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In tigers' paradise, the big cats are missing |
Prerna Singh Bindra |
The Pioneer , Tuesday, February 01, 2005 |
There is trouble in Rajasthan's tiger paradise, Ranthambhore. Tiger sightings have shrunk in the reserve, familiar faces are no longer visible giving rise to the concern: Where have the tigers gone?Ac ...More
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Way to go for Olive Ridleys |
P. Devarajan |
The Hindu Business Line , Friday, January 28, 2005 |
Ratnagiri (Maharashtra) , Jan. 27
AT around 5.45 p.m. one wished the three-inch, 15-minute-old Olive Ridley turtle hatchling good luck and released it on the edge of the beach. It crawled on the san ...More
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Wildlife activists for court direction to protect tigers |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Friday, January 28, 2005 |
NEW DELHI, JAN. 27 . Several wildlife activists today decided to move the Supreme Court and also write to the Prime Minister, who is the chairman of the Wildlife Board of India, to seek their interven ...More
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Poachers seen at Chembarampakkam Lake |
P. Oppili |
The Hindu , Monday, January 17, 2005 |
CHENNAI, JAN. 16 . Poaching of migratory birds at Chembarampakkam Lake, which is on the city's western suburbs, has come to light.
The founder of the Trust for Restoration of Ecology and Environment ...More
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A haven for migratory birds |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Monday, January 17, 2005 |
SHIMLA, JAN. 16. Figuring among the internationally known wetlands, The Pong dam sanctuary, situated in the Dhauladhar mountain ranges of Himachal Pradesh is fast becoming one of the most popular dest ...More
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Bird poaching gets rampant in Tripura |
Surajit Talukdar |
Hindustan Times , Monday, January 17, 2005 |
Bird poachers in and around the vast Dambur Lake in Tripura's southern region, which plays host to a plethora of migratory birds, have come up with a novel concept for capturing birds in throngs.The l ...More
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Lakhs of migratory birds visit |
Staff Reporter |
Deccan Herald , Sunday, January 16, 2005 |
For the first time this year global positioning system was used and assistance of bird experts from abroad was taken to count the avian guests.Bhubaneswar, dhns: Over 9.48 lakh migratory birds from bo ...More
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Chilka Lake receives some 'rare' guests |
Staff Reporter |
The Pioneer , Tuesday, January 11, 2005 |
With thousands of migratory birds arriving from different parts of the world, Chilka Lake in Bhubaneswar is again full of life. Rare species like the Peregrine Falcon, Spotbilled Pelican, Pallas fishi ...More
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And now, waves of misplaced relief |
Meenakshi Rao |
The Pioneer , Sunday, January 09, 2005 |
Tamil Nadu is yet to return from the surreal leap it took to tragedy on Boxer's Day. Two weeks after the tsunami swept away life in the coastal areas of the State, another surreal side-effect is turni ...More
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Alert sounded in Rajaji National Park |
Staff Reporter |
The Tribune , Wednesday, December 29, 2004 |
Dehra Dun, December 28
With the wildlife in state’s national parks left vulnerable to poachers and free loggers for almost a month now, the forest authorities at Rajaji National Park have taken strin ...More
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Protest against Sahara’s Sunderbans tourism project |
Prashant Paul |
Deccan Herald , Sunday, December 26, 2004 |
The proposed Rs 600 crore international eco-tourism project planned to come up over an 880 acre area of land and water in the world famous Sunderbans Island has run aground with some leading environme ...More
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Fourth park tiger killed in a week! |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Friday, December 24, 2004 |
BHOPAL, DEC. 23. One more tiger was killed in the Thuepani beat falling under the Gumtara range of the Pench National Park on Sunday night. With this latest killing, the total number of tigers found k ...More
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Poaching resurfaces at National Park? |
Lalit Shastri |
The Hindu , Tuesday, December 21, 2004 |
BHOPAL, DEC. 20. The poaching menace has raised its ugly head inside the Pench National Park in Madhya Pradesh where the remains of a tiger, said to have been killed by poachers, were found on Sunday. ...More
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Assam must save shrinking wetlands |
Monalisa Gogoi |
The pioneer , Tuesday, December 21, 2004 |
Despite the noise that the State Government routinely makes about its efforts to development tourism in Assam, it is obvious there is much that needs to be done before the industry gains any recogniti ...More
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Tigress, cub poached in M.P. forest |
Lalit Shastri |
The Hindu , Sunday, December 19, 2004 |
BHOPAL, DEC. 18. Poachers continue to strike at will in Madhya Pradesh and the latest case of poaching has been detected in Seoni district where the carcass of a tigress and her cub were found lying j ...More
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Concern in Orissa House over killing of migratory birds |
Staff Reporter |
Deccan Herald , Sunday, December 19, 2004 |
Orissa Assembly Speaker Maheswar Mohanty has directed the state government to initiate appropriate steps immediately to stop poaching of migratory birds in Chilka lake, Asia’s biggest brackish water l ...More
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Rhino poachers resort to pit-poaching |
Staff Reporter |
The Assam Tribune , Thursday, December 16, 2004 |
BOKAKHAT, Dec 15 – The unscrupulous poachers in and around the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) have reported to pit-poaching method for trapping rhinos as opposed to gun shots and electrocution. It is l ...More
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Forest guards no match to smugglers |
Nishikant Dwivedi |
the tribune , Wednesday, December 15, 2004 |
Yamunanagar, December 14
The ill-equipped guards of the Kalesar reserved forests spread over an area of 11,570 acres on the either side of Yamunanagar-Paonta Sahib road, are no match to the smugglers ...More
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Students combat sale of turtle eggs |
K. Santhosh |
The Hindu , Monday, December 13, 2004 |
CHAVAKKAD (THRISSUR DIST.), DEC. 12. A band of students from a local school have launched a campaign to stop the reported sale of the eggs of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles along the coast.
Und ...More
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Wild animals survive drought in Pocharam sanctuary |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Sunday, December 12, 2004 |
POCHARAM (MEDAK), DEC. 11. The animals of Pocharam Wildlife Sanctuary except the national bird, Peacock, have survived the fourth consecutive drought in the region. The annual wildlife census has prov ...More
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