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November 20th, 2008 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS -
Guwahati, Nov 20, (IANS) A leopard cub was rescued and released Wednesday night in Assam's eastern Digboi town, officials said here Thursday.The animal was around eight months old and was freed near ...

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Sabretooth tigers preyed in packs rather than hunting alone

October 30th, 2008 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Oct 30 (ANI): A research by scientists from the US and UK has suggested that far from being solitary hunters, sabretooth tigers were social animals who hunted in packs, sharing ...

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Lucknow Zoo faces space crunch for housing leopards

September 14th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI -
Lucknow, Sept 14 (ANI): Authorities in Lucknow Zoo, that has been a home to many rescued leopards, has been facing space crunch for keeping the animals. Apart from the three big cats, ...

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Poaching in India may increase as China opens ivory market

August 8th, 2008 - 10:14 am ICT by IANS -
By Sanjeeb Baruah New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Elephant poaching in India may increase as China plans to open its domestic market for limited sale of ivory products after a UN committee gave ...

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Gifts, cake and a happy birthday for three white tigers! (Lead)

August 1st, 2008 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhubaneswar, Aug 1 (IANS) They may be captive white tigers but Rishi, Sitesh and Prachi turned four years old in style as thousands of people poured into Orissa's Nandankanan zoo to wish ...

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Tiger attacks on rise in Indian Sundarbans after cyclone

July 30th, 2008 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS -
By Soudhriti Bhabani Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) A rise in tiger attacks in the Sundarbans mangrove forests of India indicates that the big cats are crossing over from Bangladesh where Cyclone Sidr destroyed ...

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Chhattisgarh sets up committee on tiger protection

July 13th, 2008 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS -
Raipur, July 13 (IANS) Concerned over rise in poaching and threat to tigers in Chhattisgarh's forests, the state government has formed a committee under chairmanship of Chief Minister Raman Singh for constant ...

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Tigress flown to Sariska to join lone tiger

July 4th, 2008 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS -
Alwar (Rajasthan), July 4 (IANS) A Royal Bengal tigress was flown to Rajasthan's Sariska tiger reserve from Ranthambore national park Friday, to be a mate to the tiger relocated there last week. ...

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Haunted by floods, Sundarbans’ tiger stalks humans

July 4th, 2008 - 10:07 am ICT by IANS -
Sunderbans (Bangladesh), July 4 (IANS) Flushed out of their natural habitat and deprived of food by floods and Cyclone Sidr, the famed Royal Bengal tiger that roams these mangrove forests is desperately ...

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Nepal’s tiger population plummets (Lead)

July 2nd, 2008 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS -
By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathmandu, July 2 (IANS) Hit by rampant poaching and a rocketing trade in organs, the number of tigers is plummeting in Nepal, that once boasted of the third-largest population of ...

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If China reopens trade, tigers will be wiped out: study

July 2nd, 2008 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, July 2 (IANS) If trade in tiger parts were reopened, the demand in China would end up wiping out the 4,000 big cats that remain in the wild, according to a ...

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Another white tigress dies in Bhopal

June 30th, 2008 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhopal, June 30 (IANS) Yet another white tigress has died at the Van Vihar National Park here, an official said Thursday. Park veterinarian Atul Gupta said the tigress, Kiku, "was a paralytic ...

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Sariska finally gets a tiger

June 28th, 2008 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS -
By Anil Sharma Alwar (Rajasthan), June 28 (IANS) After a prolonged wait, a male tiger literally landed Saturday in Rajasthan's Sariska Tiger Reserve as part of a rehabilitation programme after the park lost ...

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First tiger ready to shift from Ranthambore to Sariska

June 26th, 2008 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) A Royal Bengal tiger in Rajasthan's Ranthambore national park is all set to move to his new home in Sariska reserve. Experts are making last-minute preparation for ...

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Madhya Pradesh sanctuary to get Asiatic lions from Hyderabad

June 25th, 2008 - 9:59 am ICT by IANS -
By Sanjay Sharma Bhopal, June 25 (IANS) A sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh that has been identified as an alternative habitat for the endangered Asiatic lion is to soon to get the first of ...

