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3 bombs seized from tiger poacher disposed of |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Times of India , Friday, March 18, 2016 |
Nagpur: Two days after Amravati principal district judge suspended the sentence of notorious tiger poacher Bhajan Hotel Dhurve, three bombs seized from his accomplice Shiri Chouhan were disposed of in ...More
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Fishing banned to protect dolphins |
TNN |
The Times of India , Thursday, March 17, 2016 |
Guwahati: Kamrup (Metro) district administration has imposed a ban on fishing in the Brahmaputra in certain areas, keeping in mind the danger faced by the Ganges River Dolphin.
Deputy Commissioner ...More
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Couple held for selling deer skin, antlers in Tamil Nadu |
P Oppili |
The Times of India , Wednesday, March 16, 2016 |
CHENNAI: Forest officials in Tamil Nadu arrested a narikorava (a hunting tribe) couple when they tried to sell spotted deer skins and antlers at Gingee on Tuesday.
The accused have been identified ...More
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Forest dept could have prevented tiger poaching in CTR |
Seema Sharma |
The Times of India , Wednesday, March 16, 2016 |
DEHRADUN: A day after the special task force (STF) of Uttarakhand police seized the skins of five big cats from a gang of poachers, a red alert was issued in the entire Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR). It ...More
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Baby eagle-owl rescued from smugglers |
TNN |
The Times of India , Tuesday, March 15, 2016 |
Agra: Timely action by a nature photographer and the Wildlife SOS helped save a young owl at Patholi village on Monday. The bird had fallen from its nest and was held captive by a group of men. The sm ...More
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Five tiger skins seized from poacher in Uttarakhand |
PTI |
The Hindu , Tuesday, March 15, 2016 |
A poacher, having links with an international gang of wildlife smugglers, was arrested with five tiger skins and bones worth Rs 70 lakh in international market, in Uttarakhand’sHaridwar district, poli ...More
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Juvenile dusty eagle owl seized from smugglers in Agra |
IANS |
Business Standard , Tuesday, March 15, 2016 |
Illegal trade in owls was exposed in Agra district ofUttar Pradesh when a nature photographer tipped-off the Wildlife SOS NGO after spying a group of men with a bag containing an owlet.
Photographer ...More
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On alert, to check poaching during summer |
G. ANAND |
The Hindu , Tuesday, March 15, 2016 |
Wildcats vulnerable during visits to dwindling waterholes, wildfires.
The Forest Department has stepped up surveillance in Idukki and Wayanad districts in the wake of intelligence forecasts that hunt ...More
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Is Corbett turning into poachers’ den? |
Seema Sharma |
The Times of India , Tuesday, March 15, 2016 |
DEHRADUN: The revelations by an arrested member of the Bawaria gang has raised serious questions about the safety of tigers in and around Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR).
The gang would travel barely 1 ...More
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Man wanted in elephant poaching cases held in Tamil Nadu |
P Oppili |
The Times of India , Monday, March 14, 2016 |
CHENNAI: Forest officials from Theni along with their counterparts in Tirupur arrested a man wanted in elephant poaching cases in Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.
Madurai circle conservator NiharRanjan said t ...More
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Elephant poacher, accomplice held |
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The Hindu , Monday, March 14, 2016 |
A suspected elephant poacher and his accomplice were arrested in Tirupur district and produced before Uthamapalayam Judicial Magistrate Court on Sunday. The court remanded them in 15 days judicial cus ...More
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Elephant poaching case accused’s trail goes cold |
G. ANAND |
The Hindu , Monday, March 14, 2016 |
The trail of one of the suspected top-rung ivory dealers in the State has gone cold, according to the Forest Department investigators.
They had stumbled on SudheendraBabu, the 60-year-old elusive sus ...More
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Man held with 13 live monitor lizards |
TNN |
The Times of India , Friday, March 11, 2016 |
CHENNAI/CUDDALORE: Cuddalore forest officials arrested the kingpin of a monitor lizard smuggling racket in Hosur at midnight on Wednesday .Officials seized13 live monitor lizards from Y Mehboob, a res ...More
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Record number of African rhinos killed in 2015 |
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The Guardian , Thursday, March 10, 2016 |
A record number of rhinos were killed by poachers across Africa last year, driven by demand in the far east for their horn.
The number slaughtered in their heartland in South Africa, which has four-f ...More
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Record 1,300 rhinos poached in Africa in 2015 |
AFP |
The Economic Times , Thursday, March 10, 2016 |
GENEVA: More than 1,300 rhinos were poached in Africa last year, a record since 2008 when South Africa banned trade in rhino horns, leading conservation body IUCN said on Wednesday. "The number of Afr ...More
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Birds leaving Valley early as temperature rises |
IANS |
The Economic Times , Thursday, March 10, 2016 |
SRINAGAR: Hundreds of migratory birds are bidding an early adieu to Kashmir this year because of unusually hot temperatures and scant rain and snowfall.
"Normally, the migration back to summer home ...More
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