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Veerappan passe, cronies poach and loot |
Arvind Govda |
Times of India , Wednesday, December 08, 2004 |
BANGALORE: Veerappan's evil legacy lives on — nearly two months after he was eliminated, his home turf is now up for grabs. Wannabe Veerappans and the smuggler's former cronies are taking over the for ...More
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Chilka lake continues to be poachers’ paradise |
S T Beuria |
Deccan Herald , Wednesday, December 08, 2004 |
Orissa’s Chilka lake, Asia’s biggest brackish water lake and country’s topmost winter home for migratory birds continues to be a poachers’ paradise despite measures initiated by the state government t ...More
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Illegal wildlife trade flourishing in State |
divya sreedharan |
The Hindu , Wednesday, November 24, 2004 |
BANGALORE, NOV. 23. Alarmingly high seizures of skins, ivory and pelts are indications that illegal wildlife trade flourishes in the State.
The poaching that happens in the State's forests and wildl ...More
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SC notice to Reliance for damaging forest |
Staff Reporter |
The Tribune , Saturday, November 20, 2004 |
The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Reliance Telecom Ltd (RTL) on proposed Rs 1 crore fine on the company by a high powered court appointed committee for causing damages to protected forests ...More
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Wildlife warden catches poachers |
Staff Reporter |
Times of India , Thursday, November 18, 2004 |
CHANDIGARH: The arrest of three persons from a poaching tribe has once again brought to light how certain species of birds and animals are being blasted out of existence in the Shiwalik foests. The Si ...More
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Poachers stalk birds at Chilika lake |
Ashutosh Mishra |
The Pioneer , Thursday, November 11, 2004 |
As thousands of migratory birds congregate in Chilika, turning Asia's largest brackish water lake into a plumed wonder, the threat of poaching looms large over the exotic avians. Stray incidents of bi ...More
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NGOs sound PM after China tiger skin haul |
Staff Reporter |
Indian Express , Wednesday, November 10, 2004 |
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 9: When reports of China’s haul of 31 tiger and 581 leopard skins came out in October last year, India said they were ‘‘not from Indian tigers’’. Further investigations by the Chin ...More
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NOT REALLY GREEN |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Wednesday, November 10, 2004 |
IN CHOOSING KENYAN green activist Wangari Maathai for this year's peace prize, the Nobel Committee added a new dimension to its conventional understanding of conflicts and their resolution. Environmen ...More
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Armymen come to rescue of Siberian cranes |
Kumod Verma |
Times of India , Tuesday, November 09, 2004 |
DANAPUR: The hands that fire on borders are now providing loving care to thousands of rare migratory birds, better known as Siberian cranes, at the Danapur Cantonment. It is an unusual sight watching ...More
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An elephantine project for systematic management |
Aarti Dhar |
The Hindu , Monday, November 08, 2004 |
NEW DELHI, NOV.8 . The Government has disbursed Rs. 5.41 crores for mitigation of man-elephant conflict across the country. While this amount was spent on anti-depredation measures, another Rs. 1.91 c ...More
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Centre ready to develop Sathyamangalam jungles |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Friday, November 05, 2004 |
NEW DELHI, NOV. 4. The Union Environment and Forests Ministry has not received any proposal from the State Government for the protection and development of Sathyamangalam jungles in Tamil Nadu followi ...More
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Banks poaching on Bhopal gas tragedy victims |
Staff Reporter |
Deccan Herald , Tuesday, November 02, 2004 |
Banks in Madhya Pradesh are suddenly wooing victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy — many promising separate counters for their benefit and some even offering free ATM cards!
The victims of the tra ...More
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Entry of tourists to Nalabana sanctuary prohibited |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Monday, November 01, 2004 |
BERHAMPUR (ORISSA), OCT. 31. Tourists visiting the famous Chilika Lake this winter will miss the beauty of one of its major attractions---the Nalabana bird sanctuary.
Entry of tourists into the sanc ...More
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4 held for poaching endangered lizard |
Staff Reporter |
The Tribune , Friday, October 08, 2004 |
Chandigarh, October 7
Following stepped up patrolling in the Batala area, honorary wildlife warden, Gurdaspur, nabbed a group of poachers for hunting down the monitor lizard, a highly endangered spec ...More
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7 spotted deer found dead |
Staff Reporter |
The Statesman , Tuesday, October 05, 2004 |
KENDRAPARA, Oct. 4. — The outbreak of a mysterious disease killing at least seven spotted deer in Orissa’s Bhitarkanika National Park has apparently caused panic even as the worried forest personnel h ...More
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Mandarins gaga over dolphin conservation |
Surojit Mahaland Bis |
Times of India, Tuesday, September 21, 2004 |
NEW DELHI: Endangered Gangetic dolphins which had recently dragged country's wildlife mandarins into troubled waters, have started behaving humane to them. In the last summer survey between May to Jun ...More
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Future of Irrawady dolphins doubtful |
Prema Singh Bindra |
The Pioneer, Saturday, September 18, 2004 |
Two decades from now, Amitav Ghosh could not have authored The Hungry Tide, or he would have had to shift venue to a fancy aquarium in some safari park, not in the immense archipelago islands of Sunde ...More
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A farm for the national bird near Tuticorin |
D. Murali |
Business Line, Sunday, September 05, 2004 |
Recently in Ottapidaram (TN)
MOST of us haven't seen even one peacock dance. Can you imagine what it would be like to watch more than a 100 of them spread out their colourful feathers and sway to th ...More
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Do more to save Orissa's Olive Ridleys' turtles |
staff reporter |
The Hindu Business Line, Wednesday, May 07, 2003 |
THE Dolphin Nature Conservation Society here has expressed concern over the alarming fall in the number of Olive Ridley turtles nesting on Orissa's shores It has sought urgent steps to arrest the tren ...More
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