Third tiger found dead in UP
May 28th, 2012 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 28 (IANS) Sending forest officials into a tizzy, a third tiger has been found dead in a week in Uttar Pradesh - this time at the Dudhwa National ... Read more...
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Rhino census to be held in Assam from March 15
February 28th, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 28 (IANS) A census of Assam's world famous one-horned rhinos will be undertaken from March 15, a forest department official said Tuesday. The 2009 census had put the ... Read more...
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Four Kaziranga rhinos to be released in Manas
February 19th, 2012 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 19 (IANS) Indian Rhino Vision (IRV) officials Sunday started the process of trans-locating four one-horned rhinos from Assam's Kaziranga National Park (KNP) to the state's Manas National Park ... Read more...
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Now dogs to the rescue of Kaziranga rhinos
January 22nd, 2012 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 22 (IANS) Humble dogs have come to the rescue of the famed one-horned rhinoceros in Assam's Kaziranga National Park.The authorities at the park, located about 240 km from ... Read more...
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Tiger on prowl in Lucknow’s neighbourhood
January 10th, 2012 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 10 (IANS) A fully-grown tiger on the prowl for the last five days near Rehman-Khera village, about 18 km from Lucknow, has caused panic in the area. Authorities ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh national park inundated
August 23rd, 2011 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 23 (IANS) Release of water from overflowing dams in Nepal has flooded large parts of the terai belt in Uttar Pradesh, including areas of the Dudhwa National Park, ... Read more...
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Three wild tuskers electrocuted near Dudhwa sanctuary
July 8th, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lakhimpur-Kheri (Uttar Pradesh), July 8 (IANS) Three wild elephants were electrocuted on the periphery of the Dudhwa National Park Friday after high-voltage wires snapped from an electric pole and ... Read more...
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Two leopard cubs clubbed to death
March 13th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 13 (IANS) Even as a national campaign is underway to save India's tiger population, farmers in an Uttar Pradesh village Sunday clubbed to death two one-year-old leopard cubs ... Read more...
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Leopard cub found dead in Uttar Pradesh
February 13th, 2011 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 13 (IANS) A six-month old leopard cub was found dead Sunday in a wildlife reserve in Uttar Pradesh, a forest official said.The incident happened in Katarniya Ghat Wildlife Reserve near ... Read more...
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Open core areas of wildlife parks to tourists: Khurshid
January 7th, 2011 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 7 (IANS) Union Minister for Corporate and Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid Friday expressed the need for opening core areas in wildlife parks to tourists.Speaking at the 'Billy Arjan Singh Memorial ... Read more...
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Dudhwa National Park to be named after Ambedkar
October 9th, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 9 (IANS) The Dudhwa National Park, rated as the second largest wildlife reserve after the Corbett National Park, will soon be renamed as Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar National Park, a ... Read more...
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Forest rights panel on Uttar Pradesh visit from Saturday
September 3rd, 2010 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 3 (IANS) The special committee set up jointly by the union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to enquire into the status of implementation of ... Read more...
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Renowned wildlife enthusiast and author Billy Arjan Singh dies
January 2nd, 2010 - 2:16 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 2 (IANS) Renowned wildlife enthusiast and author Billy Arjan Singh died at his home - Tiger Haven - in the vicinity of the famous Dudhwa National Park, about 250 km ... Read more...
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Rhinos find new home in Dudhwa Sanctury
December 3rd, 2009 - 10:45 pm ICT by ANI
Dudhwa (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 3 (ANI): Dudhwa National Park, located in the foothills of Himalayas in Uttar Pradesh, become an ideal home to the famed one horned rhinoceros that is listed among ... Read more...
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One-horned rhinos find safe haven in Uttar Pradesh’s Dudhwa National Park
December 3rd, 2009 - 7:24 pm ICT by ANI
Dudhwa (Uttar Pradesh), Dec.3 (ANI): The Dudhwa National Park, which is located in the foothills of Himalayas in Uttar Pradesh, has become an ideal home to the famed one horned rhinoceros that ... Read more...
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Floods kill 31 in Uttar Pradesh
October 12th, 2009 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 12 (IANS) Flash floods in parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh due to release of water upstream from Nepal have left at least 31 people dead in the past four days, ... Read more...
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Dudhwa rhinos fight for turf (With Images)
October 11th, 2009 - 9:51 am ICT by IANS
By Sanjeeb Baruah
Dudhwa (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 11 (IANS) A fierce turf war is raging among rhinos in the Dudhwa National Park. With the rhino population rising to 29 with the birth of ... Read more...
