Elephant tusk pieces seized, three arrested
September 17th, 2012 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 15 (IANS) Three elephant tusk pieces worth more than Rs.1 million were seized in a Goa village Saturday and three people arrested, police said.Police Inspector Nolasco Raposo said ... Read more...
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Indian-American jeweller pleads guilty to illegal ivory sales?
July 13th, 2012 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New York, July 13 (IANS) Two New York jewellers, one of them an Indian-American, have pleaded guilty to charges of selling and offering for sale illegal elephant ivory with a ... Read more...
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Kenya seizes Nigeria-bound 600 kg illegal ivory
June 23rd, 2012 - 10:19 am ICT by IANS
Nairobi, June 23 (IANS) Kenyan authorities have intercepted a Nigeria-bound cargo carrying illegal ivory weighing over 600 kg.The illegal raw ivory was seized at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by ... Read more...
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12 elephants dead in Indonesia, probe launched
June 21st, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, June 21 (IANS) Indonesia's forestry ministry Thursday said it has launched a probe into the suspected poisoning to death of 12 elephants in Sumatra.Novianto Bambang, director for conservation and ... Read more...
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Scientists excited about mammoth discovery in Iowa
June 7th, 2012 - 8:13 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Oskaloosa (Iowa), June 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The rare discovery of mammoth bones on a rural Iowa farm has left archaeological scientists very excited.The unusual of an undisturbed mammoth's skeleton will allow ... Read more...
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Helicopter-borne poachers kill 22 elephants in Congo
April 25th, 2012 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 25 (IANS) In a brazen attack carried out by helicopter-borne poachers, a herd of 22 elephants were killed and their tusks and genitals hacked off at a national ... Read more...
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Poachers kill 200 elephants in Cameroon
February 18th, 2012 - 10:46 am ICT by IANS
Cape Town, Feb 18 (IANS) At least 200 elephants were slaughtered for their tusks by poachers in Cameroon since mid-January, an NGO said.The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said ... Read more...
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Neanderthals lived in houses, not caves
December 20th, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 20 (IANS) A 44,000-year-old house of the Neanderthals made from mammoth bones and decorated with carvings and pigments was discovered in eastern Ukraine. It had been thought Neanderthals, ... Read more...
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Elephants flirt, argue and have tiffs like humans
June 6th, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 6 (IANS) Elephants flirt and argue like humans, and their family outings too have their share of tiffs over directions.
Conservationists have discovered such rows are common among ... Read more...
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Remains of woolly mammoth found in Russia
May 27th, 2011 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The remains of a woolly mammoth have been discovered by a group of students in the remote northeast Russian region of Yakutia, an official said ... Read more...
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10 mastodons, 4 mammoths, and 2 Ice Age deer - ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ find
November 19th, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): The chief curator of Denver Museum of Nature & Science has called the accidental discovery of an Ice Age fossil site at Ziegler Reservoir near Snowmass Village "one ... Read more...
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One tusker killed, one critically injured as trains hit them
November 16th, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) An elephant was mowed down by a passenger train in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district Monday night, an official said Tuesday."The incident took place between Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri ... Read more...
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Elephant undergoes dental surgery in Kerala
November 12th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
By Juhan SamuelTriprayar (Kerala), Nov.12 (ANI): An elephant in Kerala's Tripayar town underwent cosmetic dental surgery.The elephant was suffering from a crack in its tusk for the past five years, which ... Read more...
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Discovery of bones unravel Ice Age ecosystem
November 7th, 2010 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 7 (IANS) An excavation site in western Colorado in the US has revealed an entire Ice Age ecosystem.
Denver Museum of Nature and Science excavation crews discovered two additional Ice ... Read more...
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‘2010 PREDATORS’ are ‘Ipod versions’ - Robert Rodriguez
August 3rd, 2010 - 11:53 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 3, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Predator fans who loved the monster in the original 1987 are in for a treat as the 2010 sequel by Robert Rodriguez will have different types ... Read more...
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Self-styled Godman arrested for selling tiger skin in Maharashtra
July 22nd, 2010 - 8:00 pm ICT by ANI
Latur (Maharashtra), July 22 (ANI): A tiger skin and elephant's tusks have been seized from a self-proclaimed godman by the district police of Latur in Maharashtra following a report that he had ... Read more...
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Poachers kill elephant for ivory in Orissa
April 25th, 2010 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 25 (IANS) Poachers shot dead an elephant and brutally hacked around its tusks to extract ivory in the Redhakhol Forest Range in Sambalpur district of Orissa, forest officials said Sunday.
