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Wildlife

  • Tiger reserve at Pench proposed, says Prabhu

    Conflicting views are being expressed about the tiger safari project at the Borivli National Park which was inaugurated by Shiv Sean chief Bal Thackeray. Six tigers have been brought from different

  • Panel to look into modalities of autonomy for zoo

    The Union ministry of forest and environment will soon form a committee to look into the modalities of granting autonomy to the National Zoological Park in Delhi. "A zoo might be a low-priority area

  • 30 elephants deaths this year

    Altogether 30 persons were trampled to death by wild elephants in North Bengal so far this year, the divisional forest office (wildlife), Jalpaiguri, Niraj Singhal said. Mr. Singhal said the

  • Killer of Pandas jailed for 20 years

    A farmer in southwestern China has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing giant pandas, selling their pelts and stabbing and seriously injuring a policeman while resisting arrest in

  • Vrinda the lion gets a reprieve

    It would have been a sure case of mercy killing for the ailing African lion but for frantic calls from across the country that forced the authorities to give one more try before taking the painful

  • Poaching case

    BSP MLA to deposit Rs 6 lakh fine: A Bahujan Samaj Party member of the Uttar Pradesh State Assembly, Mr Murad Lari, who first tried to fight it out politically, has decided ultimately to allow the

  • Dolphins under threat

    Dolphins, the rare fish found in the vicinity of Koshi Barrage (Nepal), are facing crisis due to lack of protection. Dolphins are being killed by local fishermen for meat and

  • Elephant alert in Jalpaiguri

    The Forest Department of jalpaiguri has alerted people of the approach of a herd of nearly 100 elephants. The elephants have been spotted in Moraghat forest in Gayerkata, near the Dooars of

  • Tiger trade flourishes in Japan despite ban

    Conservationists have presented new, damning evidence of the continued sale of tiger parts in Japan, despite Tokyo's claims that it has long banned trade in such products. Japan became a signatory to

  • Court seeks records in case on circus animals

    The Delhi high Court on Tuesday asked the ministry of environment and social justice to place before it records regarding a fresh notification banning exhibition and performance by animals in circus

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