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| Poaching threatening butterfly species |
| Lalit Mohan & Charu Chibber |
| The Tribune , Sunday, April 15, 2007 |
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Patiala April 14
Though news about illegal poaching of tiger and its declining population has been hogging headlines every now and then, many smaller species are also facing a similar bleak future du ...More
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| Poachers kill another lion in Gir sanctuary |
| Manas Dasgupta |
| The Hindu , Sunday, April 15, 2007 |
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Remains found at nearby Bhandariya village
· 3 arrested persons gave poaching information
· Protest by nature lovers
AHMEDABAD: Even as the mystery behind the killing of six lions in the ...More
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| Tech to be harnessed for Gir protection |
| Sreenivas Janyala |
| The Indian Express , Friday, April 13, 2007 |
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AHMEDABAD, APRIL 12 : Closed circuit televisions (CCTVs), Global Positioning System, weapons for guards, special mobile units—conservation and management of Gir National Park and Sanctuary is set to g ...More
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| Lion poaching: 17 people detained in Bhavnagar city |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Pioneer , Friday, April 13, 2007 |
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Bhavnagar: Seventeen people have been detained in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat in connection with the lion poaching incidents that occurred in Gir sanctuary last month. "Five men and 12 women have be ...More
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| Forest Dept presses lion headcount button |
| Sreenivas Janyala |
| The Indian Express , Wednesday, April 11, 2007 |
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Ahmedabad, April 10: The State Forest Department has launched a massive exercise to conduct an unofficial census of lions in the Gir National Park and Sanctuary and reserve forests on the periphery. B ...More
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| Police wait for FSL, DNA reports in Gir poaching |
| Hiral Dave |
| The Indian Express , Wednesday, April 11, 2007 |
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RAJKOT, APRIL 10 : Days after several people arrested in connection with the Gir poaching incident were paraded before Chief Minister Narendra Modi, investigating agencies are yet to make a breakthrou ...More
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| Chambal otter under threat: WWF |
| Rahul Noronha |
| The Pioneer , Tuesday, April 10, 2007 |
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...to start conservation programme
World Wide Fund for Nature, India, is planning to commission an otter conservation programme in the National Chambal Sanctuary.
Speaking to The Pioneer, W ...More
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| Central probe panel to assess threat to Gir lions |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Pioneer , Tuesday, April 10, 2007 |
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Waking up to reports that after decimating tigers at Sariska in Gujarat poaching gang are now targeting Gir lions, Ministry of Environment and Forests has set up a probe panel to assess threat to th ...More
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| Panel to probe lion deaths |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Tribune , Tuesday, April 10, 2007 |
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New Delhi, April 9
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has constituted a committee for spot appraisal relating to recurring deaths of lions in and around the Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctu ...More
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| Katni tribals held for killing Gir lions |
| Rahul Noronha |
| The Pioneer , Monday, April 09, 2007 |
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Forced out of Madhya Pradesh after joint operations by the police and State forest department turned the heat on them, members of the Pardhi community targeted lions in Gir.
On Saturday, the Guj ...More
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| 17 lion 'poachers' nailed in Gir |
| Staff Reporter |
| Times of India , Monday, April 09, 2007 |
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RAJKOT: So there is a Madhya Pradesh hand behind the killings of lions in Gir. The neighbouring state has been accused in some quarters of sending in poachers into Gujarat to make a case for the shift ...More
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| Can corporates rescue lions? |
| Staff Reporter |
| Times of India , Monday, April 09, 2007 |
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AHMEDABAD: Ashoka Pillar—Republic of India's symbol of power— embodies the lion. But this icon has been systematically hijacked in Gujarat by the same politicians who encourage slogans like, Dekho Dek ...More
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| Gir poaching probe: Gujarat Govt claims breakthrough |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Indian Express , Sunday, April 08, 2007 |
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Junagadh, April 7: The Gujarat Government today claimed a breakthrough in investigations into the two poaching cases in the Gir sanctuary last month. Principal Secretary, Forest and Environment, P N R ...More
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| Evidence hints at inter-state gang of poachers at Gir |
| Sibte Husain Bukhari |
| The Pioneer , Friday, April 06, 2007 |
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Junagadh, April 5: The joint team of Forest and CID (Crime) officials probing the poaching incident in Gir has got a major breakthrough — it has come across evidence suggesting involvement of an inter ...More
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| Lion claws found in ex-forester's residence |
| RK Misra |
| The Pioneer , Friday, April 06, 2007 |
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Even as a three-member Central team is on its way to the poacher beleaguered lion sanctuary of Sasan Gir in Gujarat, the search of the home of a former forester -one of three detained persons- has led ...More
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| Forest official from Gir transferred |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Pioneer , Friday, April 06, 2007 |
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A senior forest department official, who was incharge of the Gir sanctuary (west range) where two poaching incidents claimed the lives of six Asiatic lions in March, has been transferred, official sou ...More
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| Gujarat police "bust" lion poacher gang |
| Manas Dasgupta |
| The Hindu , Friday, April 06, 2007 |
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Beat guard to be put to lie-detector test
· At least six lions, cubs poached in the last one month
· Babariya range deputy forest officer transferred
GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat CID (Crime) ...More
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| -friendly, eco-unfriendly |
| Nitin Mahajan |
| The Indian Express , Thursday, April 05, 2007 |
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With the popularity of the Raman Singh government at its lowest, over the past few months Bharatiya Janata Party leaders have been busy finding innovative ways to appease and consolidate the party vot ...More
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| Mahseer on path to extinction |
| Ravinder sood |
| The Tribune , Tuesday, April 03, 2007 |
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Palampur, April 1
Golden mahseer fish, categorised as an endangered species by the National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR), Lucknow, in 1992, has been fast disappearing from the erstwhile l ...More
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| `Poacher' detained |
| Special Correspondent |
| The Hindu , Tuesday, April 03, 2007 |
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Junagadh: Police on Monday detained a man in connection with lion poaching incidents in the Gir sanctuary where six endangered Asiatic Lions were found dead last month.
According to the Forest Depar ...More
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