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Friday, March 29, 2024
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Topic: poaching

Rhino carcass found in Kaziranga National Park, poachers decamp with horn

Kaziranga National Park director said since the carcass was found floating, it is currently difficult to ascertain sex and age of the animal.

Bound, choked and tortured—Diwali isn’t bright for Indian owls

Feathers, claws, hearts, blood, eyes, beaks, eggshells, bones and even owl tears are used for mystical rituals and black magic practices.

Stable, climbing—global tiger numbers have risen by 40 per cent, but we must aim higher

To ensure tigers never reach extinction’s brink, we must develop a new 12-year recovery plan with equally aspirational goals.

Brave villagers, not wildlife officials, chase and nab armed poachers, give deer a burial

After eight endangered deer were killed in Pakistan’s Thar, furious locals had no option but to take matters in their own hands.

Belongings of missing UK journalist, Brazil activist found at ‘last-known location’ in Amazon

Journalist Dom Phillips and activist Bruno Pereira were reportedly documenting impact of cocaine trafficking and illegal poaching on the rainforest when they went missing on 5 June.

Training camp on voting? BJP shifts Rajasthan MLAs to resort days before Rajya Sabha polls

Move comes days after Congress sent its legislators to an Udaipur resort in an apparent bid to avoid poaching. Five candidates in fray against four Rajya Sabha vacancies in state.

In message against poaching, Assam to burn 2,479 recovered rhino horns on World Rhino Day

The destruction of the horns, recovered from poachers and dead animals over four decades, will take place publicly Wednesday at Bokahat Stadium ground in Golaghat district.

‘Ashamed to see BJP involved in sale, purchase of MLAs’ — party veteran Shanta Kumar in book

Former Himachal CM, in his autobiography released Tuesday, also wrote PM Modi should bring in laws to curb use of black money in polls & bar criminals from entering politics.

How a tiger is poached in India in 2019: Breaking down the supply chain

Thirty-five tigers have already been poached in India in 2019. The last thing that forest officials in tiger reserves across India want to hear is that a Bahelia gang is in town.

African nations demand lifting ban on hunting elephants, ivory trade

Heads of states such as Botswana and Zimbabwe, which are home to most of the world’s elephants, are unhappy with "others" debating and taking decisions on the issue.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.