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One arrested with leopard skins, bear gall bladders, musk deer pods in J-K
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 30 (ANI): In a joint operation along with the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), Forest Department, and Central Reserve Police Force, the Anantnag Police on Saturday seized eight leopard skins, 38 bear gall bladders, and four musk deer pods fr
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Ayushmann Khurrana goes on a safari at Kaziranga National Park
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): Ayushmann Khurrana, who is currently shooting in the North-east for Anubhav Sinha's untitled spy thriller, recently went on a safari at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam.
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Bird Flu: Rapid response teams deployed across 40 forest divisions, protec
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 23 (ANI): Rapid response teams have been deployed across 40 forest divisions and protected areas of Uttarakhand to deal with bird flu, Chief Wildlife Warden JS Suhag said on Saturday.
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Court okays Trump administration auctioning oil drilling rights in Alaska
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Alaska [US], January 6 (ANI/Sputnik): A US federal judge has turned down requests by conservation and indigenous groups to prevent the outgoing administration from selling oil and gas leases to drilling companies in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
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Uttarakhand HC takes suo motu cognisance over denotification of Shivalik E
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 5 (ANI): The Uttarakhand High Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of the denotification of the Shivalik Elephant Reserve and issued notices to both the Central as well as State governments.
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Animals are source of livelihood can't be confiscated, observes SC
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday observed that animals are normally a source of livelihood and they can't be confiscated, while hearing a plea filed by Buffalo Traders Welfare Association challenging the validity of certain provisions under the Prevention of Cr
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Inner Wheel Club adopts white peacock in Hyderabad's Nehru zoo
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 1 (ANI): In a bid to strengthen the wildlife conservation programme at the Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad, a white peacock was adopted by a women's organisation for a period of one year on Thursday.
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Pangolin rescued as Odisha Police busts illegal wildlife trade racket, one
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Cuttack (Odisha) [India], December 23 (ANI): Busting an illegal wildlife trade racket, Odisha Police rescued a pangolin and arrested a person in this connection near Biribati Canal Road in Kandarpur area of Cuttack district last evening.
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Round Table India and Ladies Circle India Felicitate Prominent Achievers a
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): Round Table India along with Ladies Circle India presented today the 8th edition of 'Pride of Karnataka Awards', to achievers across all walks of life who have made Karnataka proud and displayed excellence to the world's audience. Th
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Only circus recognised under Wildlife Act loses recognition for using elep
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): The Central Zoo Authority (CZA), a statutory body operating under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has cancelled the recognition of the Great Golden Circus in Gujarat, the only circus in the entire country which was recognised unde
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Animals being ignored due to reduced dependence: CJI Bobde
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], December 19 (ANI): Asserting the history of civilisation is one of people's association with animals, Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde on Saturday said animals are being ignored since our dependence on them weakened due to mechanisation.
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Forest Department rescues 2 leopards from UP's Lakhimpur Kheri
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 17 (ANI): A leopard, which had strayed into the Dhaurahra area in Lakhimpur Kheri district, was rescued by the Forest Department on Wednesday. This is the second leopard that has been rescued from the area in two days.
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