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Centre constitutes team to investigate elephant deaths in MP's Bandhavgarh
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Ten elephants were killed in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh earlier this week, with poisoning suspected as a possible cause.
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MP: Elephant death toll at Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve rises to eight, probe
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
On Tuesday four elephants, from a herd of 13 elephants, were found dead in the BTR while four others were found ill during the normal patrolling. Following which the forest official reached the spot and identified that it was a herd of 13 elephants. They found five more elephants among them
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Odisha: One arrested for illegal possession of leopard skin
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The seized leopard skin was sent to Wild Life Institute of India, Dehradun for biological chemical examination and opinion was received affirmatively.
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"It's story about people fighting for our future": Director Richie Mehta o
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In an interview with ANI, the Director of the series Richie Mehta said, "It is about wildlife crime fighters in India, a story about people fighting for our future. Young people are motivated to do everything they can in their power and more to save what they believe is the planet."
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Amazon's "Poacher" series, previewed at US embassy, highlights India's fig
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The US Embassy organized a preview screening of the first episode of the Amazon Original series Poacher, an investigative crime series that unearths the largest ivory poaching ring in Indian history
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Bhutan, India collaborate on joint endeavour to safeguard endangered speci
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The primary objective of this training programme is to equip dedicated personnel from each country with the requisite knowledge and skills to train their colleagues, establishing a more resilient and effective frontline against wildlife crime.
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Village-level community surveillance launched to prevent wildlife crimes i
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
In a pioneering effort, the region's premier biodiversity conservation organisation, Aaranyak, has formed Community Surveillance and Monitoring Teams (CSMT) in some villages in Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur as part of an initiative to elicit proactive community cooperation in monitoring and
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Border Police officials sensitised on Rhino conservation, wildlife crimes
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The event took place at the Rangia Sectoral Headquarter of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), where experts discussed the ongoing trend of wildlife crimes and how border police can play a crucial role in deterring them.
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Wildlife crime investigation training for newly recruited foresters conduc
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A three-day Wildlife Crime Investigation training programme has been organised for the newly recruited 15 foresters at the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve concluded on Thursday.
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India’s Rhino population on the rise, stringent conservation efforts conti
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
International Rhino Foundation, in its annual ‘State of the Rhino’ report for 2023 released two days ahead of World Rhino Day, attributed the rise in the one-horned rhino population to strong protection, wildlife crime law enforcement and habitat expansion. Since 2011, World R
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Assam: Aaranyak holds collaborative workshops on wildlife crime prevention
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Aaranyak’s official Sanjib Kumar Bezbaruah played a key role in organising these two workshops as part of the organisation's sustained efforts to facilitate coordinated actions among various agencies in the prevention of wildlife crimes.
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WCCB-Aaranyak sensitises 99 SSB men on combating wildlife crime
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The sensitisation workshop on "Preventing Wildlife Crime and Illegal Wildlife Trade" was conducted jointly by wildlife crime experts and resource persons from the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and premier biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak on being invited by the SSB.
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