Critter News

AUGUST 1, 2009

India is to amend its wildlife crime laws to protect the country's tigers, a government minister said. He added that the forest ministry, state governments and a separate authority on the management of tiger reserves had agreed to work together to ensure conservation of the endangered animal. But is it enough?

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NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Sociable Lapwings breed in several areas along the Kazakhstani – Russian border and overwinter in Iraq, Sudan and northwest India. Trips endangered species India lapwings Sociable Lapwing' Locals being vegetarians, why are there no birds? Sociable Lapwing photos by Chirag Solanki.

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JULY 25, 2013

There are some seven birds among the 100 most endangered species on the planet on the list of fauna and flora listed as the rarest by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Zoological Society of London – and this morning, I am after one of those! Trips Great Indian Bustard India' Males reach 1.2

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JANUARY 22, 2015

There’s a Three-striped Palm Squirrel by the side of the track, while Jungle Bush Quails are running across it in front of our Maruti Gypsy, almost the official safari vehicle of India. At least 274 tigers have died in India in the last four years, more than 70 per cent of them due to poaching. Some results may already be visible.

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JULY 9, 2015

India, February 2013. I am camping in the dry-deciduous jungle in eastern Maharashtra, near the geographic heart of India. Even in protected areas of north-east India, prey densities are very low. Only in protected areas in southern and central India (e.g. It is February and evenings are cold. Against snakes,” he said.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

This article says India is losing more than one a day. Tags: India leopard endangered species. You don't hear much about leopards. Tigers are the ones getting most of the attention. But they are seriously threatened by extinction too.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Of the 11, India, China and Nepal ranked highest in the number of tiger part seizures, the report states, with India by far the highest number of Tiger part seizures at 276, representing between 469 and 533 Tigers. Tags: India wildlife trafficking poaching tigers china endangered species.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 9, 2010

A coordinated international law enforcement operation has led to the arrest of 25 individuals suspected of taking part in the illicit trade of tigers, one of the world's most endangered species. Tags: wildlife smuggling tigers interpol asia endangered species.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

In India, everything takes about three times longer than you expect it to. Road birding along India’s main roads is surprisingly productive, but here, where there are no power lines or fences and even the barest impression of a road, there was little to see. It was a bird not on many people’s radar. Certainly not mine.

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APRIL 15, 2011

And another list shows 6 endemics and 11 endangered species. 6. On one list, it is the 27th country with the most number of different bird species.

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JUNE 1, 2012

Another oft-quoted account is that of Lopo Vaz de Sampayo, governor of the Portuguese possessions in India. The era during which the Ottoman Empire was wealthiest is called the Tulip era, or Lale Devri in Turkish. We here at 10,000 Birds salute Swarovski Optik ‘s commitment to conservation.

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DECEMBER 27, 2013

This bird is known from only a dozen localities, with only a handful of individuals and a very fragmented habitat, hence the critically endangered status in the Red Book (one of 198 such species – also my fifth). Nate’s best was also a rarity in India. Forest Owlet by Dragan Simic. What are the odds? Sociable Lapwing.

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MARCH 13, 2012

The bulk of the population (approximately 80%) belong to the Zulu tribe, but significant numbers of Xhosa and Afrikaans, as well as immigrants from India and Britain call this beautiful patch of land on Africa’s eastern seaboard their home. At 36,433 sq. Natal Francolin was discovered in what was then known as Natal Colony by Dr Andrew Smith.

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