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09:12 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Chandrapur: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Thursday said that poaching of tigers in Chandrapur could not have taken place without the support of local people. Thackeray, who was here to collect facts regarding poaching of tigers said that "It is impossible for any outsider to lay traps in deep forests without help from local people. It is the local people responsible for the act". Talking about tiger conservation,...
02:59 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Puducherry: Migratory birds and endangered animals protected by the Indian wildlife laws are being sold openly in a market in Puducherry. CNN-IBN has accessed images that expose the thriving lucrative business. At a roadside food stall, in the city of Puducherry the selling of protected birds and animals is a common sight. The images show ibis and purple moorhens, open billed storks being sold openly at roadside stalls. These birds...
06:25 AM, May 31, 2012
Chandrapur: The Maharashtra government has ordered a CID inquiry into the recent tiger poaching incidents in the district. "We suspect the involvement of inter-state gangs in the incidents," Forests and Rehabilitation Minister Patangrao Kadam said in Chandrapur on Wednesday. "The report from CID is expected within three months. If required, the period would be extended to get concrete information on tiger poaching," he said. Kadam was addressing a press conference...
02:05 AM, May 31, 2012
Puducherry: Migratory birds and endangered animals protected by the Indian wildlife laws are being sold openly in a market in Puducherry. CNN-IBN has accessed images that expose the thriving lucrative business. The images show ibis and purple moorhens, open billed storks being sold openly at roadside stalls. These birds visit the Oussudu Wildlife Sanctuary in the winters for breeding where they are allegedly hunted. Jungle cats, palm civets, porcupine, monitor...
01:25 PM, May 30, 2012
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has come down heavily on poachers. State Forest Minister Patangrao Kadam has issued 'shoot-at-sight' orders to the forest guards if they saw any poacher hunting or laying traps in tiger reserves. The orders have been in place for the past 10 years but the field staff have been reluctant to implement them as some forest guards were being booked for violating human rights despite the government...
08:27 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: A spate of tiger poaching incidents have come to light from Maharashtra. The body of a tiger chopped into 11 pieces with its head and paws missing was recovered on Friday. It appears the tiger parts have been taken by the poachers. The incident happened at the Tadoba Tiger Reserve, which has seen a spate of poaching incidents. Just two weeks ago, the forest department found leghold traps...
01:32 PM, May 21, 2012
A tiger death raises a million eye brows. An investigation is immediately sought. Conservationists make a hue and cry demanding the arrest of the poacher. But they don't show same intensity of concern when an elephant dies due to poaching or electrocution. Invariably the blame is thrust on elephants for crop-raiding. Farmers who illegally draw power from electric lines and trigger-happy poachers get away scot free. Like the critically endangered...
01:25 PM, May 21, 2012
San Francisco: In the summer of 2007, Apple's Steve Jobs received a note from then-Palm chief executive Ed Colligan, according to correspondence revealed in a lawsuit over employee poaching. "Your proposal that we agree that neither company will hire the other's employees, regardless of the individual's desires, is not only wrong, it is likely illegal," Colligan wrote to the now-deceased Apple chief. The note was made public in a court...
12:07 PM, Jan 21, 2012
Bangalore: Tigers in Karnataka can thank their stars. For, the state reserves with high tiger density will soon get a Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF). From January 4, 2012, the force will patrol the tiger belts to protect the felines from poachers and smugglers. The STPF is being constituted under the direction of Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) based on the recommendation made by the National Tiger Conservation Authority...
02:32 PM, Dec 25, 2011
Jodhpur: Bollywood actor Salman Khan on Tuesday was directed by a court in Jodhpur to present himself before it on September 20th in connection with his appeal against his conviction in a poaching case. Salman was sentenced to one-year imprisonment for killing two chinkaras (gazelles) in Bhawad village near Jodhpur on September 26, 1998. The sentence was handed down by a Jodhpur court on February 17, 2006. The court had...
09:34 PM, Aug 09, 2011
New Delhi: A 10 to 15 per cent increase in tiger numbers across the country - that is what expected from the tiger estimation exercise 2011. Even as the country's top wildlife scientist are totting up the numbers only to be revealed next week, here's a preview of what can be expected. An increase in tiger numbers from 1400, as sources say it could be over 1600. The Tiger reserves...
07:40 AM, Mar 24, 2011
Jaipur: Bollywood star Salman Khan Monday got a relief in the 1998 chinkara poaching case as the Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court allowed him to leave the country without informing it in advance. The court had imposed the restriction on him before granting bail in the case in 2007. Following that, the actor had to inform the court before leaving the country in connection with movie shootings abroad....
04:34 PM, Feb 21, 2011
This week 'Inside the Tiger trade' exposes tiger poaching in Corbett National Park. ...
04:31 PM, Dec 19, 2010
Tigers are being poached in Corbett National Park. CNN-IBN and Tehelka catch poachers and traders on camera. ...
10:13 PM, Dec 17, 2010
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