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Pune forest dept arrest 2 for smuggling tortoises
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], November 20 (ANI): The Pune forest department on Friday have arrested two people and busted a racket smuggling tortoises.
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Maha Governor promulgates notification amending Forest Rights Act 2006
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 29 (ANI): Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has issued a notification modifying the Forest Rights Act, 2006 that will enable forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes (STs) and other traditional forest-dwelling families to build houses in the neighbour
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Forest department captures leopard in Nashik
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], July 29 (ANI): A male leopard was captured in the Deolali camp in Nashik district on Wednesday. This is the sixth successful operation in a month done by the forest department.
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Maharashtra: Prey puppy comes out unhurt after spending hours stuck in a w
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Nandurbar (Maharashtra), Feb 23 (ANI): In what can be termed a second chance at life for the canine, a puppy and a leopard were rescued by the local forest depart from a well in Varche Tembhe village after spending seven hours inside.
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Seized bombs explode inside Maharashtra Forest Dept office
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 6 (ANI): The office of Maharashtra State Forest Department here got severely damaged after crude bombs seized from poachers exploded inside the office premises on Wednesday morning, police said.
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Maharashtra: 2 leopard cubs rescued by forest department, Wildlife SOS in
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 13 (ANI): Two leopard cubs have been rescued from the sugarcane fields of Pune’s Junnar area.
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3-year-old leopard stuck in 'jaw trap' rescued in Maharashtra
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 9 (ANI): A 3-year old male leopard was found trapped in a jaw trap set up by poachers in Jeur Haibati village here. The mammal was later rescued by Wildlife SOS and the Forest Department.
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Tigress Avni's killer inexperienced: NTCA report
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 7 (ANI): Tigress Avni's reaction was mistaken and the trigger was pulled in a hurry by an "inexperienced" shooter, a report tabulated by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to inquire the death of the tigress revealed.
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Maharashtra Forest Ministry sets up committee to probe tigress Avni's kill
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra0 [India], Nov 9 (ANI): Maharashtra Forest Ministry has formed an inquiry committee to look into the killing of tigress Avni.
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Maha minister slams Maneka Gandhi for comments on Tigress Avni
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]. Nov 5 (ANI): Hitting back at Union Minister Maneka Gandhi over her comments on the killing of Tigress Avni, Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said that he would have been happy if Gandhi had spoken to him before commenting on the matter.
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NGOs protest against Maha's shoot-at-sight order for tigress
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Sept 22 (ANI): A group of animal welfare organisations protested against Maharashtra Forest Department's recent shoot-at-sight orders for a man-eater tigress in Pandharkawda forest.
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