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Local communities must protect tigers: task force |
Special Correspondent |
The Hindu , Friday, May 20, 2005 |
Kerala approach stands as a model for all tiger reserves where Project Tiger shows excellent results
NEW DELHI: The Tiger task force has recommended involvement of the local communities in the prote ...More
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Tiger conservation failed on several fronts |
Staff Reporter |
Times of India , Friday, May 20, 2005 |
NEW DELHI: Tiger conservation has failed on several fronts due to highly organised international poaching networks, lack of professional law enforcement and increasing hostility of local communities, ...More
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Tiger crisis: Have we done enough to check poaching? |
CHANDRIKA MAGO |
Times of India , Thursday, May 19, 2005 |
NEW DELHI: India's seriousness in saving its wildlife will be judged internationally by how quickly it can put in place one specialised agency to act against poachers. It promised to do so six years a ...More
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Centre not in favour of CBI probe into all tiger reserves |
Staff Reporter |
Hindustan Times , Thursday, May 19, 2005 |
The Centre is not inclined at present to initiate a CBI probe into the rapidly vanishing tiger population in the Project Tiger reserves and national parks allegedly due to poaching and mismanagement b ...More
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Corbett staff on alert against poachers |
Ranjana Narayan |
The Pioneer , Thursday, May 19, 2005 |
She lies unmoving in the thicket, her bright orange and black stripes visible through the dense green foliage. As she raises her majestic head to give a lazy growl, the fascinated tourists sitting a ...More
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Number of tigers at Dudhwa park goes up |
Shahira Naim |
The Tribune , Thursday, May 19, 2005 |
Lucknow, May 18
There is welcome news from the Dudhwa National Park. If the preliminary report of the tiger count is to be believed, the number of tigers in the reserve may have gone up from the 110 ...More
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Forest Guard held for killing deer |
Staff Reporter |
The Tribune , Wednesday, May 18, 2005 |
Hoshiarpur, May 17
A barking deer calf was allegedly killed by a forest guard in the forests of Chack Sadhu area of Hoshiarpur district.
Forest Guard Ranjodh Singh and his accomplice Harpreet Singh ...More
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Drop in tigers may trouble Bihar |
Staff Reporter |
Times of India , Wednesday, May 18, 2005 |
PATNA: Bihar may bring in more bad news when India begins its elaborate tiger census in a few months. The state's officials are struggling to account for its missing big cats. The Valmiki national par ...More
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Panna National Park's director transferred |
Staff Reporter |
The Pioneer , Wednesday, May 18, 2005 |
The State Government on Tuesday finally transferred Panna National Park Field Director Sanjay Mukharia. He has been shifted as Conservator in the PCCF office at Bhopal. Mr Mukharia had been in the mid ...More
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Poaching is rampant in Maharashtra, UP: Centre |
Staff Reporter |
Times of India , Wednesday, May 18, 2005 |
NEW DELHI: Echoing the concern expressed by PM Manmohan Singh and the Supreme Court on missing tigers, the Centre's affidavit before the SC said poaching was rampant particularly in Uttar Pradesh and ...More
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411 tigers gone in 5 years, admits Govt |
Prerna Singh Bindra/ Yoga Rangatia |
The Pioneer , Wednesday, May 18, 2005 |
The Government has woken up perhaps too late to the tiger crisis. In an affidavit to the Supreme Court, the Centre said that 411 tigers have vanished from across the country from 1999 to 2003.
O ...More
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Roar like a tiger, Mr Prime Minister |
VALMIK THAPAR |
The Indian Express , Wednesday, May 18, 2005 |
As Manmohan Singh sets out to visit Ranthambhore National Park, a few suggestions on how he can save the first among equals in the animal kingdom.
It was in early March that the Prime Minister expr ...More
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Tiger in peril |
Staff Reporter |
The Pioneer , Wednesday, May 18, 2005 |
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's convening of a meeting of senior Central and State wildlife officials at Ranthambhore on May 23, is heartening for two reasons. The first is the choice of the venue whi ...More
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Poachers make hay as water sources dry up |
Ashutosh Mishra |
The Pioneer , Wednesday, May 18, 2005 |
The acute drinking water crisis in various parts of the state is affecting not only people, but is also spelling doom for animals. With water sources in the forests drying up, the normally shy animals ...More
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Concerned over missing tigers, Man calls meeting |
Lokpal Sethi |
The Pioneer , Tuesday, May 17, 2005 |
Concerned with the declining number of big cats in various tiger reserves of the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has convened a meeting of senior Central and state wildlife officials at Sariska ...More
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Bihar may be new tiger trouble spot |
Imran Khan |
Hindustan Times , Tuesday, May 17, 2005 |
Bihar may bring in more bad news when India begins its elaborate tiger census in a few months. The state's officials are struggling to account for its missing big cats.The Valmiki national park in Wes ...More
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Foreigner for tiger census in state |
Adhir Kumar Saxena |
Deccan Herald , Monday, May 16, 2005 |
Bhopal, May 15 The Government of India has decided to carry out census of Tigers in Madhya Pradesh through a five member committee that will include foreign wild life experts. The census would start b ...More
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The endangered tiger |
Staff Reporter |
The Assam Tribune , Monday, May 16, 2005 |
Many among us seem to have become used to the perception that nothing really matters when it comes to the country’s wildlife and environment. Others have found this very notion to be a green signal to ...More
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New dimension to illegal trade of animal skins |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Monday, May 16, 2005 |
`Quality test' being offered to customers worldwide Officials were shocked when signatures and stamps of `OK Tested' were found on the leopard skins seized on April 6 this year
NEW DELHI: It's illeg ...More
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