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Elephant Poaching: One More Arrested |
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The New Indian Express , Thursday, October 15, 2015 |
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The flying squad of the Forest Department on Wednesday arrested one more person in connection with the elephant poaching case. The accused has been identified as Vidyasagar, a na ...More
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26 more elephants killed with cyanide in Zimbabwe |
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The Indian Express , Thursday, October 15, 2015 |
Rangers in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park have discovered the carcasses of 26 elephants at two locations, additional victims of cyanide poisoning. Bhejani Trust and the National Parks and Wildlife Ma ...More
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Bio-engineered rhino horns have few takers across world |
Chetan Chauhan |
The Hindustan Times , Thursday, October 15, 2015 |
A coalition of wildlife non-government organisations from across the world has opposed the use of bio-engineered rhino horn as a measure to curb poaching of the endangered species.
An American biotec ...More
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Ivory worth crores recovered, Delhi businessman arrested |
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The Times of India , Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
NEW DELHI: Over 480kg of ivory worth several crores in the international market has been recovered from a businessman in Delhi after a joint operation by Kerala Forest Department, Wildlife Crime Contr ...More
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To support conservation of tiger |
R. KRISHNAMOORTHY |
The Hindu , Saturday, October 10, 2015 |
Sathyamangalam Conservation Foundation has been established by the Forest Department, about two years after declaration of the over 1,400 km forest expanse as a Tiger Reserve, according to a provision ...More
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14 elephants killed by cyanide poisoning in Zimbabwe |
PTI |
The Times of India , Wednesday, October 07, 2015 |
HARARE: Fourteen elephants were poisoned by cyanide in Zimbabwe in three separate incidents, two years after poachers killed more than 200 elephants by poisoning, Zimbabwe's National Parks and Wildlif ...More
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Kaziranga lost another rhino to poachers |
Naresh Mitra |
The Times of India , Sunday, October 04, 2015 |
GUWAHATI: Poachers armed with sophisticated night-vision enabled riflescope killed one rhino at Kaziranga national park, a world heritage site about 250kms from here, late on Friday evening.
Park o ...More
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West Bengal may get dolphin reserve |
Krishnendu Mukherjee |
The Times of India , Saturday, October 03, 2015 |
KOLKATA: The Ganges river dolphin — India's national aquatic animal — is set to get more protection in Bengal. The stretch of river Hooghly between Malda and Sagar is likely to be developed as a dolph ...More
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Nilgiritahr population over 3,000: WWF-India |
V.S. PALANIAPPAN |
The Hindu , Saturday, October 03, 2015 |
Perhaps, in the first-ever comprehensive study of the Nilgiritahr population in Western Ghats, the WWF-India has put the population at 3,122 and added that with diligent conservation and planning, the ...More
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West Bengal may get dolphin reserve |
Krishnendu Mukherjee |
The Times of India , Saturday, October 03, 2015 |
KOLKATA: The Ganges river dolphin — India's national aquatic animal — is set to get more protection in Bengal. The stretch of river Hooghly between Malda and Sagar is likely to be developed as a dolph ...More
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West Bengal may get dolphin reserve |
Krishnendu Mukherjee |
The Times of India , Saturday, October 03, 2015 |
KOLKATA: The Ganges river dolphin — India's national aquatic animal — is set to get more protection in Bengal. The stretch of river Hooghly between Malda and Sagar is likely to be developed as a dolph ...More
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Plan to lure tourists to U’khand butterfly zones |
Seema Sharma |
The Times of India , Friday, October 02, 2015 |
DEHRADUN: Chief minister Harish Rawat, looking at the photographs on display at the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education to celebrate Wildlife Week, appeared startled by the large number ...More
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Musk deer spotted in Kedarnath Musk Deer Sanctuary |
Seema Sharma |
The Times of India , Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
CHAMOLI: Camera trap images and droppings have revealed that there are healthy musk deer roaming the Kedarnath Musk Deer Sanctuary. This comes as huge relief, as this species of deer is rare and endan ...More
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Gangetic dolphin census to be conducted in Ramganga |
Priyangi Agarwal |
The Times of India , Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
BAREILLY: For the first time, the forest department, WWF-India and 23 other NGOs and community leaders will conduct a Gangetic dolphin census in the Ramganga river from October 5 to 8 this year. The f ...More
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MORE CAMERA TRAPS TO SECURE KUDREMUKH |
Chetan R, |
Bangalore Mirror , Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
The Naxal-infested wildlife division in Kudremukh, Western Ghats - one of the sensitive zones for the tiger population in state - is going the Nagarhole Tiger Reserve way. Soon, the area will get an a ...More
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Pamphlet and poster campaign to protect wildlife |
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The Hindu , Monday, September 28, 2015 |
In a bid to create awareness of curbing poaching and sale of wild animals and birds in the district, the forest department launched a campaign here on Sunday, distributing posters and pamphlets.
In t ...More
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Gharial ‘poached’ in North Dinajpur river |
Subhro Maitra & Krishnendu Mukherjee |
The Times of India , Monday, September 28, 2015 |
Malda/Kolkata: Wildlife outside the protected area in Bengal is under attack. After the poaching of a few fishing cats in Howrah, a gharial — a critically endangered species — was allegedly killed by ...More
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