Wildlife

GUWAHATI, Sept 6 – The Water Resources department (WRD) of the State has proposed a Rs 177 crore 56 lakh 24 thousand scheme for protection of the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) from erosion.

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Dehradun: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been chosen brand ambassador of Uttarakhand’s Tiger Conservation Mission. He was also appointed honorary wildlife warden of Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand CM Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced on Sunday. Dhoni will succeed wildlife conservator Bijendra Singh, Corbett’s honorary wildlife warden for the last 30 years.

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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

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Guwahati, Sept.

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Sunny Sebastian JAIPUR: Though the rain gods were not very kind to the Bharatpur region this season even while rest of Rajasthan got a plentiful monsoon, the World Heritage site Keoladeo National Park got a new lease of life this weekend when the waters of the Panchna dam, some 100 kms away in Karauli district, reached its historical swamps.

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One of the innovative recommendations of the recently submitted report of the Elephant Task Force (ETF), backed by the environment ministry, is to declare it India’s national heritage animal. The elephant is possibly the most appropriate species to be awarded this recognition.

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THRISSUR: The recommendations of the Dr Mahesh Rangarajan Committee to declare elephant as national heritage animal will eventually mar the religious and cultural practices that are being followed in the state for the past many centuries, Kerala Elephant Owners Federation members have said. The members told reporters here that most of the recommendations made by the committee were impractical

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SIVASAGAR , Sept 5 – Members of Nature’s Beckon, led by its regional coordinator Hiren Dutta recently rescued a grebe (podicepe ruhanhficollis), a rare species of duck locally known as ‘ghilahanh’, along with its five chicks from a villager of Thekeratal Mising gaon, Dikhowmukh and handed them over to the Forest officials. The members of this environment activist group have been doing a yeoman’

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