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| Two poachers arrested for trying to hunt wild boar |
| TNN |
| The Times of India , Monday, November 02, 2015 |
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COIMBATORE: An ex-service man and his accomplice were arrested from a reserve forest while attempting to poach wild boars on Saturday near Anaikatti which falls under the Periyanaickenpalayam forest r ...More
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| Budget cut threatens Pilibhit Tiger Reserve’s 44 tigers |
| Kanwardeep Singh |
| The Times of India , Saturday, October 31, 2015 |
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PILIBHIT: The security of 44 tigers in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) is at stake, as there is a cut in the budget allocation for the reserve under the National Tiger Conservation Authority, and a r ...More
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| Tiger population has increased, says Minister |
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| The Hindu , Saturday, October 31, 2015 |
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Tiger population in the State had increased to 229 from 163 in the last five years owing to effective forest conservation measures and creation of waterholes inside the forests, said Finance Minister ...More
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| Man-animal conflict rising in Lakhimpur |
| Farhana Ahmed |
| The Assam Tribune , Thursday, October 29, 2015 |
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NORTH LAKHIMPUR, Oct 28 - The recent tragic electrocution of an adult male wild elephant at Gopalpur village near Kakoi-Rajgarh Forest Beat under Bogeenadi Police Station in Lakhimpur district has o ...More
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| Suspected tiger bones, claws seized |
| R. KRISHNAMOORTHY |
| The Hindu , Thursday, October 29, 2015 |
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Two offenders planned to sell parts to suspected poacher from Karnataka
The Forest Department has sent for forensic analysis bones and claws suspected to have been taken out from a tiger carcass by t ...More
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| RISE IN POACHING OF SEA CUCUMBERS |
| Deepthi Sanjiv |
| Bangalore Mirror , Wednesday, October 28, 2015 |
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Recently, two Sri Lankan trawlers were nabbed in Lakshadweep for poaching
High demand for sea cucumbers in China and Southeast Asia has led to a rise in poaching.
Sea cucumbers are scavenger sp ...More
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| JUMBO POPULATION DWINDLES IN A’GARH |
| DINESH DAS |
| The Pioneer , Monday, October 26, 2015 |
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Even though the Athagarh Forest Division remains to be a rich wildlife zone in the State, the number of elephants in the forest circle has been dwindling since 2007 due to non-execution of animal prot ...More
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| WWF calls for urgent action to protect snow leopards |
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| The Times of India , Monday, October 26, 2015 |
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NEW DELHI: With only 4,000 snow leopards left in the wild and 500 of them in India, a new report has urged countries to take urgent action in the wake of climate change to save the endangered species ...More
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| Live Wires Take Heavy Toll on Elephants |
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| The New Indian Express , Sunday, October 25, 2015 |
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BHUBANESWAR: For all its rhetoric on wildlife conservation, the State Government has not been able to contain electrocution deaths of the jumbos.
Two female elephants were killed in Bargarh Forest Di ...More
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| Global warming threatens endangered snow leopard |
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| The Asian Age , Saturday, October 24, 2015 |
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Melting ice in a warming world threatens to further shrink the habitat of the snow leopard, adding to illegal hunting woes that are pushing the iconic big cat to extinction, said a study released on F ...More
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| Climate change threat to snow leopard, says report |
| Mayank Aggarwal |
| Live Mint , Saturday, October 24, 2015 |
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New Delhi: Over one-third of the habitat of the endangered snow leopard could be rendered unsuitable if climate change is not checked, said a report released on Friday.
The report said it is not just ...More
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| Satpura radio-collared tiger killed for witchcraft |
| P Naveen |
| The Times of India , Sunday, October 18, 2015 |
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BHOPAL: After month-long investigation, Special Task Force (STF) of Madhya Pradesh forest department confiscated a hide of radio-collared tiger, which was poached in Satpura Tiger Reserve (STR) in Aug ...More
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| 6 anti-poaching camps to come up in Satkosia |
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| The Times of India , Saturday, October 17, 2015 |
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BHUBANESWAR: Khandagiri here on charges of embezzling nearly Rs 1 crore.Khandagiri here on charges of embezzling nearly Rs 1 crore.: Six more anti-poaching camps and two watch towers will come up in t ...More
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| S26 more elephants poisoned in Zimbabwe: official |
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| Business Standard , Friday, October 16, 2015 |
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A total of 26 more elephants have been found dead from cyanide poisoning in Zimbabwe, taking the toll to 40 in two months, parks officials said today.
Poachers killed the animals for their tusks, ...More
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