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HP TO START BREEDING SNOW LEOPARDS IN CAPTIVITY |
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The Pioneer , Wednesday, June 29, 2016 |
The breeding of the highly-endangered snow leopard in the Himalayan nature park in this picturesque Himachal Pradesh resort is set to begin with zoo authorities in Darjeeling agreeing to lend it a pai ...More
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Lakes turning into bird hunting grounds |
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The Times of India , Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
Nagpur: After 20 rare birds died in a fishing net trapped in a Peepal tree at Gosirkhurd dam, a similar case has come up at Bhivkund dam near Zilpi Lake. Fishing nets were found on dozens of tress, ca ...More
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Police intensifies ops against rhino poachers |
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The Assam Tribune , Monday, June 27, 2016 |
BISWANATH CHARIALI, June 26 - Numourous sand bars scattered along the Brahmaputra in Biswanath district and some parts of Sonitpur district have lately become a haven for rhino poachers, police here c ...More
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Elephant killed by suspected poachers |
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The Times of India , Monday, June 27, 2016 |
Palakkad: A 40-year-old wild tusker, which was tranquillised and treated for a suspected bullet injury and let off into the forest on Friday was found dead in the Attapadi forests near Kerala-Tamil Na ...More
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Four rhino poachers, including a VDP member, apprehended |
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The Sentinel Assam , Monday, June 27, 2016 |
NAGAON, (HAIBORGAOB), June 26: In a major breakthrough, forest guards, Special Task Force and the police of Rang Bong Bey police station, Karbi-Anglong district in a joint operation in the wee hours o ...More
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Excessive use of pesticide killing peacocks in Haveri |
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DECCAN CHRONICLE , Monday, June 27, 2016 |
Hubballi: Excess use of pesticide has been posing a threat to the lives of peacocks in Haveri district as hundreds of birds have died in the recent past after farmers took up sowing operations.
Bird ...More
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Kerala: Rising number of Tiger deaths causes concern |
SHAM MOHAMMED |
DECCAN CHRONICLE , Monday, June 27, 2016 |
KOLLAM: The recent death of a tiger at the Achankovil forest has raised eyebrows as the incident sheds light in to numerous tiger deaths that have been happening in the forests across the state recent ...More
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Eleven-year-old tigress found dead in Ranthambore |
TNN |
The Times of India , Sunday, June 26, 2016 |
Jaipur: An eleven-year-old tigress was found dead in the peripheral area of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve in the wee hours on Saturday.
According to the forest officials this could be a natural death ...More
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Elephant smuggling racket busted in Assam |
Naresh Mitra |
The Times of India , Saturday, June 25, 2016 |
Guwahati: Rhino poaching is no longer the sole wildlife crime in the state. It now has elephant smuggling for competition.
The state forest department confiscated two female elephants who were bein ...More
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160 poaching snares seized in Nalgonda |
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The New Indian Express , Saturday, June 25, 2016 |
HYDERABAD: In a raid on 20 houses of Gourelli village in Nacharammandal of Nalgonda district by Anti-poaching staff, Hyderabad on Friday, as many as 160 snares and raw material for making them were se ...More
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Four held for poaching blackbuck |
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Odisha TV , Saturday, June 25, 2016 |
Berhampur: At least four persons, including a college student, were arrested today for allegedly poaching an endangered blackbuck near Sandhamula village in Ganjam district.
A country-made gun and tw ...More
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Sloth bear strays into private farm, trapped |
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The New Indian Express , Friday, June 24, 2016 |
TIRUNELVELI: A three-year-old male sloth bear was trapped in a cage near Kalakkad in the Western Ghats on Thursday, by officials of the KalakkadMundanthurai Tiger Reserve.
The bear had strayed into a ...More
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