Poaching, illness killing peacocks near Delhi
August 25th, 2012 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Greater Noida, Aug 25 (IANS) Poaching and a mysterious disease are killing peacocks, India's national bird, in one of their richest habitats here in Uttar Pradesh.The Bisrakh area in Greater ... Read more...
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30 peacocks die in Greater Noida
August 7th, 2012 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 7 (IANS) As many as 30 peacocks have died here in the last 15 days due to unknown reasons, say villagers and veterinarians.Ten peacocks died ... Read more...
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83 peacocks die of viral disease in Pakistan
July 29th, 2012 - 10:25 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 29 (IANS) A viral disease called "Ranikhet" has led to the death of at least 83 peacocks in Pakistan's Sindh province, Geo News reported.The disease in Tharparkar district ... Read more...
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Endangered Himachal pheasant species breeds again
July 4th, 2012 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 4 (IANS) Wildlife officials in Himachal Pradesh are euphoric over the resumed breeding of a highly endangered pheasant species.They say all the nine pairs of the western tragopan ... Read more...
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8 peacocks succumb to heat stroke in Aravalli village
June 11th, 2012 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, June 11 (IANS) At least eight peacocks died Monday due to heat stroke in Hasanpur village, 12 km from here in the Aravalli hills, a wildlife official said.Two seriously ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh’s Asiatic Lion safari plan finalised
June 10th, 2012 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Etawah (Uttar Pradesh), June 10 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Wildlife Department has completed the master plan for the state's first Lion Safari in Etawah. The department now plans to make ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka to catch man-eating crocodiles
April 13th, 2012 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, April 13 (IANS) Sri Lanka's wildlife department has launched an operation to catch man-eating crocodiles in rivers close to villages.The wildlife department is searching river banks in parts of ... Read more...
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Snow leopard seen again in Pakistan
January 27th, 2012 - 1:23 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 27 (IANS) A snow leopard has been spotted after two years in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.The snow leopard was seen in the forests of Chitral district.
A wildlife ... Read more...
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Kashmir in deep freeze, Leh records minus 18
December 31st, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 31 (IANS) As scores of tourists arrived in picturesque Kashmir to usher in the new year, the temperatures continued their free fall with Jammu and Kashmir summer capital ... Read more...
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Leopard caught in Srinagar
December 24th, 2011 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 24 (IANS) Fear gripped a densely-populated part of Srinagar Saturday after a leopard made a dramatic appearance. It was caged after it was tranquilized.The wildlife department sent experts ... Read more...
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Punish officials for tusker electrocutions: NGO
November 24th, 2011 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 24 (IANS) Protesting over the frequent electrocution of elephants in Odisha, a wildlife group Thursday demanded action against those responsible for such incidents.Biswajit Mohanty, secretary, Wildlife Society of ... Read more...
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Barking dogs attract leopards from wild
October 10th, 2011 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 10 (IANS) The elusive, shy leopard avoids humans but has a special affinity for dogs. The reason? The dog is an easy prey and the feline relishes its ... Read more...
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Kashmir border fence affecting wildlife
September 1st, 2011 - 10:54 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 1 (IANS) Landmines have killed and maimed many wild animals straying into the barbed wire corridor marking India's Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir.The ... Read more...
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Little grass, bar-headed geese skip Pong wetlands
February 6th, 2011 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, Feb 6 (IANS) The vast spread of water in the Pong wetlands of Himachal Pradesh's picturesque Kangra Valley is keeping the world's highest-altitude migrant, the bar-headed goose, away ... Read more...
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Haryana advises people not to kill wild animals
January 15th, 2011 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 15 (IANS) Following the killing of a leopard by villagers in Haryana's Faridabad district earlier this week, the state's forest department Saturday issued an advisory to people not to kill ... Read more...
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More than 1,000 dead birds fall from sky in Ark.
January 3rd, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Arkansas, Jan 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scientists are left scratching their heads after more than a thousand dead blackbirds fell from the skies on Friday.An Arkansas town was the scene of the ... Read more...
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Cameras keep eye on snow leopards in Spiti Valley
December 29th, 2010 - 10:27 am ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, Dec 29 (IANS) The third eye is monitoring the movement of the highly endangered, elusive snow leopard in the cold deserts of Himachal Pradesh. And one of the camera ... Read more...
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Himachal farmers kill monkeys to save crop
December 12th, 2010 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Dec 12 (IANS) Ignoring criticism by animal lovers, farmers in Himachal Pradesh have killed over 50 monkeys in the past two days to save their crops, a member of a peasants' ... Read more...