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Nepal river floods Uttar Pradesh wildlife park
October 10th, 2009 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 10 (IANS) Excess water from Nepal's Sharda river has flooded large parts of the Dudhwa National Park in Uttar Pradesh and washed away a key pier of a 120-year-old bridge ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh to create new rhino reserve in Dudhwa
September 16th, 2009 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 16 (IANS) Encouraged by a substantial increase in the state's rhino population, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to carve out a new Rhino reserve in the Dudhwa National Park ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh official imposes entertainment tax on wildlife park
July 24th, 2009 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 24 (IANS) The district magistrate of Lakhimpur-Kheri in Uttar Pradesh has decided to impose entertainment tax, which is normally applicable for amusement parks, on the Dudhwa National Park, officials said ... Read more...
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Leopard strays into village, beaten to death
June 4th, 2009 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 4 (IANS) A leopard was beaten to death in Uttar Pradesh after it strayed into a village from the neighbouring Kataraniya Ghat wildlife reserve and mauled a man, police said.
"The ... Read more...
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Man-eating tiger tranquilised in Uttar Pradesh
March 1st, 2009 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 1 (IANS) A man-eating tiger, which had killed five people and created panic in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur-Kheri district, was Sunday tranquilised near Dudhwa National Park, a forest department official said.
"This ... Read more...
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Man-eating tiger to be shot dead in Uttar Pradesh
February 21st, 2009 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 21 (IANS) A man-eating tiger that has been on the prowl for over a month and killed five people in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur district will be shot dead, a forest ... Read more...
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After tiger kills man, Uttar Pradesh villagers threaten forest staff
February 19th, 2009 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 19 (IANS) Hundreds of villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district are up in arms against forest officials who have failed to catch a man-eating tiger that claimed its fifth ... Read more...
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Stray tiger hurt or not remains a mystery
February 9th, 2009 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 9 (IANS) Barely 36 hours after Uttar Pradesh wildlife officials claimed to have "killed" or "seriously wounded" a tiger that has been on the prowl close to human habitats in ... Read more...
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Stray Uttar Pradesh man-eater tiger shot, wounded (Lead, Changing dateline)
February 8th, 2009 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 8 (IANS) Wildlife officials in Uttar Pradesh, whom a stray tiger has been eluding for the past three months, managed to shoot the feline Saturday -- but failing to kill ... Read more...
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Stray tiger continues to elude Uttar Pradesh officials
February 5th, 2009 - 2:53 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 5 (IANS) A young tiger, who strayed out of his home in the woods of Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit region three months ago and killed a villager, continues to elude wildlife ... Read more...
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Tiger declared man-eater, to be shot dead (Second Lead)
December 23rd, 2008 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 23 (IANS) A tiger on the prowl for the past one month in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district is to be shot dead after it was declared a man-eater. The tiger ... Read more...
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Rain, floods wreak havoc in Uttar Pradesh, army deployed
September 23rd, 2008 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) The army has been called out to assist the Uttar Pradesh civil authorities after torrential rains combined with flooded rivers wreaked havoc in India's most populous state, claiming ... Read more...
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Man-eater leopard caught in Uttar Pradesh
August 18th, 2008 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 18 (IANS) A man-eater leopard, which had been on the prowl for about a month in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, has been caught, forest officials said Monday. "The leopard was ... Read more...
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Two killed in Uttar Pradesh leopard attacks
August 12th, 2008 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 12 (IANS) Two or three leopards that have attacked humans are on the prowl in two different parts of Uttar Pradesh. A seven-year-old child was killed while a woman and ... Read more...
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Rogue elephant ostracised
March 23rd, 2008 - 10:41 pm ICT by admin
By Kamna Mathur
Dudhwa (Lakhimppur) Uttar Pradesh, March 23 (ANI): Elephants at the Dudhwa National Park have punished an elephant with isolation who had turned a nuisance for all due to its ... Read more...
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Five trained jumbos shifted to Dudhwa National Park to monitor rhino and tiger
March 23rd, 2008 - 3:09 pm ICT by admin
Jaldapara, Mar 23 (ANI): Five trained jumbo elephants have been shifted from Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary in Bengal to the Dudhwa National Park in Uttar Pradesh by forest department to monitor the ... Read more...
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Vintage car rally for tiger conservation in Lucknow
February 3rd, 2008 - 3:28 pm ICT by admin
Lucknow, Feb 3 (ANI): A three-day vintage car rally was kicked off from Lucknow to Dudhwa National Park on Friday, with a motto of 'Protect Wildlife-Protect the Tiger'.
"The objective of this rally ... Read more...
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