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App Leaves Footprints in Jungle Patrolling |
Meera Bhardwaj |
The New Indian Express , Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
BENGALURU: Since its launch in February last year, Hejje, a mobile application for habitat monitoring and tracking, has been working wonders for the forest department.
The app has been assisting off ...More
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3D-printed rhino horns to curb poaching |
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The Times of India , Tuesday, June 23, 2015 |
A biotech firm has managed to 3D print rhino horns as part of a bid to curb poaching. Pembient, a startup based in San Francisco, plans to flood the Chinese market with the synthetic horns which carry ...More
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7 held for poaching monitor lizards |
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The Times of India , Tuesday, June 23, 2015 |
CHANDRAPUR: A posse of Chandrapur forest range personnel nabbed seven persons for poaching monitor lizards in forest village Junona on the outskirts of the city. Officers seized three chopping knives ...More
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To save endemics |
Aruna Chandaraju |
Deccan Herald , Tuesday, June 23, 2015 |
WILDLIFE WORLD Aruna Chandaraju documents her visit to the Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve in Seychelles, telling us what an educating and enchanting experience it can be.
Walking through Vallée de Ma ...More
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A safe haven for otters in TB river bed |
Bosky Khanna Bengaluru: June 23, 2015, DHNS |
Deccan Herald , Tuesday, June 23, 2015 |
Karnataka now has the first-ever dedicated Otter Conservation Reserve situated downstream of the Tungabhadra river.
The Department of Forest, Environment and Ecology, through a gazette notification ...More
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Mystery disease kills saigas |
Carl Zimmer |
Deccan Herald , Tuesday, June 23, 2015 |
Before the end of the last Ice Age, saigas roamed by the millions in a range stretching from England to Siberia, even into Alaska. Eventually, they moved to the steppes of Central Asia, where they con ...More
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Mass killing of birds, animals in Dhubri |
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The Assam Tribune , Saturday, June 20, 2015 |
GOLAKGANJ, June 19 – Birds are back on the poachers’ hit list in Dhubri district. New groups of poachers who have entered the illegal trade have extended their operations to new bird-animal habitats a ...More
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Poaching suspected in deaths of leopards in Gurgaon |
Ajay Kumar |
India Today , Saturday, June 20, 2015 |
The Gurgaon wildlife department has not ruled out poaching in the mysterious deaths of four leopards in April last year in and around the luxurious Golf Course.
A leopard was found dead inside the go ...More
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2 Arrested for Poaching Deer |
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The New Indian Express , Saturday, June 20, 2015 |
COIMBATORE: Forest officials in the Nilgiris on Friday arrest two persons allegedly for poaching spotted deer and a fawn. They also seized 15 kilograms of deer meat, a country made gun and gun powder ...More
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Tiger count goes up in Srisailam reserve forest |
Aditya Parankusam |
The Times of India , Friday, June 19, 2015 |
VIJAYAWADA: Tigers are roaring in the Srisailam-Nagarjunasagar tiger reserve literally. In a sense, the reserve forest that earned the moniker as a safe haven for wild cats is living up to its name. H ...More
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Stress takes a toll on tigers in Sariska |
Y. MALLIKARJUN |
The Hindu , Monday, June 15, 2015 |
Study says human disturbance affecting breeding in Reserve.
High stress levels in tigers, caused by human activity, have affected their breeding in the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, a study say ...More
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Poachers putting pangolins in peril |
NiranjanKaggere |
Bangalore Mirror , Monday, June 15, 2015 |
They are hunted because their scales fetch a hefty two lakh rupees per kilogram in the international market
For years, tiger and leopard pelts and elephant tusks accounted for most poaching inciden ...More
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Rise in leopard population noticeable in STR |
R.KRISHNAMOORTHY |
The Hindu , Saturday, June 13, 2015 |
The Forest Department has been witnessing a steady rise in leopard population in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR), particularly in the Dhimbam area, in the last couple of years.
Pugmarks of predato ...More
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Plan for 4-lane highway in Sariska reserve |
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Deccan Herald , Friday, June 12, 2015 |
Controversies related to the Ranthambore National Park are not yet over and the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) is planning to construct a four-lane highway in Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwa ...More
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