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Conservationists may be overestimating wildlife habitat

November 10th, 2008 - 4:19 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 10 (ANI): A team of scientists has determined that the amount of land available for wildlife habitat is overestimated and may be less than previously thought of, because the ...

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Leopard killed in Nainital road mishap

November 10th, 2008 - 3:23 pm ICT by ANI -
Nainital, Nov 10 (ANI): A three-year-old male leopard was killed in a road accident near Ramnagar forest area of Jim Corbett National Park on Sunday. Wildlife officials said they found the dead ...

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Trump gets his golf course, plus 500 luxury homes

November 4th, 2008 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 4 (ANI): New York-based billionaire businessman Donald Trumps contentious plans to transform a wild and windswept stretch of the Aberdeenshire coastline into an exclusive 1 billion pound golf resort ...

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Legal ivory auction in Africa may open floodgates for illegal sale

October 29th, 2008 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Oct 29 (ANI): The UN has allowed China and Japan to buy 108 tons of ivory in African auctions, which conservationists fear will open the floodgates to illegal poachers to ...

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Now, SMSs to stop rampaging elephants from destroying life and property

October 13th, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Oct 13 (ANI): Conservationists in Kenya have used a hi-tech method to stop endangered elephants from raiding nearby farms, by fitting them with a collar containing a mobile phone sim ...

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Nature loss bigger issue than current banking crisis

October 10th, 2008 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Oct 10 (ANI): A EU (European Union) commissioned study has determined that the global economy is losing more money from the disappearance of forests than through the current banking crisis. The ...

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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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Madhupur in Bihar, a home for Peacock

September 11th, 2008 - 6:34 pm ICT by ANI -
By Pawan Motihari (Bihar), Sept, 11 (ANI): Peacock, the national bird of India, with its splendid looks and majestic walk has been the source of inspiration for many poets and artists, but ...

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New model determines when conservationists should manage species

August 28th, 2008 - 3:51 pm ICT by ANI -
Canberra, August 28 (ANI): A research team from Australia, France and the UK has used mathematic modelling to determine when conservationists should manage species. According to a report by ABC News, the ...

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Two leopard skins seized in Dehradun

August 15th, 2008 - 9:06 pm ICT by ANI -
Dehradun, August 15 (ANI): The Wildlife Department in Dehradun has seized three leopard skins and arrested two people in this connection. Acting on a tip off, a Special Task Force arrested Lakshmi ...

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Orissa court seeks fresh report on Olive Ridley turtles

August 6th, 2008 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS -
Cuttack, Aug 6 (IANS) The Orissa High Court has asked the state government to submit a fresh report on the actions taken by it to protect endangered Olive Ridley turtles who come ...

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Humans eating monkeys into extinction

August 5th, 2008 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS -
London, Aug 5 (IANS) Humans are eating their closest relatives into extinction, particularly in Southeast Asia, alarmed conservationists have revealed. Nearly half of the world's 634 species of monkeys, apes and other ...

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China puts a break on Beijing modernisation

July 28th, 2008 - 10:20 am ICT by IANS -
By Ji Shaoting, Wu Xiaojun and Sun Xiaosheng Beijing, July 28 (Xinhua) The map of the Chinese capital on the wall of Zhang Wei's room is almost full with markings in black ink. ...

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BJP protests government’’s recent deposition in court on Ram Setu

BJP protests government’’s recent deposition in court on Ram Setu

July 26th, 2008 - 9:28 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi , July 26 (ANI): Activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took to streets here on Saturday against the Central government''s recent deposition on Controversial Ram Setu in Tamil ...

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ASI seeks police help against encroachers in Agra

July 24th, 2008 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS -
Agra, July 24 (IANS) The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has sought police help to drive away encroachers who have become a threat to the survival of many a historical monument in ...

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UK’’s ancient trees facing threats from ”vandalism, development”

July 13th, 2008 - 7:10 pm ICT by ANI -
London, July 13 (ANI): They have seen centuries go by, but Britain''s ancient trees are now facing threats from vandalism, disease and development. Citing the situation, a list of 20,000 of the ...

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Lifting ivory ban would threaten elephants with extinction (Re-Issue)

July 13th, 2008 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI -
London, July 13 (ANI): The world trade in ivory, banned 19 years ago to save the African elephant from extinction, is about to take off again, with the emergence of China ...

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Lifting ivory ban would threaten elephants with extinction

July 12th, 2008 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI -
London, July 12 (ANI): The world trade in ivory, banned 19 years ago to save the African elephant from extinction, is about to take off again, with the emergence of China ...

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Two elephants get a fresh lease of life in Orissa

July 9th, 2008 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI -
Satuli Village (Orissa), July 9 (ANI): Residents in Orissa''s Satuli village turned good samaritans and rescued two elephants from a possible death by drowning. The village, which is close to the Ganjam ...

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Chinas reopening of tiger trade could wipe species off the face of the Earth

July 2nd, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, July 2 (ANI): Scientists and conservationists have expressed fear that if China reopens tiger trade, the species could be wiped off the face of the Earth. According to a new ...

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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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Standardized terms in conservation will help analyze ecological threats better than before

June 22nd, 2008 - 11:04 am ICT by ANI -
London, June 22 (ANI): Experts are aiming to standardize terms in conservation, with using common terms for the problems and tools in the field, so the discipline can become truly scientific ...

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Conservationists hail World Bank’s new mission to protect tigers (Lead)

June 10th, 2008 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) A leading global conservation organisation Tuesday welcomed the World Bank's latest initiative to protect tigers and urged the agency to review its development projects to harmonise it ...

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Ape returns to the wild - with lady love

June 8th, 2008 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS -
By Sanjeeb Baruah Guwahati, June 8 (IANS) A male hoolock gibbon wandered from the wild into a national park in Assam in search of a mate - and has now returned with her ...

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Conservationists launch campaign to list Arctic seals as endangered species

May 31st, 2008 - 12:58 pm ICT by admin -
London, May 31 (ANI): Conservationists have launched a campaign to list Arctic seals as an endangered species, with some arguing that all arctic species should be red-listed. According to a report in ...

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SGPC on defensive after installing ACs inside Golden Temple

May 29th, 2008 - 3:09 pm ICT by admin -
Amritsar, May 29 (IANS) Pushed on the back-foot, the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) is defending its decision to provide air-conditioned comfort in the holiest of Sikh shrines - the Harmandar Sahib, ...

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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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Britain at risk of losing one fifth of its churches

May 11th, 2008 - 4:05 pm ICT by admin -
London, May 11 (ANI): A new research has shown that Britain will lose up to a fifth of its churches in the space of a generation if an appropriate action is ...

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Man-eater leopard burnt alive in Uttar Pradesh

May 10th, 2008 - 12:12 pm ICT by admin -
Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), May 10 (ANI): Irate residents on Friday burnt alive a man-eater leopard at Bilahar village in Lakhimpur Kheri District in Uttar Pradesh. According to the villagers, the leopard had ...

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Asian vultures could be extinct within a decade

April 30th, 2008 - 1:15 pm ICT by admin -
London, April 30 (ANI): A new study has determined that Asian vultures are in catastrophic decline and could disappear from the wild within a decade. The study was led by Vibhu Prakash ...

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