Whale Shark Day 2009 rally

by Sheren Shrestha
Dwarka (Gujarat): Hundreds of school children and fishermen among other local people gathered today in the Sunset Point ground, Dwarka in the western Indian state of Gujarat, for a unique annual celebration – the Whale Shark Day.

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Walking the bears in Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh

Pakke (Arunachal Pradesh): Three orphaned Asiatic black bear cubs are being walked in Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, for acclimatisation, and eventual rehabilitation in the wild.

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Skin seized from the showroom in Kolkata

Kolkata: The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has confirmed that the skin seized from the premises of a Sreeleather showroom in Kolkata in May this year belongs to a blackbuck – a Schedule I species.

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File photo: A herd of Asian elephants in south India

Chennai: The Madras High Court, in an interim judgment Thursday, passed the ruling in favour of the Tamil Nadu Forest Department in a case against private establishments which obstructed movement of wild elephants in Segur Plateau and around Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. The next date for [...]

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A Chiru calf in the Tibetan plateau

New Delhi: ‘A Shawl to die for’ – a Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) film – won an award for Technical Excellence in Cinematography at the prestigious CMS Vatavaran 2009 film awards – India’s premier festival for Indian and international documentaries on environment and wildlife, held last week.

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