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Stray rhino may fall prey to poachers, fear locals |
Kanwardeep Singh |
The Times of India , Wednesday, November 30, 2016 |
LUCKNOW: A rhinoceros that strayed in villages, about 10 km from Lakhimpur Khericity , during the monsoon is yet to be sent back to its natural habitat. The forest department has made no efforts to tr ...More
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2 poachers held at Chilika, bird seized |
TNN |
The Times of India , Tuesday, November 29, 2016 |
BERHAMPUR: Despite claim by wildlife officials that they have taken enough anti-poaching measures in the Chilika lake, hunting of migratory birds contines unabated in the blue lagoon. Wildlife personn ...More
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2 held for hunting migratory birds in Chilika |
PTI |
Press Trust of India , Tuesday, November 29, 2016 |
Berhampur (Odisha), Nov 29 (PTI) Two brothers have been arrested by wildlife personnel for allegedly hunting migratory birds in the Chilika lake in Odisha and a dead whistling teal was recovered from ...More
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2 held with black bear bile |
Seema Sharma |
The Times of India , Sunday, November 27, 2016 |
DEHRADUN: Dehradun forest division and members of the NGO Endangered Flora and Fauna on Earth Conservation Team (EFFECT) nabbed two men with four pods containing bear bile at Fatehpur near Doiwala on ...More
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Nearly 60 birds die in net traps spread across fields |
MankaBehl |
The Times of India , Friday, November 25, 2016 |
NAGPUR: In another case of massive bird poaching, over 60 birds were found trapped in a net at Nagbhid forest range under North Chandrapur Forest Circle.
About two days back, a group of forest guar ...More
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UP govt to set up Tiger Protection Force |
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Web India 123 , Friday, November 25, 2016 |
Uttar Pradesh government has decided to set up a special Tiger Protection Force (TPF) to combat the poaching of tigers and smuggling of their organs.
The initiative has been set in motion keeping in ...More
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Uttar Pradesh to set up Tiger Protection Force soon |
Subhash Mishra |
The Times of India , Thursday, November 24, 2016 |
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh will set up a special Tiger Protection Force to combat the poaching of tigers and smuggling of their organs. The conservation initiative has been set in motion keeping in mind a ...More
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3rd accused arrested in tiger skin seizure case |
Balupulipaka |
The Times of India , Thursday, November 24, 2016 |
Hyderabad: A third person was arrested on Wednesday in the case related to seizure of a tiger skin in KomrumBheemAsifabad district. Despite the arrest of a third person in the case, Katala Vilas, auth ...More
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Rhinos to be Relocated to Two New Sites in West Bengal |
SHREYA DASGUPTA |
The Wire , Thursday, November 24, 2016 |
The greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in India is set to get two new homes in the state of West Bengal.
All of the 250 rhinos in West Bengal occur in just two parks — Jaldapara and ...More
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Illegal ivory mostly from recent elephant killings |
Brigitte Osterath |
Deccan Herald , Tuesday, November 22, 2016 |
The illegal ivory trade is fuelled almost entirely by elephants that have been recently killed, say researchers who carbon-dated hundreds of ivory tusks seized by law enforcement officials. “That puts ...More
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Tiger skin seized, two men arrested |
Balupulipaka |
The Times of India , Tuesday, November 22, 2016 |
Hyderabad: Two persons were arrested in Bejjur of KomrumBheemAsifabad district while they were attempting to transport a tiger skin. The seizure of the skin, believed to have been taken from a sub-adu ...More
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Decline in arrival of migratory birds |
PTI |
Press Trust of India , Sunday, November 20, 2016 |
Nagapattinam (TN), Nov 19 (PTI) The Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary at Kodiakarai in Nagapattinam district, which used to attract several thousands of migratory birds every year, is witnessing a sha ...More
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Global network's concern over Indian data on tiger poaching |
Press Trust of India |
Business Standard , Friday, November 18, 2016 |
A global wildlife trade monitoring network's report has voiced concern over India's tiger poaching data management mechanism and said there was "disparity" between occurrences of 'seizure of tigers an ...More
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After 250 years, rhinos set to make comeback in west UP |
Sandeep Rai |
The Times of India , Friday, November 18, 2016 |
Meerut: One-horned rhino, listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, is set to return to western Uttar Pradesh, an area where it roamed freely 250 years ago.
Buoyed by the results of the relocation ...More
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Poachers rain bullets at Kaziranga rhino |
Anup Dutta |
The Times of India , Friday, November 18, 2016 |
JORHAT: A rhino in the Kaziranga National Park was shot dead by poachers on Wednesday, taking the number of rhino deaths this year to 16. The incident took place near the Tunikati anti-poaching camp u ...More
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‘Bhai’ case rescues three poachers |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Times of India , Thursday, November 17, 2016 |
Nagpur: Close on the heels of tiger poacher AjitChhiyalalRajgond, three accused in the monitor lizard poaching case in Amravati were released on bail by the chief judicial magistrate (CJM) on Monday. ...More
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Forest official nabbed for 'poaching' |
TNN |
The Times of India , Thursday, November 17, 2016 |
GUWAHATI: The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police nabbed a forest official and four others for their alleged involvement in rhino poaching in KarbiAnglong district on Monday evening.
"The fore ...More
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