Wildlife Trade
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For the cause of endangered wildlife
Bindu Shajan Perappadan
NEW DELHI: Traffic India, a wildlife trade monitoring network, has released four brand new public service announcements as part of its ongoing “Don't Buy Trouble” campaign that advises tourists to be careful of what they buy as souvenirs during their travel to India.
The message which has been brought out in the form of four posters is targeted at domestic and foreign
06/09/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
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India to urge China to curb illegal trade in tigers
Priscilla Jebaraj & Ananth Krishnan NEW DELHI/BEIJING: Defence ties between India and China may be strained in the wake of the visa denial row, but the two countries hope next week will see increased cooperation in both wildlife conservation and global financial issues as two delegations from New Delhi travel to Beijing.
31/08/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
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Puma skin found in parcel sent by post from U.S.
Priscilla Jebaraj
NEW DELHI: It was labelled as a rug, being sent from the United States to India through the U.S. Postal Service. But when the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) officials opened the parcel at Kolkata's Foreign Post Office on August 7 they discovered the full skin of what is suspected to be a puma.
NEW DELHI: It was labelled as a rug, being sent from the United States to India through the U.S. Postal Service. But when the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) officials opened the parcel at Kolkata's Foreign Post Office on August 7 they discovered the full skin of what is suspected to be a puma.
16/08/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
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Bid to sell tortoises, 2 held
Madikeri Forest Squad sleuths arrested two persons while attempting to sell three tortoises near Sampigekatte on the outskirts of Madikeri on Sunday.
19/07/2010
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
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Rare birds sold openly in Kolkata markets
KOLKATA, 16 JULY: While wildlife wing officials of the Forest Department are unsure of the status of threatened wildlife species, hundreds of rare birds are being sold at a fair, currently in progress at the Ramleela Maidan in Moulali (in SNS photo).
17/07/2010
Statesman (Kolkata)
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Soon: Ban on peacock plume trade
Possession for religious purposes not to be prohibited
01/07/2010
Tribune (New Delhi)
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15 held for selling fake wildlife skin, bones in Bhavnagar
Rajkot: Bhavnagar district forest department on Sunday arrested around 15 men and women — mostly married couples — from the outskirts of Bhavnagar for selling fake lion and tiger skin and bones. All accused are from Karnataka.
28/06/2010
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
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Stern law to curb wildlife smuggling
With the present Wild Life (Protection ) Act 1972 failing to deter poaching, the New Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill 2010 law will have those found guilty of offences against animals sentenced to a jail term of five to seven years with a minimum fine of Rs 5 lakh as against the present fine of Rs 10,000.
25/06/2010
Asian Age (New Delhi)
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Wildlife Act likely to get more teeth
IN THE face of unabated illicit wildlife trade and the rise in instances of wildlife crimes, the environment ministry has outlined the amendments it is considering to bring to the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. The ministry has now invited public comments on the draft amendments. The major emphasis of the proposed amendments is on the organised illicit wildlife trade.
25/06/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
