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Man held for selling tiger claw |
Poaching |
The Hindu , Monday, July 27, 2015 |
Forest officials here arrested a man here on Sunday while he was trying to sell a tiger’s claw.
J. Nandhakumar (32), a resident of Palavanjipalayam in Tirupur, had placed an online advertisement to s ...More
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Project Tiger: How India has kept the tiger alive |
Marisha Karwa |
DNA India , Sunday, July 26, 2015 |
Nearly 100,000 tigers roamed the world about a century ago. Just about 3,200 remain today. Ahead of International Tiger Day on July 29, Marisha Karwa talks to experts about India's tiger conservation ...More
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Govts lock horns over rhino force |
Wasim Rahman |
The Telegraph , Saturday, July 25, 2015 |
Jorhat, July 24: The plan to raise an elite force for protection of rhinos in Assam with central funding has run into rough weather following differences between the state government and the Centre ov ...More
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CAG spills beans over tiger conservation in MP |
Shashikant Trivedi |
Business Standard , Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
Poor planning and inadequate management for wildlife not only claimed several tigers but also other animals like great Indian bustard (Son chiriya), sloth bear, chitals and wild dogs.
Pointing out ...More
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State Agencies Make Light of Wildlife Crimes |
Dhinesh Kallungal |
The New Indian Express , Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
KOCHI: The government’s decision to entrust the ongoing probe into the recent elephant poaching incidents and ivory tusk trade with the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) has exposed the apathy and ...More
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Elephant poaching haunts Kerala |
K.S. SUDHI |
The Hindu , Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
The Centre asks State Forest Department to explain the steps taken for the protection of elephants.
Pulling up the State Forest Department for lack of “adequate protection measures in the Edamalayar ...More
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Kerala to seek WCCB's help in elephant poaching case |
Press Trust of India |
Business Standard , Wednesday, July 22, 2015 |
Kerala government has decided to seek the help of national Wildlife Crime Control Bureau for a comprehensive probe into the elephant poaching reported in the state forests recently.
As poaching ...More
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One More Arrested in Poaching Case |
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The New Indian Express , Wednesday, July 22, 2015 |
KOCHI:Forest Department officials investigating the Edamalayar elephant poaching case on Tuesday arrested an accomplice of poaching racket kingpin Vasu, the Kothamangalam-native who was found dead at ...More
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Karimbani elephant poaching case: Key accused found dead |
HIRAN UNNIKRISHNAN |
The Hindu , Tuesday, July 21, 2015 |
Vasu's gang had killed at least five elephants in Thundathil Forests.
The Karimbani elephant poaching case took an adverse turn with the key accused, Aikkaramuttom Vasu, being found dead in a farmhou ...More
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Expanding lion kingdom, shrinking manpower |
Himanshu Kaushik |
The Economic Times , Tuesday, July 21, 2015 |
AHMEDABAD: Lion census 2015 has pegged that the empire of the king of jungle is spread over 22,000 sq km — 2,000 sq km in Gir sanctuary and the rest outside. Out of 20,000 sq km area that is outside t ...More
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Wildlife laws set for huge overhaul, draft policy ready |
Chetan Chauhan |
The Hindustan Times , Tuesday, July 21, 2015 |
The government has proposed a new set of regulations on hunting of wildlife outside protected areas such as national parks and sanctuaries as well as trade of non-endangered flora and fauna, which con ...More
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Survey: 50 dolphins in 80-km stretch of Ganga |
Nazar Abbas |
The Times of India , Tuesday, July 21, 2015 |
MORADABAD: In welcome news for the state of the Ganga river system, a survey has counted 50 river dolphins over an 80-km stretch of the river from Garhmukteshwar to Narora, a very high density conside ...More
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In poachers’ lingo ‘bada wala’ is a tiger |
TNN |
The Times of India , Monday, July 20, 2015 |
BAHRAICH: A seminar on prevention of poaching was held at Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary on Sunday.
Speaking on the occasion, additional superintendent of police (ASP), Special Task Force (STF), ...More
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Headhunters on loose, jackals on run |
P Oppili |
The Times of India , Friday, July 17, 2015 |
Vellore district forest officials on Thursday arrested two poachers and seized three jackal heads along with six black-naped hares. Tipped off that the nine animals had been killed and were being sold ...More
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SC rejects bail to int’l tiger skin trader Chacha |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Times of India , Friday, July 17, 2015 |
NAGPUR: Doors for further appeals have now closed for international tiger skin and body parts trader Suraj Pal alias Chacha after the Supreme Court rejected his bail application on Thursday.
A benc ...More
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