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Chhattisgarh villagers host naming ceremony for lion cubs

June 17th, 2008 - 8:18 am ICT by IANS -
Raipur, June 16 (IANS) About a hundred villagers hosted a feast on the outskirts of state capital to name three lion cubs at a government zoo, an official said Monday. Residents from ...

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China still selling tiger bone wine in its animal parks

June 10th, 2008 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, June 10 (ANI): If reports are to be believed, illegal tiger bone wine is still being made and sold by some animal parks in China. Evidence emerged when researchers from a ...

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Indiana Jones endorses new global tiger initiative

Indiana Jones endorses new global tiger initiative

June 10th, 2008 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, June 10 (ANI): Actor Harrison Ford, who has portrayed the fictional Indiana Jones on the silver screen, has endorsed a new global tiger initiative, which will take a hard look ...

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Tigers to roam again in Sariska by June end

June 6th, 2008 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS -
Alwar (Rajasthan), June 6 (IANS) The Sariska Tiger Reserve near here, which lost all of its tigers to poachers about three years ago, will again resound with the roar of the big ...

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Bollywood actors come together to save tigers

May 19th, 2008 - 3:52 pm ICT by admin -
Mumbai, May 19 (ANI): Bollywood actors have joined hands with World Wildlife Fund (WWF), to create awareness in the country about the need to save the tiger. Actor Farooq Sheikh stressed on ...

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Madhya Pradesh national park gets male tiger

May 18th, 2008 - 8:08 pm ICT by admin -
Bhopal, May 18 (IANS) The Van Vihar national park here received its much-awaited male tiger from the Kanha national park in the state. The tiger has been named 'Kanha' after the park ...

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White tigress dies in Madhya Pradesh park

May 16th, 2008 - 12:23 am ICT by admin -
Bhopal, May 15 (IANS) A white female tiger died at Van Vihar National Park here, two days after being operated upon, the park officials said Thursday. The tigress, Rini, was paralytic and ...

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White tigress operated upon successfully in Bhopal

May 11th, 2008 - 8:36 pm ICT by admin -
Bhopal, May 11 (ANI): A team of veterinarians successfully operated upon an 18-year-old tigress 'Rini' for a fibrous growth beneath her eye, in a two-hour long operation, in Bhopal on May ...

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Ranthambore tigers may be flown to Sariska

May 9th, 2008 - 7:32 am ICT by admin -
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Three tigers that are to be relocated from the Ranthambore national park to Sariska tiger reserve should be shifted in a helicopter, officials have suggested to the ...

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Jaguar, Land Rover deal not without challenges: experts

March 27th, 2008 - 1:43 pm ICT by admin -
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, March 27 (IANS) With the acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover, does the Tata group have the two big cats of the British automobile industry by the tail? ...

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Three tigers identified for rehabilitation in Sariska

March 24th, 2008 - 3:42 pm ICT by admin -
Jaipur, March 24 (IANS) The Rajasthan forest department has identified three tigers in Ranthambore national park for their rehabilitation in Sariska tiger reserve as part of the government's plan to reintroduce the ...

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Students body protests Bhopal tiger deaths

March 18th, 2008 - 1:11 am ICT by admin -
Bhopal, March 17 (IANS) A students body affiliated to the opposition Congress Monday held a demonstration protesting the rising number of tiger deaths in the city's Van Vihar National Park and demanded ...

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Protest over park chief’s removal in Madhya Pradesh

March 15th, 2008 - 11:51 pm ICT by admin -
Bhopal, March 15 (IANS) Employees of the Van Vihar National Park here locked its gates Saturday and did not allow in visitors to protest against the removal of the park director after ...

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Another tigress dies at Bhopal national park

March 15th, 2008 - 1:39 am ICT by admin -
Bhopal, March 14 (IANS) A three-year-old white tigress died Friday evening at the Van Vihar National Park here, taking to 14 the number of big cats that have died at the reserve ...

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Guess who just got a bigger home? Corbett tigers

March 10th, 2008 - 11:15 am ICT by admin -
By Sanjeeb Baruah Corbett (Uttarakhand), March 10 (IANS) Riding high on its success in protecting the big cats, the Corbett tiger reserve in Uttarakhand now aims to expand its core area to over ...

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