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Mystery of the missing Himachal tiger (With Image)
November 12th, 2010 - 9:55 am ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, Nov 12 (IANS) Photographs of a tiger roaming in solitary splendour in the hills surrounding the picturesque tourist resort of Manali have failed to impress Himachal Pradesh's wildlife wing. ... Read more...
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Tusker trafficking gang busted in Assam
November 2nd, 2010 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Nov 2 (IANS) A trans-national elephant smuggling syndicate was busted in Assam with the arrest of five persons, even as conservationists claimed close to 100 wild Asiatic jumbos ... Read more...
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Orissa sets up camps to protect nesting turtles
October 28th, 2010 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 27 (IANS) Orissa has begun setting up camps at the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary to protect the endangered turtles which visit the state's beaches in winter for mass-nesting, an official ... Read more...
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Blood sport: 40 Chinkara gazelles killed in Pakistan
October 19th, 2010 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 19 (IANS) A group of hunters, belonging to well placed political families, have slaughtered 40 Chinkara gazelles in Pakistan's Punjab province.The incident in Bahawalpur area is thought to be ... Read more...
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Forest officials recover body of leopard in Mussoorie
October 18th, 2010 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
By Vipul GoelMussoorie (Uttarakhand), Oct.18 (ANI): The forest administration in Mussoorie recovered the body of a leopard believe to be killed in a road accident.The officials found the jaws of the animal ... Read more...
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Tiger on the prowl causes scare in Mathura
October 5th, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mathura, Oct 5 (IANS) Forest officials from Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh are camping at village Beri in Mathura district to trap a tiger that mauled five children. The tiger is believed to ... Read more...
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Mexican Pirates Shoots An U.S. Man On Falcon Lake, Body Still Missing
October 2nd, 2010 - 6:50 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
ZAPATA, Oct 2, (THAINDIAN NEWS) It came as a bolt from the blue for David Michael Hartley and Tiffany Hartley when they were attacked by the Mexican bandits during their ... Read more...
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Rarest otter discovered in Borneo
July 27th, 2010 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 27 (ANI): The world's rarest otter has been rediscovered in Borneo when a single animal tripped an automatic camera placed by conservationists.The hairy-nosed otter was clicked in the Deramakot Forest ... Read more...
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39 panther skins seized in Haryana
May 25th, 2010 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Panchkula, May 25 (IANS) Thirty-nine panther skins have been seized from a village in Haryana's Panchkula district, officials said here Tuesday. Two people were arrested from the spot.
A team of forest and ... Read more...
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Bandhavgarh tigress died due to vehicle hit, say officials
May 21st, 2010 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, May 21 (IANS) A tigress which died in Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh National Park Wednesday succumbed to internal haemorrhage, confirming apprehensions that it was hit by a vehicle, officials said Friday.
"The autopsy ... Read more...
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Ornamental plants to beautify Delhi for Games
May 3rd, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Delhi will be beautified with at least six million ornamental potted plants for the upcoming Commonwealth Games this year, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam ... 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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At Sri Lankan elephant orphanage, dung is in business (Feature with images)
April 25th, 2010 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
By Ruchika Kher
Pinnawela (Sri Lanka), April 25 (IANS) Don't call it crap. Dung is actually being turned into profit at the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage, thanks to a good idea.At the entrance to ... Read more...
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Elephant census conducted in Orissa
April 24th, 2010 - 8:07 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneswar (Orissa), Apr 24 (ANI): Forest rangers and game wardens of the Wildlife Department conducted a comprehensive elephant census in Orissa.Around 10,000 personnel were deployed in this survey done in the reserve ... Read more...
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Elephant calf dies of heat stroke in Orissa
April 23rd, 2010 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 23 (IANS) With the mercury sizzling at more than 45 degrees Celsius in the state, a baby elephant died of heat stroke in Orissa's Balasore district, an official said Friday.
The ... Read more...
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Jumbo census begins in Orissa
April 22nd, 2010 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 22 (IANS) Around 10,000 officials of the Orissa Wildlife Department have started a survey to determine the number of wild elephants in the state, an official said Thursday.
The officials have ... Read more...
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Kerala’s eco-friendly serpent abodes disappearing (Feature)
April 12th, 2010 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
By T.G. Biju
Kochi, April 12 (IANS) They are age-old ecological havens - groves with thickly foliaged trees, shrubs, lizards and frogs in abundance and snakes like the cobra as the reigning god. ... Read more...
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