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Sariska tiger poacher sentenced to three years imprisonment
Alwar (Rajasthan), January 24, 2011: A person was sentenced to three years imprisonment by the Court of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate – II, Alwar, last Friday, for poaching a tiger from Sariska Tiger Reserve.
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Transformation complete: bear dancers to conservationists
Bodh Gaya (Bihar), January 24, 2012: Committing to help eradicate bear dancing from the country, 24 former bear dancers rehabilitated by WSPA-WTI will now advocate alternative livelihoods among fellow Kalandars and promote conservation and welfare of sloth bears.
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Deathly strokes threaten mongoose: Paint brushes for export abroad seized in Kolkata
New Delhi, January 17, 2012: ‘Think before you act’. As children, many of us learnt this moral through the popular fable – The Mongoose and The Farmer’s Wife. Now, the mongoose needs us to think and to act; and fast, before it is ‘painted’ out.
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Another gibbon family moves to secure habitat, relocation project progresses
Roing (Arunachal Pradesh), January 10, 2011: A second family of Eastern hoolock gibbons was successfully translocated from the village of Dello to the Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary on Sunday as part of a project to save a stranded group of this endangered species of ape in Arunachal Pradesh. The family moved consisted of a male, female and a juvenile male. They were captured on January 7, and monitored overnight before being released near Sally lake in the sanctuary.
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Conflict elephant evades “death sentence”
Rajaji National Park (Uttarakhand), January 7, 2012: An adult tusker, allegedly involved in human elephant conflict, was captured from Narendranagar Forest Division and relocated to the Chilla Range of the Rajaji National Park on Saturday in a joint operation by the Uttarakhand Forest Department, Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), after two months of efforts.
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Aid for Greater Manas during the festive season
Kokrajhar (Bodoland, Assam), December 24, 2011: Continuing to strengthen conservation of Greater Manas landscape, aid was provided to various stakeholders under the Greater Manas Conservation Fund (GMCF) at an event held today in Kokrajhar.
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Haathi Mere Saathi' at All India Forest Sports Meet
Dehradun, December 21, 2011: Launching the drive to take ‘Gajah to Prajah’ for conservation and welfare of elephants in the country, an awareness programme was organised at the 19th All India Forest Sports Meet held last week in Dehradun, as part of the ‘Haathi Mere Saathi’ campaign.
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Orphaned black bears under rehabilitation in Mehao WLS; 26 cubs rehabilitated since 2006
Roing (Arunachal Pradesh), December 12, 2011: Four orphaned Asiatic black bear cubs have been moved to Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary for rehabilitation in the wild. This brings the number of this species rehabilitated through a soft-release protocol in northeast India to 26, beginning in 2006.
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Global Buddhist Congregation endorses global declaration on environment preservation
New Delhi, November 30, 2011: Buddhist scholars and environment conservationists on Monday endorsed a global declaration to apply Buddhist principles in societal, consumer and political decision-making frameworks to address the current environmental crisis.
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