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African elephant population tumbles due to poaching |
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Reuters , Monday, September 26, 2016 |
Africa's elephant population fell around 20 percent between 2006 and 2015 because of a surge in ivory poaching, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said in a report on Sunday.
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African elephants 'suffer worst decline in 25 years' |
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The Hindu , Monday, September 26, 2016 |
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on Sunday said Africa's elephant population has suffered its worst drop in 25 years due to the plummeting numbers on poaching.
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African elephants suffer worst decline in 25 years |
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Business Standard , Monday, September 26, 2016 |
The number of African elephants has dropped by around 111,000 in the past decade, a new report released at the Johannesburg conference on the wildlife trade said, blaming the plummeting figures on poa ...More
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Three rhino poachers nabbed in Assam |
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THE HANS INDIA , Monday, September 26, 2016 |
Guwahati: Assam police on Sunday had apprehended three rhino poachers from Assam’s Nagaon district, officials said.
Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of police and Special Task Force (STF) apprehe ...More
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Three rhino poachers nabbed in Assam |
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THE HANS INDIA , Monday, September 26, 2016 |
Guwahati: Assam police on Sunday had apprehended three rhino poachers from Assam’s Nagaon district, officials said.
Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of police and Special Task Force (STF) apprehe ...More
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Foresters bust Pangolin poaching racket |
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The New Indian Express , Sunday, September 25, 2016 |
HUBBALLI: Foresters in Belgavi and Dandeli have stumbled upon a major wildlife racket involving pangolin (ant eater) meat and scales. In separate raids in the last two days, sleuths have arrested six ...More
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Bird poachers arrested by wildlife authorities |
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The Times of India , Sunday, September 25, 2016 |
CHENNAI: Two people were arrested for poaching local migratory birds at Thiruvidanthai on the East Coast Road on Saturday. The arrested were identified as V Selvam and S Sakthivel of Thirukkazhukkundr ...More
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5 jumbos perish in 3 months |
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The New Indian Express , Saturday, September 24, 2016 |
DEOGARH:At least five elephants have died in Prabhasuni reserve forest of Deogarh district in the last three months. While this has left wildlife activists worried, it has also exposed failure of fore ...More
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World Rhino Day celebrated at near Kaziranga ANN |
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The Assam Tribune , Saturday, September 24, 2016 |
BOKAKHAT, Sept 23 - The World Rhino Day was celebrated at DhansirimukhJanajati High School, 2 km from Bokakhat town, which is adjacent to the Kaziranga National Park, under the aegis of Aaranyak, a le ...More
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Adult jackal rescued from an abandoned mill |
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The Times of India , Friday, September 23, 2016 |
COIMBATORE: Forest department officials on Thursday afternoon rescued an adult jackal from an abandoned mill at Sundarapuram here.
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2 rhino poachers held in Tamil Nadu |
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The Assam Tribune , Thursday, September 22, 2016 |
GUWAHATI, Sept 21 - The arrest of two notorious poachers – Maqbul Ali and Noor Kasem – from Coonoor in Tamil Nadu in connection with killing of rhinos in Kaziranga National Park has come as a revelati ...More
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