Namibia: Uproar Over Elephant Killing
The killing of an alpha elephant bull at Omatjete last week has been highly criticised by Namibian conservation and tourism groups. The elephant, named 'Voortrekker' of the rare Ugab desert-adapted
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Number of swamp deer goes up at Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve
Number of swamp deer has increased at the Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve in the last five years. Chief of the Reserve Office, Yubraj Regmi, said that the number of swamp deer has increased by 131 this year
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Arab royal hunts down 2,100 houbara bustards in three week safari
A Saudi prince has poached over 2,100 internationally protected houbara bustards in 21-day hunting safari in Chagai, Balochistan, during which the royal also indulged in illegal hunting in protected areas,
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Badger Culls in England Will Not Expand
Plans to roll out the controversial badger cull pilots nationwide across England have been dropped by the Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, after an independent report found the shoots were not effective
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Rare wildlife at risk of disappearance
The rare wildlife here are on verge of disappearance in lack of conservation efforts. The Mangri, Kimri, Pulu, Dolphu and Mugu VDCs in the eastern part of the district are considered to be the area enriched
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Govt celebrates zero rhino poaching year
The government on Monday celebrated 365 days of zero rhino poaching in a mark of a year that saw no hunting of the endangered animal in all the major protected areas of the country. Between February
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Agriculture dependent population in India grew by 50% during 1980-2011
The agricultural population of India grew by a whopping 50 per cent between 1980 and 2011, the highest for any country during this period, followed by China with 33 per cent, while that of the US dropped
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Pakistan urged to ban Arab sheikhs from hunting endangered birds
Special licences given to high-rolling dignitaries to kill houbara bustard, which is considered to be at risk of extinction Pakistan is witnessing a mounting backlash against Arab sheikhs who spend
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Illegal hunting – leopards now threatened species
Wildlife conservation efforts, particularly for the common leopard in the hills of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), have had little effect as more than 60 common leopards have been illegally hunted in the
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Guest birds poaching going on unabated in Sylhet, Khulna
Rampant hunting of birds by a section of local people has started in the wetlands of the southern region, including Sylhet, barely with the advent of winter this year. Both with a callous disregard for
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AJK bans all hunting for three years
Waking up to the threat posed to native wildlife and migratory birds by indiscriminate hunting and poaching, the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has at last imposed a blanket ban on hunting for