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Why India needs a conservation act |
SAAD BIN JUNG |
The Hindu , Sunday, January 04, 2015 |
India should reject its protection philosophy, embrace conservation and bridge gaps between people and officials
I have just returned from an extended tour of our jungles where, as usual, much is bei ...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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Survival of endangered tigers gets a big boost |
Mayuri Phadnis |
Pune Mirror , Sunday, January 04, 2015 |
An anti-poaching device, designed by engineers and students from Pune, aims to save tigers from traps and poison; it caught the interest of the forest department
As hunting pushes the world's bigge ...More
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Hunter of rare birds is now their saviour |
Bagish K Jha |
The Times of India , Saturday, January 03, 2015 |
INDORE: A young man, Ganpat Chouhan, who had once carried bows and arrow to hunt rare birds in jungles, is a changed person. He is now armed with a new weapon: a digital camera to save birds from fall ...More
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8 birds’ species in Malwa is likely to extinct: Study |
PTI |
Ahmedabad Mirror , Saturday, January 03, 2015 |
Indore: Eight species of birds like francolins and quails are on the verge of extinction in the Malwa region, a recent study has revealed.
The study carried out by the Madhya Pradesh Forest Departm ...More
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Did Katezari tigress die in a road hit? |
TNN |
The Times of India , Saturday, January 03, 2015 |
NAGPUR: The death of five-year-old Katezari tigress on Mudholi-Katwal road near Sindhdhawan outside Tadoba National Park is shrouded in mystery with locals and experts suspecting it to be a result of ...More
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India lost 66 wild tigers in 2014 |
Ignatius Pereira |
The Hindu , Saturday, January 03, 2015 |
Tamil Nadu with 15 had the highest number of deaths
: Sixty-six wild tiger deaths were reported in the country in 2014. Two tiger deaths occurred on the last day of the year. It was the only day in 2 ...More
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3 poachers held in Palitana for killing blackbucks |
TNN |
The Times of India , Saturday, January 03, 2015 |
RAJKOT: Bhavnagar police arrested three persons, including a minor, in blackbuck poaching case and handed them to the forest department.
The three accused were identified as Kabul Ahmed, Kalu Dafer ...More
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Philippine tarsier hunting in Bohol island |
Shalini Mitra |
The Hindu , Saturday, January 03, 2015 |
Shalini Mitra meanders through the rolling terrains of the Philippines, looking for one of the world’s oldest and smallest primates
“Shhhh…no camera…no light…no action!” Carlito Pizarras, the Philipp ...More
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Leopard carcass found in Baghpat; poaching suspected |
Pankul Sharma |
The Times of India , Friday, January 02, 2015 |
Meerut: The carcass of an adult female leopard was in the forest near Hisavada village in Baghpat district on Wednesday. A case of poaching is being suspected since the big cat's jaw and front-right p ...More
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India lost 64 tigers in 2014 |
Ignatius Pereira |
The Hindu , Friday, January 02, 2015 |
The country lost 64 of its tigers in 2014. According to statistics provided by Tigernet, the official database of the National Tiger Conservation Authority, the highest number of 15 tiger deaths was r ...More
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Katezari tigress found dead in Moharli buffer |
Mazhar Ali |
The Times of India , Friday, January 02, 2015 |
Chandrapur: New Year dawned with the gloomy news of a tigress dying in a territorial fight with another feline. The full grown tigress was found dead near Mudholi-Katwal road near Sindhdhawan pond in ...More
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Dead whale washed ashore in island |
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The Hindu , Friday, January 02, 2015 |
Initial studies reveal that it died long back
A giant Blue Whale was found washed ashore on Valai island, one of the 21 islands in the Gulf of Mannar region.
Wildlife Warden, Gulf of Mannar Marine N ...More
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Rhino, forest guard killed at Orang park |
TNN |
The Times of India , Thursday, January 01, 2015 |
Guwahati: Poachers killed a female rhino and a home guard at the Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, about 150 km from here on Wednesday.
Park officials said the home guard, Sushil, was killed during ...More
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Tiger management is becoming high tech, and so is poaching |
Avani Kumar Verma |
Deccan Herald , Wednesday, December 31, 2014 |
It is the usual tiger time again. On the one hand, the media, people and officials are going ga-ga over few direct tiger sightings reported from all over India in the ongoing Tiger Census.
On the ...More
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MP, Tamil Nadu record highest number of tiger deaths in 2014 |
Neeraj Santoshi |
The Hindustan Times , Wednesday, December 31, 2014 |
With the death of 15 tigers in Madhya Pradesh in 2014, the state has recorded the highest tiger mortality in India along with Tamil Nadu.
This is not good news for the state, especially at a time whe ...More
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