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Drones to monitor Tamil Nadu's forest areas |
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The Times of India , Wednesday, August 03, 2016 |
Chennai: Drones will soon fly over Tamil Nadu's forests areas to monitor poaching and wildlife in reserved forest areas. The state forest department will buy five made in India drones to monitor fores ...More
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78 unexplained deaths of tigers to be probed |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Times of India , Wednesday, August 03, 2016 |
Nagpur: There have been 78 tiger deaths in the region over the last five years where the cause of death has not been ascertained. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) plans to discuss thes ...More
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102 rhinos, 46 tigers, 89 elephants poached since 2013 |
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The Times of India , Wednesday, August 03, 2016 |
NEW DELHI: Over hundred rhinos, 45 tigers and 85 elephants across the country have fallen prey to poachers in the last three years, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
Minister of State for Envi ...More
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Officials going soft on monitor lizard poachers |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Times of India , Wednesday, August 03, 2016 |
Nagpur: The Amravati forest officials are going soft on monitor lizard poachers by not arresting them and giving them sufficient time to approach the court to seek anticipatory bail.
Monitor lizards ...More
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Centre okays creation of rhino protection force |
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The Assam Tribune , Tuesday, August 02, 2016 |
NEW DELHI, Aug 1 - Following unending spate of rhino poaching, the Centre has accorded sanction for creation of the Special Rhino Protection Force at Kaziranga National Park.
At least 94 rhinos were ...More
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Another rhino found dead in flooded Kaziranga |
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The Times of India , Tuesday, August 02, 2016 |
JORHAT: The carcass of a female adult rhino was on Monday found with with its horn intact in the flooded Kaziranga National Park in Assam, officials said.
The carcass was recovered from near Amkato ...More
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21 kg of sea cucumbers seized |
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The Hindu , Tuesday, August 02, 2016 |
The Forest Department personnel have seized 21 kgs of fresh sea cucumber, an endangered species, protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act.
Acting on a tip off, a special team, led by ...More
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This play takes you into NoRhino world |
Garima Rakesh Mishra |
The Indian Express , Monday, August 01, 2016 |
TWO MONTHS ago, city-based theatre artiste ShrikantBhide stumbled upon a Facebook page that was dedicated to rhinoceros — an animal listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation (IU ...More
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Need to save tigers stressed at Car-Free Sundays |
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The Hindu , Monday, August 01, 2016 |
Students of Rathinam College of Arts and Science and Environment Conservation Group (ECG), a Non-Government Organisation working on wildlife and nature conservation, organised a street play to stress ...More
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Four arrested for killing wild elephant in Wayanad |
K R Rajeev |
The Times of India , Sunday, July 31, 2016 |
KOZHIKODE: Forest officials on Saturday arrested a four-member poaching gang for allegedly shooting down a female wild elephant in a private land on the forest fringes near Chethalayam under the South ...More
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Four held on charge of killing elephant |
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The Hindu , Sunday, July 31, 2016 |
Forest and Wildlife Department officials arrested four men on Saturday in connection with the killing of a cow elephant at Veliyambam in the district on Monday night.
The arrested were identified as ...More
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Giant python brings NH to a halt, rescued by Wildlife SOS |
Aditya Dev |
The Times of India , Sunday, July 31, 2016 |
AGRA: In a two-hour long daring rescue operation by the Wildlife SOS rapid response unit, a 13-foot-long python weighing approximately 24.5 kilograms was rescued from National Highway 2 (Agra - Mathur ...More
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Wildlife SOS rescues 13-foot python |
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Deccan Herald , Sunday, July 31, 2016 |
A 13-foot giant python, weighing over 24 kg, was recued from the National Highway. The rescue operation which was carried out by NGO Wildlife SOS lasted around two hours on Thursday night.
Th ...More
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13-foot-long python brings NH-2 to a halt |
BINDU SHAJAN PERAPPADAN |
The Hindu , Sunday, July 31, 2016 |
A 13-foot-long python weighing about 24.5 kg was rescued from National Highway-2 (Agra – Mathura Road) this past week. It took a Wildlife SOS team two hours to remove the snake, which was found to be ...More
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