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India: Madhya Pradesh which gained global notoriety for Vyapam deaths and unabated poaching of tigers is now being lauded at international forums for its big breakthrough in busting the Indo-China pangolin smuggling syndicate. With 82 smugglers arrested from nine states across country, the Chinese fetish for…
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India: With the arrest of three persons, Delhi Police today claimed to have busted a gang of animal hide traders and recovered from their possession the skin of a snow leopard, an endangered species. The last time Delhi Police had recovered snow leopards hide was around 23 years ago, a senior official said. The…
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India: Nine poachers, including three forest department staff, have been arrested for killing a one-horned rhinoceros in Kaziranga National Park. Acting on a tip-off, police on Monday night arrested the nine. They include three forest department employees from Burapahar Range office. They have been identified as…
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Nepal: The Chitwan National Park on Sunday completed two years of zero rhino poaching. A one-horn rhino was killed on May 2, 2014, which is the last recorded poaching in the Park. The Park attributed a modern and scientific security strategy to the success in marking zero poaching year for the second consecutive…
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Nairobi : Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta set fire on Saturday to the world's biggest ivory bonfire, after demanding a total ban on trade in tusks and horns to end "murderous" trafficking and prevent the extinction of elephants in the wild. "The height of the pile of ivory before us marks the strength of our…
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Pakistan: The Sindh wildlife department recovered on Thursday 170 black-horn turtles during a raid near Northern Bypass on the Super Highway. Unfortunately, 11 of the 170 turtles had died of suffocation as they were packed inside wheat bags, said Sindh wildlife department marine conservation in-charge Adnan Mehmood.…
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India: Countries with wild tiger populations have agreed to do more to protect tiger habitats that are shrinking drastically because of deforestation and urban sprawl, conservationists said on Friday.Representatives from the 13 Asian countries with tigers, meeting this week in New Delhi, issued a resolution…
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India: Making a strong pitch for tiger conservation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday underlined the need for collaboration between governments at the highest level to check trafficking in body parts of the wildcat.Noting that conservation of tiger or nature is "not a drag" on development, the Prime Minister…
Read updateIndia: The Union Cabinet gave its nod for India adopting the statute of the South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) which will help in checking cross border wildlife crimes.The approval by the Cabinet at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi allows the country to become a formal member of SAWEN in…
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