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'Haunted' house had cache of wildlife parts |
RavindraUppar |
The Times of India , Thursday, October 13, 2016 |
BELAGAVI: The City Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) police busted the mystery behind the "haunted" house on Tuesday by conducting a raid and recovering a huge amount of deer antlers, pangolin scales, ...More
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Huge stock of antlers, pangolin scales seized in Belagavi |
VIJAYKUMAR PATIL |
The Hindu , Wednesday, October 12, 2016 |
Sleuths of the City Crime Investigation Bureau and Forest Department raided a house and seized a huge stock of antlers, scales of pangolin, and a pair of elephant tusks in Shettigalli under the Market ...More
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Wildlife activists concerned over rising pangolin trade |
Tushar A Majukar |
The New Indian Express , Wednesday, October 12, 2016 |
BELAGAVI: The illegal trade of pangolin meat and scales, which is a critically endangered species, is operated by organised gangs by taking local residents of jungles into confidence. The recent seizu ...More
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Police seize deer antlers, elephant tusks |
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Deccan Herald , Wednesday, October 12, 2016 |
Deer and blackbuck antlers, pangolin chips and a pair of elephant tusks worth around Rs crore in the international market, which were stored in a house at Shetty Galli in the city for smuggling to for ...More
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Forest officials book poachers under non-existent law |
Amit S Upadhye |
The New Indian Express , Wednesday, October 12, 2016 |
DANDELI: Taking advantage of a huge bungling in the investigation by the forest department officials of Haliyal, those who had been accused of poaching of an animal, protected under Schedule-I of the ...More
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Wildlife week: Threats to elephants highlighted |
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The Hindu , Monday, October 10, 2016 |
The ‘Elephant Day’ celebrations, as part of the 62nd wildlife week which concluded on Saturday, brought home the threats plaguing wild elephants due to anthropogenic pressures.
Conducted by the Cauve ...More
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The flip side of wildlife tourism |
A. SHRIKUMAR |
The Hindu , Monday, October 10, 2016 |
As yet another Wildlife Week goes by, A. SHRIKUMAR wonders if eco-tourism and wildlife photography are losing sanctity in the wake of unethical methods becoming a shortcut for ‘wild’ experiences and ‘ ...More
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4 held trying to smuggle pangolin hide |
Anvit Srivastava |
The Times of India , Sunday, October 09, 2016 |
New Delhi: In a joint raid carried out by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and Central Bureau of Investigation at New Delhi railway station, four men were arrested late on Friday night and 86 kg of p ...More
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India plans to add ten more tiger reserves: Official |
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The New Indian Express , Thursday, October 06, 2016 |
JOHANNESBURG: With 30 per cent increase in its tiger population as a result of its conservation efforts, India plans to add ten more tiger reserves to the existing 49, a senior Indian official has sai ...More
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Wild boar hacked to death |
PTI |
The Hindu , Thursday, October 06, 2016 |
In the latest fallout of man-animal conflict, people allegedly hacked a rogue wild boar to death after it let loose a reign of terror by attacking the locals at Kajalapatia and Batighar villages in Ke ...More
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3 held for poaching wild boar |
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The Hindu , Thursday, October 06, 2016 |
Three persons were arrested on the charge of hunting a wild boar at Ulliyathadka in Madhur panchayat near here on Wednesday.
Those arrested were identified as Vinukumar, 32, Sasikumar, 29, and K. Ash ...More
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Week dedicated to sensitize residents about Yeoor wildlife |
FrenyFernandes |
The Times of India , Tuesday, October 04, 2016 |
THANE: The forest authorities have dedicated this week for the wildlife and decided to sensitize citizens about the environment in and around Yeoor.
Officials asserted that most of the harm done to ...More
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