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'Don' sets out on a mission to save wildlife |
Manveer Saini, TNN |
Times of India , Saturday, December 27, 2008 |
CHANDIGARH: Trained by Indo-Tibetan Border Police and having sailed its way through an efficiency test at Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun, Don is ready to play a key role in Haryana wi ...More
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Antlers pop out of Assam mill |
OUR CORRESPONDENT |
The Telegraph , Friday, December 26, 2008 |
Kokrajhar, Dec. 25: Antlers of deer, sambar and hog deer tumbled out of sacks in a sawmill 50km from here last evening.
Sandalwood worth Rs 50 lakh was also found during the raid by Assam police an ...More
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Seismic survery may spell doom for river dolphins |
Staff reporter |
The Assam Tribune , Thursday, December 25, 2008 |
GUWAHATI, Dec 24 – Already facing various threats, the Gangetic dolphin population in the state could face more dangers with the start of seismic survey of the Brahmaputra. Experts fear that activi ...More
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110 tigers lost in last six years: Data |
PTI |
Times of India , Tuesday, December 23, 2008 |
NEW DELHI: India's forests have lost at least 110 royal striped cats, including 17 tigress, in the past six years due to several reasons including poaching and natural deaths, according to a governmen ...More
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Leopards’ population increases by 12 pc |
Prithviraj Singh | Dehradun |
The Pioneer , Monday, December 22, 2008 |
Even if tuskers are losing ground in the State leopards have a field day in the forests of Uttarakhand. Their population in the State has gone up by nearly 12 per cent in the last three years despite ...More
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110 tigers lost in last six years: Data |
PTI |
Times of India , Monday, December 22, 2008 |
NEW DELHI: India's forests have lost at least 110 royal striped cats, including 17 tigress, in the past six years due to several reasons including poaching and natural deaths, according to a governmen ...More
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Improved vigilance stems gharial deaths |
Keshav Pandey | Gwalior |
The Pioneer , Saturday, December 20, 2008 |
Improved vigilance by the Forest Department at the National Chambal Safari has brought drastic decline in the gharial death cases this year. Patrolling parties have been constituted for monitoring on ...More
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Eco-tourism project kindles love for nature |
KABITA DUARAH |
The Assam Tribune , Saturday, December 20, 2008 |
GUWAHATI, Dec 19 – The people who now zealously protect the trees and every treasure of nature in the Dibru-Saikhowa reserve forest had at one time earned notoriety for illegal activities there. Now t ...More
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Rs 50L for jogger's track, but no money to check poachers |
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN |
Times of India , Friday, December 19, 2008 |
NAGPUR: The forest department managed to bring in Rs 1.43 crore for upgradation of Seminary Hills especially jogger’s track, the dream project of forest minister Babanrao Pachpute, but its own anti-po ...More
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Forest official's appointment raises eyebrows |
TNN |
Times of India , Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
KOLKATA: An officer is not given a prize posting if an inquiry is pending against him this is the rule. But there are exceptions also.
An ex-field director of Sundarban Tiger Reserve (STR) who was ...More
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Olive Ridley carcass washed ashore on Marina |
K Praveen Kumar, TNN |
Times of India , Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
CHENNAI: The decomposed carcass of an adult olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), weighing around 20 kg, was washed ashore on the Marina on Tuesday morning. Wildlife officials who visited the s ...More
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Teen boys hired to hunt migratory birds at Chilika |
Pioneer News Service | Balugaon |
The Pioneer , Tuesday, December 16, 2008 |
Though the Forest Department has taken extensive steps for the security of the foreign birds thronging the Chilika Lake, the cunning bird flesh lovers have found out novel methods to elude the tight s ...More
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Move to curb wildlife trafficking |
Special Correspondent |
The Hindu , Friday, December 12, 2008 |
HYDERABAD: A strong role has been envisaged for India in South Asian Wildlife Enforcement Network, an online arrangement, aimed at curbing wildlife trafficking in the region, said John Q. Adams Jr., D ...More
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High-level team takes stock of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary |
Pioneer News Service | Ranchi |
The Pioneer , Friday, December 12, 2008 |
A three-member team appointed by the Forest and Environment Ministry on Thursday visited the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary to take stock of arrangements to protect lives of elephants and other species on t ...More
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Ethiopia opens dwindling elephant herd to tourists |
REUTERS |
Times of India , Tuesday, December 09, 2008 |
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia began inviting tourists to visit its dwindling elephant herd on Monday as part of efforts to boost income from tourism.
The Babile wildlife sanctuary near Harar, 560 km (350 ...More
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Forest fires forcing jumbos to flee |
By Subhash Chandra NS, DH News Service, Bangalore |
The Deccan Herald , Monday, December 08, 2008 |
The attempts to trace the roots of man-elephant conflict in the State has come out with an interesting finding.
Dr Basappanavar, a former Chief Conservator of Forests and an expert appointed t ...More
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