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Ten tigers, 57 elephants poached in three years |
IANS | New Delhi |
The Pioneer , Saturday, December 06, 2008 |
At least 10 tigers and 57 elephants have been poached in India during last three years, the environment and forests ministry said Wednesday but said the government was doing its best to protect wildli ...More
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10 tigers, 57 elephants poached in three years |
IANS |
Times of India , Thursday, December 04, 2008 |
NEW DELHI: At least 10 tigers and 57 elephants have been poached in India during last three years, the environment and forests ministry said on Wednesday but said the government was doing its best to ...More
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DNA methods for Palamau tiger census |
ANI |
Times of India , Wednesday, December 03, 2008 |
PALAMAU (Jharkhand): Wildlife authorities involved with the Palamau Tiger Reserve Project in Jharkhand are employing the latest DNA techniques to ascertain the number of tigers living in the reserve. ...More
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UN officials launch "Year of the Gorilla" |
AP |
Times of India , Tuesday, December 02, 2008 |
ROME: The "Year of the Gorilla" began on Monday, a UN effort to raise money for primates threatened with extinction from disease, hunting and deforestation.
Officials for the UN-backed Convention ...More
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‘Conservation should take priority over development’ |
Staff reporter |
The Assam Tribune , Saturday, November 29, 2008 |
GUWAHATI, Nov 28 – Voices in conservation circles are becoming louder in favouring a cautious approach to the proposed widening of NH 37 in close proximity to the Kaziranga National Park, an idea supp ...More
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Rhino kills ‘protector’ |
A STAFF REPORTER |
The Telegraph , Friday, November 21, 2008 |
Guwahati, Nov. 20: An “untrained” forest guard was done to death by a rhino at the Kaziranga National Park late last night.
The guard, 32-year-old Ranjit Medhi, was on night patrol when the rhino ...More
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Bird-sellers arrested, 367 parakeets set free |
TNN |
Times of India , Wednesday, November 19, 2008 |
NAGPUR: The anti-poaching unit, attached to the Nagpur Territorial Circle on Tuesday arrested two bird-sellers and seized 367 parakeets from them on Fetri-Mahurzari turning on Katol road.
The anti ...More
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6 tigers dead in just two months |
Avijit Ghosh, TNN |
Times of India , Wednesday, November 19, 2008 |
NEW DELHI: India's tigers continue to die. In the last 10 weeks, six more tigers have perished due to poaching, electrocution, accident or Latest census figures released this year show a mere 1,411 ti ...More
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River dolphins getting a new lease of life |
PTI |
The Hindu , Tuesday, November 18, 2008 |
Narora (U.P.): Religious leaders and locals of this sleepy town are doing their bit to save the endangered fresh water dolphins found in the river Ganga.
Their efforts are bearing fruits as in the ...More
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Tuskless elephant found dead in Corbett reserve |
PNS | Dehradun |
The Pioneer , Tuesday, November 18, 2008 |
Even as forest guards from all over the State descended in Dehradun to participate in demonstration, Corbett Tiger Reserve got its big shock when a tuskless elephant was found dead in Bijrani Range on ...More
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Elephant population on the rise in Tripura |
– PTI |
The Assam Tribune , Monday, November 17, 2008 |
AGARTALA, Nov 16 – The Tripura Government has decided to set up an elephant reserve in the State to preserve the animal which had nearly disappeared due to large-scale poaching and migration to neighb ...More
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100 birds rescued from poachers |
A.V.Ragunathan |
The Hindu , Sunday, November 16, 2008 |
CUDDALORE: Forest officials on Saturday rescued 100 birds including little egrets and pond herons from poachers at Vandipalayam and Sanrorpalayam. The poachers, however, fled on seeing the officials. ...More
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Mountain gorillas at mercy of Congo war factions |
REUTERS |
Times of India , Tuesday, November 11, 2008 |
CONGO: East Congo's conflict has put more than a quarter of the world's last mountain gorillas at the mercy of armed groups who hunt and camp in their territory, park officials said on Monday.
Wit ...More
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Why the tuskers are killed often |
Bangalore, DHNS |
The Deccan Herald , Friday, November 07, 2008 |
Tuskers constitute the majority of elephant deaths in the State. Elephant experts blame the tuskers vulnerability on their tendency to stray out of the herd.
As a senior scientist from the Asian ...More
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Jumbos going dinosaur way |
By Subhash Chandra NS |
The Deccan Herald , Friday, November 07, 2008 |
DH News Service, Bangalore: On October 22, a fully grown tusker was found dead at a lake near Devalapurahadi at Moleyur range in Bandipur.
Its carcass was cut into pieces and strewn into the lake ...More
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Auction of ivory tusks begins in South Africa |
IANS |
Times of India , Friday, November 07, 2008 |
JOHANNESBURG: The last and the biggest of four exceptional auctions of ivory stockpiles got underway in South Africa Thursday, with Chinese and Japanese buyers vying to buy up 51 tons of the so-called ...More
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Dogs to sniff out illegal wildlife trade |
Surender Dhiman & Ajay Sura, TNN |
Times of India , Thursday, November 06, 2008 |
PANCHKULA: In a first of its kind effort to curb incidents of poaching and wildlife crime, the forest departments of Haryana and Uttarakhand will deploy sniffer dogs trained at the National Dog-traini ...More
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Forest officials rescue birds |
PTI |
Times of India , Monday, November 03, 2008 |
PUDUCHERRY: Forest department officials in Puducherry rescued 30 egrets, which were being poached by a three-member gang at Velrampet.
Conservator of Forests and Wildlife P Devaraj said that while ...More
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Oussudu Lake now a sanctuary |
Serena Josephine M |
The Hindu , Saturday, November 01, 2008 |
PUDUCHERRY: The territorial administration has declared Oussudu Lake, which is an important wetland and home to migratory birds, a sanctuary. Steps to protect the birds from poaching and preserving th ...More
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