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Migratory birds start flocking Hirakud dam |
Staff Reporter |
The Statesman , Sunday, November 12, 2006 |
Statesman News Service
SAMBALPUR, Nov. 10: Hirakud reservoir, spread across 745 square km, now bears a colourful look with Siberian and Himalayan birds flocking the water body. The whole atmosphere ...More
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Tiger carcass found in Virur range; four held |
Vivek Deshpande |
The Indian Express , Sunday, November 12, 2006 |
Nagpur, November 11:An adult tigress (about 3 years old) was found dead in the Virur range of Central Chanda Division on Friday.
Four persons from the nearby Yergavan village were arrested in connec ...More
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Migratory birds start flocking Hirakud dam |
Staff Reporter |
The Statesman , Saturday, November 11, 2006 |
SAMBALPUR, Nov. 10: Hirakud reservoir, spread across 745 square km, now bears a colourful look with Siberian and Himalayan birds flocking the water body. The whole atmosphere is filled with fun and fr ...More
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Most tiger reserves ill-equipped to save big cats |
Diptiman Chakraborty |
The Pioneer , Thursday, November 09, 2006 |
Bhubaneswar: ... Simlipal staff lack adequate strength against poachers
Project Tiger was launched more than three decades ago, but over the years only failures abound. When one can expect stupend ...More
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Tiger population may drop to 500 in next five yrs |
Diptiman Chakraborty |
The Pioneer , Wednesday, November 08, 2006 |
Bhubaneswar: Though India remains the world's last significant sanctuary for tigers, the population of the big cats has dropped from about 1,00,000 in the 19th century to just 1,200 to 1,800 today.
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50,000 migratory birds reach Chilika |
Staff Reporter |
The Pioneer , Thursday, November 02, 2006 |
Puri: but only a single powerboat to thwart poachers
The end of last month saw more than 50,000 migratory birds arrive in Chilika Lake, taking shelter in Kalupara, Nalabana bird sanctuary, Mangla ...More
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Forest guard killed by wild elephants |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Saturday, October 21, 2006 |
Udhagamandalam: A forest guard, Bomman alias `Karadi' Bomman, was killed by wild elephants at the Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park on Friday. The Wildlife Warden, Nilgiris, Rakesh Kumar ...More
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Three elephants found dead in Rairakhol |
Staff Reporter |
The Pioneer , Wednesday, October 18, 2006 |
Pioneer News Service
Bhubaneswar: In yet another shocking incident, on Tuesday, three elephants, a female and two calves, were found dead near the Penthabahal forest area under Rairakhol forest divis ...More
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Community policing to stop poaching, timber smuggling |
Staff Reporter |
The Pioneer , Monday, October 16, 2006 |
Bhubaneswar : The State Government has decided to take up community policing in the Chandaka Reserve Forest to stop the incidents of poaching and the stop the menace of timber smuggling.
Divisiona ...More
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Two elephants found dead near Joda |
Staff Reporter |
The Pioneer , Friday, October 13, 2006 |
Pioneer News Service
Bhubaneswar: Despite tall claims of Chief Wildlife Warden SC Mohanty that poaching of wildlife animals was not taking place as per the media reports, shockingly three elephants h ...More
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UP jungles a killing field of big cats |
Manjari Mishra |
Times of India , Thursday, October 12, 2006 |
SURAT: Nine per day and 60 in a week, these figures are not the target plan of a manufacturing LUCKNOW: With over ten tigers and leopards dying of unnatural causes during the past one year, survival h ...More
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Chambal dolphin numbers go down |
Chanchal Manohar Singh |
The Deccan Herald , Wednesday, October 11, 2006 |
Bhopal: The dolphin population in the Chambal river in Madhya Pradesh has been reduced by more than one-third. Ever-increasing pollution and rampant poaching are the apparent culprits. From 93, the nu ...More
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Tiger population not declining in State, asserts Govt |
Staff Reporter |
The Pioneer , Saturday, October 07, 2006 |
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa Government has refuted the allegation made by Wildlife Society of Orissa (WSO) secretary Biswajit Mohanty that tiger population in the State was decreasing. A Government releas ...More
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State turns into wildlife criminals' paradise |
Biswajit Mohanty |
The Pioneer , Wednesday, October 04, 2006 |
...as Government fails to check the growing offence rate
During the ongoing Wildlife Week celebrations held at Bhubaneswar, while VIPs would be addressing the public in plush auditoriums, the guns ...More
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Authorities elusive on Simlipal tiger population |
Staff Reporter |
The Statesman , Friday, September 29, 2006 |
BHUBANESWAR, Sept. 17: The “uproar” rather than the “roar” brought the top wildlife officers out of their “den” to explain at length that it was highly speculative and presumptuous to say anything on ...More
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No poaching at Simlipal |
Staff Reporter |
The Pioneer , Friday, September 29, 2006 |
Bhubaneswar: While tigers are dying in most parts of India including Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary, not a single case of poaching has been reported from Similipal in the last 17 years. This was claimed b ...More
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Only skins, no sighting of Big Cats in Tibet |
Staff Reporter |
The Pioneer , Thursday, September 28, 2006 |
New Delhi: It may be difficult to sight a tiger in the wild but its skin is openly for display and sale in neighbouring Tibet. Despite the international outcry against vanishing tigers in India, the s ...More
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