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Project Tiger is only a paper tiger: CAG |
Smitha Rao |
Times of India , Thursday, September 28, 2006 |
BANGALORE: The growl in the Project Tiger has been muzzled. Of the six new tiger reserves approved by the government of India in the Ninth Plan, only four have been created.
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Project Tiger is only a paper tiger: CAG |
Smitha Rao |
Times of India , Wednesday, September 27, 2006 |
BANGALORE: The growl in the Project Tiger has been muzzled. Of the six new tiger reserves approved by the government of India in the Ninth Plan, only four have been created.
Tigers breed well and ...More
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"A country like India must have a land use plan" |
G. Ananthakrishnan |
The Hindu , Saturday, September 23, 2006 |
George B. Schaller, a pioneer in field biology, says it is possible to achieve economic growth without destroying the environment and losing wildlife. In an interview in Bangalore recently, he says ev ...More
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Man-elephant conflict intensifies in State |
Sivasish Thakur |
The Assam Tribune , Wednesday, September 20, 2006 |
GUWAHATI, Sept 19 – The man-elephant conflict in the State, which has come to symbolize one of the worst man-animal conflict situations in the world, has shown little signs of abatement with the year ...More
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Do not turn your back on forests, wildlife: Schaller |
Alladi Jayasri |
The Hindu , Monday, September 18, 2006 |
BANGALORE: Vanishing tigers in Sariska and Ranthambore may have set the alarm bells ringing and finally led to the setting up of the Tiger Task Force by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last year. But th ...More
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Croc pal gets a park in Kerala |
JOHN MARY |
The Telegraph , Monday, September 18, 2006 |
Munnar, Sept. 17: The Kerala government will re-christen a crocodile park after “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, who died of a stingray barb while filming off Australia’s Great Barrier Reef on Septem ...More
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Efforts to save Nilgiri Tahrs face new challenges |
Yoga Rangatia |
The Pioneer , Saturday, September 16, 2006 |
Kochi: Though the increase in the population of Nilgiri Tahrs (hemitragas hylocres) in the Eravikulam National Park, Munnar, in the recent months has brought some cheer to environment enthusiasts, pro ...More
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'I was forced to name Salman in poaching case' |
Staff Reporter |
Times of India , Thursday, September 14, 2006 |
JODHPUR: A key witness in the 1998 poaching case, for which Bollywood star Salman Khan was sentenced to five years in prison, said on Thursday that he had been pressurised to make a statement that he ...More
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Barnadi wildlife pushed to the edge of survival |
Staff Reporter |
Assam Tribune , Wednesday, September 13, 2006 |
UDALGURI, Sept 12 – Next to the Manas and Orang wildlife sanctuaries in the Bodoland Territorial Council region, the Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary in Udalguri district occupies an important place on the ...More
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Chinkara: Forest officials grope in the dark |
Staff reporter |
Times of India , Monday, September 04, 2006 |
JODHPUR: Forest officials here on Sunday groped in the dark after failing to get any evidence of a complaint by residents of Keru village, near here, that chinkara, an endangered species of deer, was ...More
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Pataudi denies threatening co-accused |
Staff Reporter |
Times of India , Saturday, September 02, 2006 |
NEW DELHI: Former skipper of the Indian cricket team Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, accused in a black buck poaching case in Haryana, has denied that he had threatened a co-accused to change his testimony t ...More
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Vanishing tiger |
Staff Reporter |
The Tribune , Saturday, September 02, 2006 |
THAT the tiger in particular and wildlife protection in general have suffered from inefficient administration and corruption was clear from what has been happening in the Sariska and other sanctuaries ...More
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Most tiger reserves violate norms: CAG |
Staff Reporter |
The Statesman , Wednesday, August 30, 2006 |
Press Trust of India
NEW DELHI, Aug. 29: The ambitious Project Tiger programme of the Centre has come in for sharp criticism from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) which found that many tige ...More
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CAG slams Project Tiger |
Vibha Sharma |
The Tribune , Monday, August 28, 2006 |
New Delhi, August 27
As the government prepares to set up a national tiger conservation authority and a wildlife crime bureau in the country by approving the Wildlife (protection) Amendment Bill this ...More
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Fresh case against Nawab Pataudi |
Staff Reporter |
The Pioneer , Sunday, August 27, 2006 |
Delhi Police on Sunday lodged a complaint against former India cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, an accused in a black buck poaching case, for allegedly threatening a co-accused in the case.
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Poachers held; tiger, panther skins seized |
Staff Reporter |
The Pioneer , Friday, August 25, 2006 |
The Forest department has arrested four poaches and seized a tiger and panther skin from them. The accused have confessed to having killed the animals and were trying to sell them in Maharashtra.
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Probe on into poaching of Niligiri Langur |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Friday, August 25, 2006 |
Thiruvananthapuram: The Forest Department is investigating three persons in connection with the killing of a Nilgiri Langur, an endangered species, in Pariyaram Forest range this week. One of the main ...More
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Mongoose hunting to feature today |
Vishal Gulati |
The Tribune , Thursday, August 24, 2006 |
Chandigarh, August 23
“A Brush with Death”, the 16-minute documentary on rampant poaching of the common mongoose, reveals the shocking illegal trade of animal fur. The film shows how nomadic communit ...More
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