The ... Read more...
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Amar wants NCW to intervene over Mulayam’s remarks
March 24th, 2010 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Expelled Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh Wednesday sought intervention of the National Commission for Women (NCW) over remarks of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam ... Read more...
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Poachers kill tusker in Orissa
February 19th, 2010 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 19 (IANS) Poachers have killed a young elephant for ivory in the forested area of Rajagadia in Orissa's Angul district, a forest official said.
The elephant's decomposed body was found Thursday ... Read more...
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Unrestricted poaching could see extinction of African elephant in 15 years
October 18th, 2009 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct.18 (ANI): The mighty African elephant could face extinction within 15 years due to the illegal ivory trade.According to a Sunday Express report, poachers slaughter 104 elephants every day for their ... Read more...
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A mammoth sensation in Serbia - no matter how old
September 20th, 2009 - 10:18 am ICT by IANS
By Thomas Brey
Kostolac (Serbia), Sep 20 (DPA) Wading through the swamps that hundreds of thousands of years later would become eastern Serbia, Vika became stuck, never managing to pull herself free, and ... Read more...
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Polar bears face extinction in less than 70 years because of global warming
September 11th, 2009 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 11 (ANI): A new research has warned that polar bears face extinction in less than 70 years because of global warming."Recent projections suggest polar bears could be extinct within 70 ... Read more...
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Elephants worship Lord Ganesha in Mudumalai
August 24th, 2009 - 8:55 pm ICT by ANI
By Jehova GMudumalai (Tamil Nadu), Aug.24 (ANI): A group of elephants on Monday worshipped Lord Ganesha at a temple in Mudumalai on the occasion of the ongoing 10-day Ganesha festival.
The unique annual ... Read more...
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That elephant could have killed me- Ravi Kissan
August 3rd, 2009 - 8:17 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
By Subhash K Jha
The much talked-about elephant romp on Wednesday in the Athirapilly jungles of Kerala during the shooting of Mani Ratnam's Raavan which left one mauled and dead, was far ... Read more...
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Bad Luck Raavan!
July 30th, 2009 - 4:28 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Heart problem, delay, re-shoots, and then some more delay; and now, a death on the sets of Raavan. Mani Ratnam's Raavan is hitting headlines, for all the wrong reasons and bad ... Read more...
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Two elephants found dead in Jharkhand
March 14th, 2009 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, March 14 (IANS) Two elephants were found dead in Jharkhand, forest department officials said Saturday. One wild elephant had its tusks removed, leading to the suspicion that it had been killed ... Read more...
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Surge in poachers’ use of poisoned arrows to kill elephants in Kenya
February 26th, 2009 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 26 (ANI): Reports from conservationists indicate that there has been a surge in poachers using poison arrows and spears to kill elephants in southern Kenya, for obtaining ivory.The surge is ... Read more...
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Elephants under threat as illegal ivory price soar in Vietnam
February 18th, 2009 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): A new market analysis released by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade-monitoring network, has determined that the few surviving elephants in Indo-China are under increasing threat from booming illegal ... Read more...
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African elephants Orphaned decades ago have still not coped with kins deaths
January 22nd, 2009 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 22 (ANI): While the ban on the killing of African elephants has been in place for decades, offspring of the previously killed animals have still not coped up with ... Read more...
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Bizarre teeth of male whales help females choose their mates
December 16th, 2008 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 16 (ANI): A new research has suggested that the bizarre teeth of male beaked whales have evolved to help females choose their mates.Beaked whales are a family of about ... Read more...
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Brit woman wins PS533k as damages over elephant attack!
November 30th, 2008 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 30 (ANI): A Brit woman, who was attacked and seriously wounded by an elephant while staying at a safari lodge in 2000, has won 533,000 pounds as damages after ... Read more...
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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 ... Read more...
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Pigs ruled the world 260 million years ago: Study
September 15th, 2008 - 7:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 15 (ANI): Scientists from Leeds University have discovered that the world was ruled by pig-like creatures for a million years.The Age of the Porcine occurred around 260 million years ... Read more...
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Polish PM wanted to kill refree over last minute penalty to Austria!
June 14th, 2008 - 12:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 14 (ANI): Polands Prime Minister Donald Tusk has caused an uproar by publicly admitting that he felt like killing Howard Webb after the English referee awarded the injury-time penalty ... Read more...
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Two tusks stolen from Corbett museum
June 12th, 2008 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Two tusks weighing 18 kg each and two decades old were stolen early Thursday from a wildlife museum attached to the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand. ... Read more...
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