Rhino killed in Assam park
August 24th, 2012 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 24 (IANS) A one-horned rhino died in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam's Golaghat district when a forest guard fired at it in self defence, an official said ... Read more...
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Young techie trampled to death by tuskers near Bangalore
July 17th, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 17 (IANS) Satwik Shastry, a 24-year-old techie was found trampled to death by wild elephants in a thick forest near Bannerghatta National Park, about 20 km from Bangalore, ... Read more...
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Assam floods: Park rangers work non-stop to safeguard wildlife
June 29th, 2012 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 29 (IANS) Forest officials in most rhino habitats in Assam have been working through the night to save wildlife severely affected after flood waters submerged vast areas of ... Read more...
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Kerala plans to insert chips in sandalwood trees
June 12th, 2012 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 12 (IANS) Kerala Forest Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar Tuesday informed the state assembly that plans are being worked out to insert microchips in sandalwood trees at Marayur, the ... Read more...
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Forest guards, cops foil poaching attempt in Assam
June 1st, 2012 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 1 (IANS) A joint team of police and forest guards late Thursday night foiled an attempt by poachers to kill one-horned rhinos in Assam's Pabitora wildlife sanctuary, forest ... Read more...
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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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One-horned rhino killed in Assam
May 23rd, 2012 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 23 (IANS) A one-horned rhino is suspected to have been poached in Assam's Manas National Park, official sources said Wednesday.Forest guards recovered the carcass of the full ... Read more...
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Tourism at Odisha sanctuary falls prey to Maoists
May 11th, 2012 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Sunabeda (Odisha), May 11 (IANS) It is home to over 30 tigers and many more leopards. But Odisha's Sunabeda wildlife sanctuary is still failing to attract wildlife enthusiasts and tourists ... Read more...
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Assam to get strict against forest exploiters
April 18th, 2012 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 18 (IANS) The Assam government has decided to go all out to protect the forest wealth of the state, a state minister said.The government has decided not only ... Read more...
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Three tigers among 69 animals killed in Chhattisgarh
March 23rd, 2012 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 23 (IANS) Three tigers were among 69 animals killed in the wild in Chhattisgarh since 2009-10, while the state government has spent a little over Rs.116 crore on ... Read more...
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Two orphaned rhinos from Kaziranga to be released in Manas
March 10th, 2012 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 10 (IANS) Two orphaned one-horned rhinos in Assam's Kaziranga National Park will be released in the Manas National Park by officials of the state forest department and the ... Read more...
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Panther poaching in Sariska has Rajasthan worried, probe ordered
March 9th, 2012 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 9 (IANS) The Rajasthan government Friday ordered an enquiry into the poaching of a panther in the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar district here, officials said.The body of ... Read more...
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Villagers kill stray leopard in Assam
February 29th, 2012 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 29 (IANS) A leopard was killed by angry villagers at Madhukuchi village of Assam after they failed in their efforts to shoo away the big cat from the ... Read more...
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Wild animals cause havoc in Mozambique province
February 16th, 2012 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Maputo (Mozambique), Feb 16 (IANS) Wild animals are creating havoc in a province in the southern African nation of Mozambique. At least 16 people have been killed in animal attacks, ... Read more...
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Alert officials foil rhino poaching in Assam
January 23rd, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 23 (IANS) Officials and forest guards at the Kaziranga national park and another reserve in Assam successfully foiled attempts by poachers to kill rhinos in two separate ... Read more...
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Tripura to probe firing by forest guards
December 3rd, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 3 (IANS) The Tripura government Saturday ordered a magisterial probe into the killing of a tribal woman and injuries to another villager in the firing by forest guards ... Read more...
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Forest troopers kill tribal woman
December 3rd, 2011 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 2 (IANS) A tribal woman was shot dead and another villager injured when forest guards opened fire to disperse a mob in Tripura late Friday evening, police here ... Read more...
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To catch monkeys, Himachal dangles Rs.500 bait
November 3rd, 2011 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Nov 3 (IANS) Unable to check its marauding monkeys, Himachal Pradesh has offered Rs.500 each to youths who can catch the animals. The wildlife wing's target is to sterilise ... Read more...
