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  • Nawabganj sanctuary is gasping for breath

    "You see more birds on the hourdings than in the lake," is the cryptic remarks of a keen bird watcher who returned to Nawabganj wild bird sanctuary, forty kilometres from Lucknow, for bird watching

  • Kaziranga to host global meet on rhinos

    An international conference under the aegis of the Asian Rhino Specialist Group is to be held in India next month. The meeting will go into the status of rhino population in india and the ways and

  • Tiger population most vulnerable

    Book : Tiger population in western Nepal's Royal Shukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve is the most vulnerable of the country's three isolated tiger populations, says a book 'Tiger Conservation Action Plan

  • Bird sanctuary cries for water

    The Sultanpur National Park in Gurgaon-- a home to resident and migratory birds, including several highly endangered species--is in trouble ; largely man-made. The lake part of the sanctuary, spread

  • No-entry to new resorts inside Chitwan Park

    Keeping in mind threats to wildlife and ecosystems of National Parks due to increasing encroachment, the Nepal government has decided not to allow new resorts inside the reserves, according to

  • Protest continues against Kudremukh National Park

    About 1,500 people under the aegis of the Malekudiyara Horata Samiti staged a protest at Belthangady on Monday against the Government's proposal to set up a "national park" with all the accompanying

  • The Endangered Species Protection Unit

    The Endangered Species Protection Unit (ESPU) has come under fire for accepting $460 000 (about R2,76 million) from an overseas animal welfare organisation to conduct a "secret" investigation whose

  • Killing of hare

    FIRs against 15 : The State Wildlife Department authorities have registered departmental FIRs against 15 persons who were allegedly involved in the killing of 200 hare in dog race, organised on

  • Tiger reserves

    Minister plans 'adoption' by West: The Union Minister for Environment & Forests, Mr. Suresh Prabhu, is likely to request the Western and European nations, who have been voicing their concern over the

  • Home for migratory birds

    Nestled in the sylvan surroundings of the Kangra valley in Himachal Pradesh, the Pong Dam wet land has emerged as a major habit for migratory birds. Some 15,000 to 20,000 birds belonging to as many

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