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Assam CM toughens measures to check rhino poaching |
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The Times of India , Thursday, June 23, 2016 |
GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister SarbanandaSonowalon Wednesday asked the deputy commissioners and superintendents of police to take all possible measures to protect the one-horned rhinos.
The chief m ...More
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Call to intensify drives against rhino poaching |
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The Assam Tribune , Thursday, June 23, 2016 |
GUWAHATI, June 22 - Nature’s Beckon and Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) have expressed dismay at the poaching of another one-horned rhinoceros in the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in a fortnight and de ...More
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Impossible to end rhino poaching, says Assam minister |
Rahul Karmakar |
The Hindustan Times , Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in Assam appears to have given up on ending rhino-poaching.
On Monday, state forest minister Pramila Rani Brahma said it would not be possible to stop poach ...More
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39 Elephants Have Died In Odisha But No One Knows Why |
IndraniBasu |
The Huffingt Post , Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
Since April last year, at least 39 elephants have reported to have died in Odisha, but the state forest department's wildlife wing appears to be clueless. The government officials apparently came to k ...More
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We can't win war against poaching: Minister |
PRASANTA MAZUMDAR |
The New Indian Express , Tuesday, June 21, 2016 |
GUWAHATI: Following the recent killings of two rhinos at the Kaziranga National Park within a fortnight, Forest Minister Pramila Rani Brahma on Monday said that while it would not be possible to stop ...More
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Forest minister 'sorry' over rhino poaching |
Ratnadip Choudhury |
Deccan Herald , Tuesday, June 21, 2016 |
After yet another Rhino was killed in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park, Assam Forest Minister Pramila Rani Brahma on Monday expressed her sorrow for not being able to save the rhinos.
The second rhi ...More
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Saiga antelope numbers rise after mass die-off |
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The Guardian , Tuesday, June 21, 2016 |
Last year, catastrophe hit saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan. About 200,000 of these critically endangered antelopes died in Betpak-Dala in May, deeply worrying conservationists. The deaths, scientists ev ...More
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Poachers Kill Adult Female Rhino InKaziranga |
Press Trust of India |
News 18 , Tuesday, June 21, 2016 |
Jorhat: A female adult rhino was killed by poachers and its horn was taken away in Kaziranga National Park in Assam taking the toll to 12 in 2016 and two in June, a forest official said.
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Poachers kill rhino in Kaziranga |
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The Hindu , Monday, June 20, 2016 |
A female adult rhino was killed by poachers and its horn taken away in Kaziranga National Park in Assam taking the toll to 12 this year and two this month, a forest official said.
The carcass of the ...More
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Kaziranga loses second rhino in a week |
Naresh Mitra |
The Times of India , Monday, June 20, 2016 |
Guwahati: Amid intensifying crackdown against poachers,Kaziranga National Park lost second rhino within a week on Sunday. The poachers killed a female rhino and took away the horn in the Bagori forest ...More
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Probe sought into samiti’s role in Kerala tusk trade |
RADHAKRISHNAN KUTTOOR |
The Hindu , Monday, June 20, 2016 |
The VSS is a Forest Department initiative launched to ensure public participation in forest management.
The arrest of VanaSamrakshanaSamiti president at Gurunathanmannu in the Ranni Forest Division f ...More
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Second rhino killed in park in fortnight |
Pullock Dutta |
The Telegraph , Monday, June 20, 2016 |
Jorhat, June 19: The less-than-a-month-old government in Dispur was left staring at the second rhino carcass within a fortnight after poachers killed it at Kaziranga National Park and took away the ho ...More
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Lightning, not anthrax killed 3 elephants: Probe |
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The New Indian Express , Tuesday, June 14, 2016 |
DEOGARH: Scotching reports that three elephants in Deogarh’sDamdami Hill in Prabhasuni Reserve Forest died due to anthrax, investigation by a veterinary team has attributed the cause to lightning.
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Three jumbos die at Deogarh, probe begins |
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Prameya News7 , Monday, June 13, 2016 |
Bhubaneswar: In quite a shocking incident, dead bodies of three elephants have been spotted at Asurakhol region of Prabhasuni Reserve Forest on Sunday, sources said.
While the reasons for the death o ...More
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Brutal death for Panna tigress raised by foresters |
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The Hindustan Times , Monday, June 13, 2016 |
A rare experiment to release a Royal Bengal tigress in the wild, which was under foresters’ care since it was found abandoned as a cub 11 years ago, ended in tragedy at Panna tiger reserve in Madhya P ...More
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