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Seizure of horns raises fears of trade as threat to wild buffaloes
Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal), February 10, 2010: Authorities in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal have seized a huge cache of horns, suspected to belong to the endangered wild buffalo, raising fears of trade as a potential threat to the species of which less than 4000 individuals remain in the wild.
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Court denies bail to interstate wildlife trade gang members
Nagpur, February 9, 2010: The Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nagpur, yesterday denied bail to the eight persons arrested in November last year for illegal trade in wildlife articles including tiger skins and bones.
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Tiger skin seized in Kerala; three arrested, search on for hunters
Kozhikode, January 15, 2010: A tiger skin was seized from three traders in Kozhikode district in Kerala following an undercover operation by the Forest Department earlier this month. The traders have been arrested and a search has been initiated to nab the people who killed the tiger.
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Rhino stuck in sand, rescued
Kaziranga (Assam), January 14, 2010: An adult male rhino, stuck in sand, in Sotia in the northern bank of Brahmaputra river along Kaziranga National Park, Assam, was rescued yesterday by the Forest Department assisted by the International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) and local villagers.
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Rare black panther under treatment at CWRC
Kaziranga (Assam), January 14, 2010: A severely injured rare black panther (Panthera pardus) is being treated at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) near Kaziranga National Park in the northeastern Indian state of Assam.
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Shahtoosh trader convicted
Delhi, January 11, 2010: A shahtoosh trader was today convicted by a city court here. The Court of Dig Vinay Singh, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Delhi, convicted Mohammed Ishaq Baig, accused of illegal possession and trade in banned shahtoosh shawls.
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Forest Department frontline staff trained for more effective protection of the Asiatic lion
Gir (Gujarat), December 29, 2009: A total of 490 frontline Forest Department staff protecting the Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica) in Gir were trained through this month to effectively control poaching and prosecute wildlife offenders. Equipment to facilitate anti-poaching patrolling was also distributed.
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Prosecution witness evidence recording against Pataudi begins
Faridabad, December 15, 2009: The Special Environment Court, Faridabad, today began examination of prosecution witnesses against celebrity Mansur Ali Khan alias Tiger Pataudi, and his companions, accused of hunting the endangered blackbuck in June 2005.
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High Court upholds elephants’ right of passage in Nilgiris;
orders demolition of commercial establishments in elephant corridors
Chennai, December 8, 2009: The Madras High Court has banned all construction activities in the proposed elephant corridors covering all bottlenecks connecting Segur Plateau and Mudumalai Tiger Reserve – part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve - in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Strongly favouring the ‘rights of passage’ of wild elephants, the court also ordered demolition of all illegal commercial ventures within the corridors.
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More orphaned bear cubs head for the wild in Pakke
Pakke (Arunachal Pradesh), November 13, 2009: Three orphaned Asiatic black bear cubs are being walked in Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, for acclimatisation, and eventual rehabilitation in the wild.
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Indo-Nepal authorities’ recommendations for effective wildlife enforcement in western border
Dharchula (Uttarakhand), October 29, 2009: Authorities who met at the wildlife enforcement and legal workshop last week in Dharchula, Uttarakhand, unanimously recommended institutionalisation of cross border coordination and joint enforcement operations, among others, for effective wildlife trade control along the western Indo-Nepal border.
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Lack of funds threaten critically-endangered Amur leopards
in Russian Primorski region
Primorski (Russia), October 29, 2009: Despite being home to the Amur leopard – one of the world’s most endangered large cat species with just about 30-35 wild individuals remaining, Kedrovaya Pad Nature Reserve in the south-western Primorski region in Russia has been paralysed by lack of funds.
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Hand-raised wild buffaloes released in the wild
Dibru Saikhowa National Park (Assam), October 27, 2009: More than half a decade since being rescued as young calves separated from their herds, two hand-raised wild buffaloes were released in Dibru Saikhowa National Park, Assam, by the Forest Department and International Fund for Animal Welfare – Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI), last week.
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20 years since ivory trade ban,
elephants still threatened by poaching, stockpile sales
Delhi, October 23, 2009: Despite ivory trade being banned 20 years ago, hundreds, if not thousands, of wild elephants continue to fall prey to poachers across their distribution range, each year.
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Electric fencing villages near Kaziranga benefits people and animals
Kaziranga (Assam), September 21, 2009: Six villages in the fringes of Kaziranga National Park in the northeast Indian state of Assam, reported a six-fold increase in annual crop yield, this year. A 15 km stretch of electric fence installed with the aim to reduce crop depredation by wild animals as well as human-animal conflicts had served its purpose.
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Eight tiger cubs born in Valmiki since 2005
Valmiki (Bihar), August 10, 2009: Amid reports of decline in tiger numbers across India, positive news has emerged from the once-neglected Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar, along the Indo-Nepal border. At least eight cubs have been born in the reserve since 2005, including two new cubs whose sightings were reported from the eastern part, earlier this month.
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Confessions of an ivory poacher
Kuttampuza Forest Range (Kerala), July 30, 2009: “I stood here, hidden behind this tree. The tusker came to the clearings from the bushes, about 15 metres from me. I pulled the trigger” Aji confessed without remorse.
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His Holiness the Karmapa appeals for wildlife conservation
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh), June 29, 2009: His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, today, appealed to his fellow Tibetans not to harm wildlife, at an awareness event organised by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and Care for the Wild International (CWI).
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Leaving corridors for elephants
Wayanad (Kerala), May 29, 2009: “It has come to us like a blessing from God,” claims Kenchan, referring to a Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) initiative that has helped her family relocate from their old settlement in Wayanad Elephant Corridor in Kerala to evade conflicts with wild elephants.
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Distributing grain to conserve elephants
Pakke (Arunachal Pradesh), June 8, 2009: In a move away from cash compensations, 7700 kgs of rice were given away to 140 farmers whose crops were destroyed by elephants around Pakke Wildlife Sanctuary in the north-east Indian Arunachal Pradesh state.
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Wild rhinos are back in Manas
Manas (Assam), December 2, 2008: Three female greater one-horned rhinoceros were released in the wild from their temporary enclosure(boma) in Manas National Park in western Assam late last week.
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Tiger in the well !!
Tezpur (Assam), October 31, 2008: Wednesday began as a normal day for us at the Centre for Wildlife
Rehabilitation & Conservation (CWRC) run by International Fund for
Animal Welfare- Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI).
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