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5 peacocks die in Alirajpur |
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The Times of India , Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
INDORE: Five peacocks were found dead in Dheeral village of Alirajpur district on Monday after consuming flowers laced with pesticide in a cotton field. Forest officials said more than poaching and sh ...More
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State to seek Army help to check poaching |
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The Assam Tribune , Monday, January 12, 2015 |
GUWAHATI, Jan 11 – In view of the recurring incidents of rhino poaching in Kaziranga National Park and the involvement of extremist outfits, the State Government has decided to engage the Army to assi ...More
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Poachers electrocuted 88 animals, SC told |
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Deccan Herald , Monday, January 12, 2015 |
In an alarming admission, the Centre has told the Supreme Court that at least 88 wild animals, mostly elephants, sambar, boar and endangered ones like rhino, were poached by drawing lines from high te ...More
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Poacher killed in Orang National Park |
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The Times of India , Monday, January 12, 2015 |
Guwahati: A team from Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, about 150 km from here, foiled a poaching attempt and gunned down one poacher from a three-member gang early on Sunday morning.
The poachers ...More
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2 rhinos poached in Assam, toll rises to 3 |
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The Assam Tribune , Monday, January 12, 2015 |
Guwahati, Jan 11 (IANS): Within days of the year's first killing of a rhino at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, carcasses of two more rhinos have been found, their horns sawed off, authorities sa ...More
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Assam taps army on rhino poaching |
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The Telegraph , Monday, January 12, 2015 |
Jorhat, Jan. 11: Poachers killed another rhino at Kaziranga National Park in the early hours today while revealing an arsenal that now also boasts light machine guns, prompting the government to turn ...More
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Tigers roar back, numbers show steady rise |
Chetan Chauhan |
The Hindustan Times , Sunday, January 11, 2015 |
The country’s tiger population has increased marginally and the numbers were stabilising in most of the protected habitats for big cats, indicating good tidings for the besieged kings of our jungles.
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Manas rhino project progressing well: Director |
HARAMOHAN BARMAN |
The Assam Tribune , Friday, January 09, 2015 |
BARPETA, Jan 8 – The ambitious India Rhino Vision 2020 (IRV2020) is heading in the right direction and there is no reason to doubt its success so far, said AC Das, Director of the Manas National Park ...More
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Probe steep fall in tiger numbers in Pilibhit: Riaz Ahmad |
Keshav Agarwal |
The Times of India , Thursday, January 08, 2015 |
PILIBHIT: UP minister for Khadi and village industries and MLA from Pilibhit Haji Riaz Ahmad has raised, in a letter to chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, the question of the rapidly dwindling population ...More
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Seizure of leopard pelt raises concern |
J Arockiaraj |
The Times of India , Thursday, January 08, 2015 |
MADURAI: Seizure of a leopard pelt at Oddanchatram in the district on Tuesday has turned out to be a cause of concern for wildlife enthusiasts in the region as they suspect a network of poachers opera ...More
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'No road' life for protected areas |
Roopak Goswami |
The Telegraph , Thursday, January 08, 2015 |
Guwahati, Jan. 7: Experts have hailed the decision of the ministry of environment, forests and climate change not to construct new roads in the protected areas of the country.
The directive was signe ...More
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Deaths due to electric fencing aiding poachers |
Prabhati Nayak Mishra |
DNA India , Wednesday, January 07, 2015 |
The Centre has admitted that at least 88 wild animals mostly elephants, sambar, boar and endangered ones like Rhino were poached by drawing lines from the high tension power lines running over wildlif ...More
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‘Sand mining in Ganga could be killing rare turtles’ |
Seema Sharma |
The Times of India , Wednesday, January 07, 2015 |
DEHRADUN: Turtle species introduced in the Ganga 10 years ago to clean the river waters are now almost entirely gone, scientists say. The freshwater turtle species, Chitra Indica and Nilsonia Gangetic ...More
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Poachers kill male rhino in Kaziranga |
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The Times of India , Monday, January 05, 2015 |
Jorhat: Poachers killed an adult male rhino and chopped off its horn at Kaziranga National Park on Sunday.
Park officials said poachers shot dead the rhino with AK 47 rifles and cut off its horn be ...More
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Bird lovers spot herd of deer at Nesaneri |
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The Times of India , Monday, January 05, 2015 |
MADURAI: In a first of its kind, a group of environmental enthusiasts spotted more than 40 deer and pugmarks of wild boars during their regular bird watching visit to Nesaneri near Thirumangalam on Su ...More
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Forest guard held for killing colleague, rhino |
Naresh Mitra |
The Times of India , Sunday, January 04, 2015 |
GUWAHATI: A 50-year-old forest guard has been arrested in connection with the murder of his colleague and the poaching of a rhino at the Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park on the north bank of the Brahm ...More
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