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Nine lakh displaced in Assam flood havoc
August 24th, 2011 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 24 (IANS) Flash floods triggered by heavy rains continue to wreak havoc in Assam, with an estimated 900,000 people displaced and nine dead so far, officials said Wednesday.A ... Read more...
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Three forest guards run over by truck
July 27th, 2011 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
Jalaun (Uttar Pradesh), July 26 (IANS) Three forest guards were killed when a speeding truck ran over them in this Uttar Pradesh district Tuesday, police said.The accident took place under ... Read more...
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Flood alert in Assam, 75,000 displaced
July 19th, 2011 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 19 (IANS) The Assam government Tuesday sounded an alert as 75,000 people were displaced following heavy overnight rains that triggered flash floods, breaching roads and embankments at several ... Read more...
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Two killed in two Noida accidents
July 13th, 2011 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
Noida, July 12 (IANS) Two people were killed in two separate accidents in Noida Tuesday, police said.An export house employee was killed when a speeding chartered bus hit his motor-cycle ... Read more...
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Eight injured in bison attack in north Bengal
June 17th, 2011 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal), June 16 (IANS) Eight people, including an eight-year old boy, were injured after three bisons strayed into a tea garden and attacked them in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri ... Read more...
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Mysore’s rogue tuskers whisked away to Bandipur forest
June 9th, 2011 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 9 (IANS) The Karnataka wildlife division Thursday transhipped to the Bandipur reserve forest area the two elephants which trampled one person and a cow to death at Mysore ... Read more...
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One dead as elephants go berserk in Mysore (Lead)
June 8th, 2011 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore, June 8 (IANS) Two young wild elephants strayed into Mysore city from a nearby forest early Wednesday and caused havoc, trampling a man to death and causing panic.Forest guards ... Read more...
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One dead as two wild jumbos go berserk in Mysore
June 8th, 2011 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore (Karnataka), June 8 (IANS) Two wild elephants stormed into Mysore early Wednesday, trampling one person to death and causing panic in this cultural city."The wild elephants entered the city ... Read more...
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Police hunt for poachers in Haryana (Lead)
April 18th, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 18 (IANS) Police Monday conducted raids across Haryana to nab some of the dozen poachers who fled the Kalesar National Park after one of them was killed in ... Read more...
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Haryana Police conduct raids to nab poachers
April 18th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 18 (IANS) Haryana Police Monday started conducting searches across the state to nab some of the dozen poachers who fled the Kalesar National Park after one of them ... Read more...
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Goa to step up forest patrol with GPS
February 25th, 2011 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 25 (IANS) Forest guards in Goa's four wildlife sanctuaries will soon be equipped with global positioning system (GPS) to step up patrolling, a senior official said Friday. "Forest guards and ... Read more...
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Shhh! Chandigarh environs are hosting winged visitors
December 17th, 2010 - 10:32 am ICT by IANS
By Alkesh Sharma
Chandigarh, Dec 17 (IANS) Escaping the harsh cold of their habitats, hundreds of warbling guests - among them brahmi ducks, red-crusted pochards, grebes and geese - have come flocking to ... Read more...
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Two poachers killed in Kaziranga, rhino found dead (Lead)
December 13th, 2010 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Dec 13 (IANS) Two poachers were killed in a gunfight with wildlife rangers at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam Monday after a gang entered the area and killed a rhino, ... Read more...
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Two poachers shot dead in Kaziranga
December 13th, 2010 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Dec 13 (IANS) Two rhino poachers were killed in a gun fight with wildlife rangers at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam Monday, officials said.A wildlife warden said a group of ... Read more...
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Mathura tiger eludes, may be close to Rajasthan border
October 7th, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Oct 7 (IANS) The tiger, now named Mohan, eluded wildlife trackers from three states, two days after it was spotted in Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh where it attacked half a ... Read more...
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Goa forest guards get motorbikes to check crime
September 17th, 2010 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 17 (IANS) Dealing with tiger poaching and illegal mining isn't really a walk in the park. Perhaps that is why forest guards in Goa's seven wildlife sanctuaries will now whiz ... Read more...
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Himachal forest guards to get weapons
August 4th, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 4 (IANS) Buoyed by the success of its forest police stations or 'van thanas' in checking illegal felling of timber, the Himachal Pradesh government has now decided to equip forest ... Read more...
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