Tackling monkey menace in Wayanad
The Forest Department has resumed mass translocation of the simian population from various parts of Wayanad to remote forests in the wake of complaints of monkey menace. The project is being implemented
Animal Menace
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Australia invaded
Cane toads (Bufo marinus) introduced in Australia in the 1930s to control the sugarcane beetle are poised to invade the Australian Kakadu National Park, a world heritage site. The toads are poisonous
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MALAWI
Defying international wildlife treaties, the Malawi government recently ordered officials and commercial hunters to begin the killing of Nile crocodiles. "The government has taken such a decision
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Hunting for good
Numerous wild buffaloes will be killed in the Rondonia state of western Brazil. They are overtaking the area's native species, say officials of Brazil's environmental protection agency. An agreement
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Bone of contention
Neither Project Tiger nor the eco development project can end the conflicts between the forest officials and the villagers in Ranthambhore
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Saving the farmers
in a bid to "protect the farmers' crops', the Digvijay Singh Cabinet has decided to give permission for the hunting and killing of neelgai (blue bulls) in some parts of Madhya Pradesh.
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Rodent menace
The plague of Samar Island
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Of large carnivores and humans
How does a civilisation relate to the environment? To find out, study its attitude towards large carnivores. Europeans have tried to dominate nature. In the process, they have exterminated several large carnivores like the wolf. But communities in India
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Elephantine blues
A rise in the elephant population in the Chandaka reserve forests raises the basic question of ecological management keeping human needs in mind
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On a killing spree
Malaysia orders immediate killing of a million pigs; virus claims more than 85 lives
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Human eating elephants
IN THE first two weeks of January, more than 20 people have been killed by wild elephants in different parts of Assam. What has alarmed the forests officials are the reports appearing in the regional