State of the Rhino 2023
Apart from poaching and habitat loss, climate change-induced droughts have been threatening the rhino population in Africa, pointed out a new report. On the other hand, climate disruptions in Asia can
Poaching
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No more picnics at Nalsarovar islands
Forest dept bars tourists from getting off boats Ahmedabad: If you had an elaborate picnic at one of Nalsarovar bird sanctuary
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Slush fund for Wildlife Bureau
The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) has finally been given a slush fund for the nondescript amount of Rs 10 lakhs for gathering inputs on smugglers and poachers who have played havoc with Indian wildlife during the last decade.
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12 get three yrs RI for poaching tigers
Neha Shukla | TNN Lucknow: In a judgment that will go a long way in wildlife protection in UP, Allahabad additional district judge S N Agnihotri on Tuesday awarded 12 poachers three-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 each under Section 51 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Ten of these poachers, who belong to Katni in Madhya Pradesh, are women.
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12 poachers get 3 yrs RI
Allahabad/Lucknow: In a judgment that will go a long way in wildlife protection, Allahabad additional district judge S N Agnihotri on Tuesday awarded 12 tiger poachers three-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 each under Section 51 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Ten of these poachers, who belong to Katni in Madhya Pradesh, are women.
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Five detained in connection with killing female leopard
Five persons have been detained in connection with killing of a female leopard near the Apsara Vihar gate of the Pachmari's Satpura National Park three days ago. They were detained by the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department officials yesterday, Satpura National Park Deputy Ranger, M Pathak said today.
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4 rhino poachers killed in gunfight in Kaziranga
Four poachers were killed in a gunfight with wildlife rangers at the famed Kaziranga National Park in Assam today, three days after seven poachers were arrested on the fringe of the sanctuary, officials said. A wildlife warden said a group of six poachers entered the park early today and fired at an adult rhino near the Mihimukh range, although they failed to hit the target.
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7 poachers caught in Assam
In a major break through on Tuesday the wildlife rangers arrested seven poachers, including two former forest guards and recovered a rhino horn near Kaziranga National Park a Unesco recognised world heritage centre of Assam. The poachers were arrested on Tuesday when they were in the process of selling a rhino horn to an international animal organ smuggling syndicate.
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Leopards battling for survival, 160 killed this year so far
Like tigers, endangered leopards too are battling for survival with as many as 160 already dead so far since this January in the country against 290 last year.
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7 held for poaching
KOHORA, May 18
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Security beefed up in KNP
JORHAT, May 11: With the brutal killing of a female rhino at the Bahbeel area under Agoratoli range in the Kaziranga National Park, security has been beefed up in the national park.