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Jungle in Chennai: Home to 50 bird species |
P Oppili |
The Times of India , Wednesday, March 02, 2016 |
Not too long ago, Eastambaram was a vacant spot in the sub urb. In the last 10 years, however, it has become a real estate hot spot to such an extent that the city now extends seamlessly from Velacher ...More
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Mambas with a sharp bite! |
JESSICA ALDRED |
The Hindu , Tuesday, March 01, 2016 |
“The Black Mambas are winning the war on poaching,” insists SiphiweSithole. “We have absolutely zero tolerance for rhino poaching and the illegal wildlife trade. The poachers will fall — but it will n ...More
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Bor tiger crosses NH6, finds new home in Katol forest |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Times of India , Tuesday, March 01, 2016 |
Nagpur: After a Tadoba tiger traversing 140 km to reach Nagzira, another dispersal of a male tiger has been reported, this time from Bor Tiger Reserve (BTR) in Wardha to Katol forest.
The tiger, whic ...More
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TIGER PROTECTION IN STATE WITNESSES RISE |
MayuriPhadnis |
Pune Mirror , Monday, February 29, 2016 |
If all goes well, Maharashtra might get its seventh reserve at Tipeshwar
Once under the purview of project tiger, the forest receives a high conservation status. Looking at this aspect, there has b ...More
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No let-up in Edamalayar poaching |
HIRAN UNNIKRISHNAN |
The Hindu , Monday, February 29, 2016 |
Two days ago, the forest officers under the Malayattur division nabbed 49-year-old Varghese Thondingal on charges of poaching a sambar from the Pooyamkutty forests.
The person, who had been under sur ...More
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‘Protecting corridors key to increasing tiger numbers’ |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Times of India , Sunday, February 28, 2016 |
Nagpur: Aditya Joshi, 28, is a reputed wildlife biologist with internationally recognized work from Nagpur. A recipient of the prestigious UllasKaranth-Paul Getty Award for excellence in the field of ...More
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2 held with carcasses of six peacocks |
TNN |
The Times of India , Sunday, February 28, 2016 |
Jaipur: Two poachers were caught red-handed while carrying carcasses of six peacocks that they had killed by feeding them poisoned grains in Bundi on Saturday. It is the standard modus operandi of the ...More
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Karnataka's Pangolins Poached to Verge of Extinction |
Meera Bhardwaj |
The New Indian Express , Friday, February 26, 2016 |
BENGALURU: The World Pangolin Day celebrated this week hopes to raise awareness on the plight of the most illegally-traded mammal in the world.
Local wildlife experts say that the situation is so di ...More
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Clampdown on pangolin poaching has deterrent effect |
R. KRISHNAMOORTHY |
The Hindu , Thursday, February 25, 2016 |
Though a clampdown late last year on pangolin poachers has reflected in a deterrent effect seemingly, the Forest Department is yet in pursuit of a main accused in the case.
About eight poachers opera ...More
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India’s humble pangolin scrambles for survival |
AnkitaSengupta |
The Asian Age , Wednesday, February 24, 2016 |
While pangolin trade is illegal in India wildlife experts say that these scaly ant-eaters are being hunted in enormous numbers. The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau’s data back up this claim.
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Saving okapi from extinction |
JESSICA ALDRED |
The Hindu , Wednesday, February 24, 2016 |
Conservationists have called for urgent action to stop armed militia and illegal mining in protected central African forests from driving the elusive okapi to extinction.
A 10-year plan to save the “ ...More
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Teams comb 4,000 hectare forest area for poaching clues |
TNN |
The Times of India , Tuesday, February 23, 2016 |
Jaipur: Desperate to find clues in the panther's attempted poaching case in JaisinghpuraKhor, three forest department teams combed through nearly 4,000 hectare forest area on the fringes of the city o ...More
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Father, son arrested for killing two migratory birds |
Press Trust of India |
Business Standard , Monday, February 22, 2016 |
Wildlife officials have arrested a father-son duo for allegedly killing two migratory birds near Mangalajodi at Chilikalake in Odisha.
Meat of ruddy shelduck and larger whistling duck along with a ...More
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Tigers make a comeback at Thai national park |
IANS |
Business Standard , Saturday, February 20, 2016 |
The depleted tiger population in Thailand has started to rebound, after over a decade of efforts to curb poaching at a conservation park in UthaiThani province, the media reported on Friday.
Accord ...More
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