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Dogged by complaints, Municipality explores new capturing methods
New Delhi :: India | 13 days ago
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Blowpipe with syringe used to sedate community dogs for ABC procedure Traditionally, dog catchers in Puducherry have been using ropes to capture community dogs in order to take them for ABC (Animal Birth Control) procedure. This method has received a
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Tiger census operation begins
Mumbai :: India | 29 days ago
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The Hindu Forest Department staff along with a volunteer engaged in census operation at the Pollachi range on Tuesday. The Forest Department staff in Pollachi range along with volunteers commenced tiger census operation on Tuesday...Ganesh Ram,
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Whip cracked on revival of fishponds in Kolleru
Bhīmavaram :: India | 1 month ago
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West Godavari district administration holds field-level officers responsible for laxity in executing court orders The West Godavari district administration finds itself in a tight spot over re-emergence of fishponds in the plus five contours of the
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Guj tourists may get to see Asiatic lions in Amreli
Amreli :: India | 1 month ago
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Tourists visiting Gujarat to get a glimpse of the Asiatic Lions might get to see them at a new address at Ambardi in Amreli district, the eastern end of Gir sanctuary, by this year-end. With a view to ease burgeoning tourist rush during the peak
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Man Single-Handedly Creates Forest, Wildlife Habitat
Mumbai :: India | 1 month ago
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Thirty years ago, the Mulai forest near Assam, India was nothing more than a barren sandbar, where nothing thrived...In 1979, at just 16, Payeng saw a large number of snakes wash onto the sandbar during a flood. But when the waters receded, the
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Earth Day 2013: Forests disappearing in Himachal, CAG report says
Shimla :: India | 1 month ago
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Green activists have long protested the hydropower projects in Himachal Pradesh that have been gobbling up forests and drying up water channels. Now a report from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) too backs the claims of the greens.
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Big cats may go extinct in Odisha reserve
Panna :: India | 2 months ago
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The tragedy at the Sarika and Panna reserve forests is set to be repeated. This time it could be in the eastern state of Odisha, where no tigers have been spotted for months in Satkosia, a forest habitat on the banks of Mahanadi river. Satkosia is
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Forest dept issues notices to 16,500 illegal structures
Mumbai :: India | 2 months ago
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The forest department, while distancing itself from in Mumbra building collapse, has now issued demolition notices to owners of 16,500 illegal structures on its land. The department Tuesday demolished nine structures to which notices had been sent
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Forest department nod for tribal school facilities
Coimbatore :: India | 3 months ago
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March 16, 2013 Sanitary facility and drinking water tanks to come up The Forests Department has accorded permission to the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) to construct a sanitary facility as well as Over Head Tanks (OHTs) to store drinking water in three
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Cheque 'dishonours' leopard attack victim
Ratnāgiri :: India | 3 months ago
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Here's how the state government adds insult to injury caused by a leopard. A cheque issued by the state forest department to a leopard attack victim was returned as the bank had misplaced a slip having the government's instructions to pay the amount
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