...More
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| Leopards’ killing growing in remote mountainous areas |
| PNS | Pauri |
| The Pioneer , Friday, October 16, 2009 |
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The growing incidence of leopards coming into conflict situations with humans is resulting in most of the leopards being termed as man-eaters and being killed even though in most cases the felines are ...More
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| Notorious tiger poacher arrested |
| Divya Gandhi |
| The Hindu , Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
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Bangalore: In what conservationists are describing as a “major breakthrough” for preservation of tigers in Karnataka at a time when their population is precariously balanced, a notorious poacher was a ...More
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| CBI arrests two of inter-state wildlife poaching gang |
| PTI |
| Times of India , Tuesday, October 13, 2009 |
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NEW DELHI: CBI has arrested two alleged members of a wildlife poaching gang, wanted in number of cases related to killing of Tigers and Panthers including in Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, from a ...More
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| CBI arrests two of inter-state wildlife poaching gang |
| PTI |
| The Economic Times , Tuesday, October 13, 2009 |
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NEW DELHI: CBI has arrested two alleged members of a wildlife poaching gang, wanted in number of cases related to killing of Tigers and Panthers including in Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, from a ...More
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| 12 tigers go missing from Rajaji park |
| PTI |
| The Hindu , Tuesday, October 13, 2009 |
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Dehra Dun: Nearly 12 tigers have gone missing from the Rajaji National Park, forest department officials said on Monday.
According to official sources here, the latest estimate suggests that there ...More
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| Elephants go on rampage in West Bengal tea estate |
| ANI |
| Times of India , Monday, October 12, 2009 |
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JALPAIGURI: A herd of elephants from the jungles of Baikunthapur strayed into a tea estate in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district and destroyed shrubs at the tea gardens.
The herd entered the Dumdim ...More
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| Leopard hides, bear bile seized; two held in Uttarakhand |
| Prithviraj Singh | Dehradun |
| The Pioneer , Monday, October 12, 2009 |
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Uttarakhand Special Task Force arrested two hardcore poachers and recovered two leopard skins and a bear gall bladder, which is believed to have medicinal value, in Vikasnagar on Sunday.
At leas ...More
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| Poach whiff in rhino death |
| ANIRBAN CHOUDHURY |
| The Telegraph , Monday, October 12, 2009 |
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Alipurduar, Oct. 11: Poachers, suspected to be from Assam, had shot the male rhino that died in Jaldapara yesterday, forest officials said today.
A post-mortem has confirmed the presence of a bulle ...More
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| Elephants go on rampage in West Bengal tea estate |
| ANI |
| The Economic Times , Monday, October 12, 2009 |
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JALPAIGURI: A herd of elephants from the jungles of Baikunthapur strayed into a tea estate in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district and destroyed shrubs at the tea gardens.
The herd entered the Dumdim ...More
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| Tiger poacher convicted to 3 years rigorous imprisonment |
| TNN |
| The Economic Times , Saturday, October 10, 2009 |
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NEW DELHI: A court in Khatima, Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand had sentenced notorious tiger poacher Birbal alias Totha Ram, a resident of Panipat to three years rigorous imprisonment and fi ...More
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| Dolphin hunting banned in Bihar |
| PTI |
| The Hindu , Friday, October 09, 2009 |
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Patna: A couple of days after declaration of dolphin as “national aquatic animal”, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has directed the State authorities to stop dolphin hunting in the Ganga.
“A close ...More
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| 164 tigers ‘missing’ in UP, only 109 left |
| Age Correspondent / Lucknow |
| The Asian Age , Friday, October 09, 2009 |
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Oct. 8: One hundred and sixty-four tigers in Uttar Pradesh have gone missing in the past four years and the state wildlife authorities are conveniently blaming the census techniques for the decline in ...More
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| Tigers in sanctuaries to get ID cards |
| Agencies |
| The Indian Express , Thursday, October 08, 2009 |
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Big cats housed in various sanctuaries across the country will soon have their own 'identity cards' specifying their profile, a step that will enable authorities keep track of their movement and help ...More
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| Jumbo found dead, tusks missing |
| Prithviraj Singh | Dehradun |
| The Pioneer , Wednesday, October 07, 2009 |
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A 25-year-old male elephant was found dead in Dugadda forest range of Lansdowne Forest Division on Sunday night. Both tusks were missing from the carcass of the pachyderm. This is the third incident o ...More
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| Centre plans project to protect lions |
| AGE CORRESPONDENT / New Delhi |
| The Asian Age , Wednesday, October 07, 2009 |
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Oct 6: Centre has proposed Project Lion, a conservation project on the lines of Project Tiger, to protect remaining Asiatic lions, whose total population is over 300. Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat ...More
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| Centre to shelve river-linking project |
| Spl CORRESPONDENT |
| The Assam Tribune , Tuesday, October 06, 2009 |
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NEW DELHI, Oct 5 — The UPA Government has decided to formally give a neat burial to the ambitious river-linking project, with Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest, Jairam Ramesh declarin ...More
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