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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Move to arrest wildlife trade
KOLKATA, March 2: The Union ministry of environment and forest has recently directed all state forest departments to issue ownership certificates to people possessing wildlife articles and artifacts, in a crackdown on the illegal wildlife goods trade.
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Survey identifies habitual animal hunters
KOHIMA, March 1
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16 get 5-year RI for poaching lions
Manas Dasgupta
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Poaching cases go up in Kaziranga
NEW DELHI, Feb 25
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Committee wants better wildlife law application
Hoping that measures taken by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to save country
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Royal Catastrophe
The dawn OF 2009 only brought despair for the tiger. One shocking revelation was the unprecedented poaching in the past three months. From November to January, skins and bones of seven tigers have been seized, plus three killed by poachers. Seventeen tigers have been found dead
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Alarming spurt in tiger deaths in 2009
Six tigers have been killed by poachers since the beginning of 2009.
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Poaching ruled out
The wildlife authority in Assam today ruled out poaching as a cause behind deaths of 10 tigers in the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) since November 2008 till date. MC Malakar, chief wildlife warden, told The Tribune that as carcass of none of the 10 tigers found dead in and around KNP since November 2008 had been taken away, the reason of deaths could be anything but poaching.
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Nagaland imposes ban on hunting
Concerned over the fate of endangered species of wildlife in Nagaland, several district administrations of the State have started imposing ban on hunting and sale of wild animals, including birds.