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Global trade in African grey parrots banned |
AFP |
Deccan Herald , Monday, October 03, 2016 |
Delegates at a global wildlife conference today voted to ban international trade in African grey parrots, one of the world's most trafficked birds.
Prized for their ability to mimic human speech, t ...More
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Chilkalake gears up to provide protection to winged visitors |
Press Trust of India |
Business Standard , Monday, October 03, 2016 |
With winter approaching and migratory birds set to arrive on the swamps of Chilka lake in Odisha, the wildlife wing of India's largest brackish lake is gearing up to provide protection to the winged g ...More
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WWF report states India being unsafe country for tigers |
Seema Sharma |
The Times of India , Sunday, October 02, 2016 |
DEHRADUN: According to the report released on September 29, body parts of as many as 1,755 rare animals were seized in the country in the past 16 years, of which around 540 were tigers'. Published ahe ...More
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Pangolins granted a lifeline |
VIRAT A SINGH |
DNA India , Friday, September 30, 2016 |
Even as wildlife conservationists share a moment of hope and joy as the move to transfer all the eight pangolin species including two found in India from Appendix II to Appendix I – thus prohibiting a ...More
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India records greatest number of tiger seizures: report |
PTI |
Deccan Herald , Friday, September 30, 2016 |
Tiger trafficking across Asia goes on unabated with India reporting the largest number of seizures. However, there has been a "significant decrease" in the number of seizures reported in India since 2 ...More
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Chilikalake set to welcome winged guests |
HrusikeshMohanty |
The Times of India , Thursday, September 29, 2016 |
Berhampur: The winter is coming and the winged guests are yet arrive on the swamps of Chilkalake. But it is show time for the wildlife wing of India's biggest brackish lake as they prepare to provide ...More
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Four, including former APWs, poach sloth bear, deer |
M.K. Ananth |
The Hindu , Thursday, September 29, 2016 |
Special teams from the forest department are on the lookout for four persons, including two former anti-poaching watchers (APWs), for allegedly poaching a sloth bear cub and a deer.
The department se ...More
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Worst African elephant loss in 25 years: study |
PTI |
Deccan Herald , Wednesday, September 28, 2016 |
Africa's overall elephant population has seen the worst declines in the last 25 years, with their numbers falling by about 111,000, mainly due to poaching over the past ten years, according to a new r ...More
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393 elephants died in Odisha in 5 years |
IANS |
Odisha TV , Wednesday, September 28, 2016 |
Bhubaneswar: As many as 393 elephants have died in the past five years in Odisha, Forests and Environment Minister Bikram KeshariArukh said on Tuesday. The minister did not elaborate how the pachyderm ...More
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Nature tourism to protect tigers |
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Millennium Post , Tuesday, September 27, 2016 |
TOFTigers, a leading NGO in the wildlife and nature tourism sector issued a call for the nature tourism industry to extend its vital role in protecting India’s natural heritage and re-wilding denuded ...More
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African elephants 'suffer worst decline in 25 years' |
AFP |
The Times of India , Tuesday, September 27, 2016 |
JOHANNESBURG: The number of African elephants has dropped by around 111,000 in the past decade, a new report released on Monday at the Johannesburg conference on the wildlife trade said, blaming the p ...More
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